Perils of Puberty

Perils of Puberty

Objective:

1. Students will be able to identify the perils of puberty Girls experience.

2. Students will be able to identify the perils of puberty Boys experience.

Pre-Teach:

I am going to introduce the lesson by having students reflect and discuss something they went through during puberty. The purpose of this activity is to activate the students background knowledge about puberty.

Peri-Teach

I will introduce the perils of puberty Girls and Boys experience, presented by David Elkind. Through open discussion with students, they will list the major changes Girls and Boys go through. A visual aid of a boy and a girl will be posted for students to look at and list the changes next the appropriate gender.

Perils for Girls include:

1. Height / Weight

2. Breast development

3. Body hair

4. Facial features and skin conditions

Perils for Boys include:

1. Height

2. Facial Hair

3. Sexual Development- Penis size, spontaneous erection, wet dreams

Why is it important to understand the perils of puberty adolescence experience?

1. As future educators it is important to know what developmental changes your students may be going through. This will help you be sensitive to their needs and if necessary, provide accurate information to their questions.

Conclusion

 I will briefly review the 4 major changes Girls experience and the 2 major changes Boys experience.

 I will ask students to think about ways they could talk to their students about the physical changes of puberty.

 Each student will take a quiz, asking them two questions on the lesson. This will assess whether the objectives were accomplished.

Lesson Plan Script

Puberty presents teenagers with a...

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...he average penis size is between 4 and 6 inches. Since there is so much mythical information about penis size it is important to have accurate information when easing the concerns of Boys. Let the know that the size and shape of the penis are not related to a mans ability to give and receive pleasure. Another area that increases young Boys self -consciousness is the spontaneous hardening of the penis. This incident is particularly embarrassing because of the belief of the imaginary audience

Does any one remember what the imaginary audience is? It leads a young person to feel that everybody in the room is aware of his or her conditions. Teenagers also feel this way with acne.

The physical changes associated with puberty become perils because teenagers have no way of knowing definitely how things will turn out. Can you think of more worries adolescents have?