General Tips: Think about what’s in your background. Everyone has biases and perspectives to be aware of. You don’t need to know the answer to every question. In some cases, you can throw it back to the group,or you can say “I don’t know, but I will look into it and get back to you…
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Discuss achievement culture and its effect on teens’ mental health. Examine approaches to perfectionism from religious and psychological sources. Brainstorm about how to respond to the pressures associated with achievement culture.
Facilitator’s Tip: It’s worth noting to your participants that this session looks at how female gender norms impact the friendships we form. We recognize that all teens, including nonbinary teens, are also impacted by female gender norms, and we may use the term “girls” or “teens” interchangeably to reflect this. Please see our Best Practices for…
Facilitator’s Tip: This session has been adapted from our all-genders Kulam curriculum. It can be used as written here, combining the Rosh Hodesh and Shevet groups into one for this session, or it can be used separately with the Rosh Hodesh and Shevet groups, as you prefer. If using the session separately with the Rosh…
Summary: With the March for Our Lives movement and the Women’s March, there are more and more examples of teens engaging in changemaking efforts today. Activism is beneficial for teens; psychologist Lisa Damour says that teens who participate in activism are able to develop professional skills, connect to social networks, and become more confident in…
Facilitator’s Tip: This session has been adapted from our all-genders Kulam curriculum. It can be used as written here, combining the Rosh Hodesh and Shevet groups into one for this session, or it can be used separately with the Rosh Hodesh and Shevet groups, as you prefer. If using the session separately with the Rosh…
Facilitator’s Tip: This session, and all Rosh Hodesh sessions, looks at the impact of female gender norms and societal expectations of girls and women on individual youth. We recognize that all teens, including nonbinary teens, are also impacted by female gender norms, and we may use the term “girls” or “teens” interchangeably to reflect this.…
Objectives:
Participants will . . .
Develop and apply strategies for discerning truth and bias in media.
Reflect on how they come to believe things are true and the extent to which this depends on the opinions of others.
Practice applying their critical thinking skills to real world media.
Objectives:
Participants will . . .
Reflect on their experience in Rosh Hodesh.
Demonstrate appreciation of themselves and of others in the group.
Identify what they want to take from this year’s Rosh Hodesh experience, such as “learnings,” growth, new perspectives, or new behaviors.
Objectives:
Participants will . . .
Reflect on their own boundaries and communication styles within relationships.
Understand how to use assertive communication to articulate personal boundaries in a relationship.
Understand that there are various pressures facing teens within relationships and think through and practice how to handle these pressures.
