Sexuality+Education

Sexuality Education
Included here will be items of use to teach issues dealing with human sexuality, including puberty.

Items are grouped by the following subsets:
 * Abstinence
 * Consensual Sex
 * General Information
 * Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Questioning
 * Sexual Abuse & Dating Violence
 * Sexually Transmitted Diseases
 * Teacher Resources

__**Abstinence**__
ERC PROF BK HQ57.5 .A3 C59 1994 (Gr. 9-12) Check Availability ERC PROF BK HQ57.5 .A3 C593 1994 (Gr. 7-8) Check Availability This is a study guide that teachers can incorporate into their lesson plans to teach middle school students about abstinence.
 * Core-Gebhart, P., Hart, S. J., Young, M., & Core-Gebhart, P. (1994). //Sex can wait: An abstinence-based sexuality curriculum for middle school.// **

ERC PROF BK HQ57.5 .A3 Y686 1994 (Gr. 5-6) Check Availability This is a study guide that teachers can incorporate into their lesson plans to teach elementary students about abstinence.
 * Young, M., & Young, T. (1994). //Sex can wait: An abstinence-based sexuality curriculum for upper elementary school.// **

__Consensual Sex__
Also, be sure to check under "Sexual Abuse & Dating Violence" below for relevant material.

ERC NON PRNT HQ801 .D66 2016 Check Availability Textbook and instructor's guide curriculum to teach about consensual sex. Also includes sample bracelets and buttons available for order from the company. (text, guide, test and key) Gr. 9-adult.
 * //Can I kiss you? Interactive Package.// (2016). Greenfield, WI: Awareness Publications.**

ERC NON PRNT HV6556 .V65 2005 Check Availability Twelve survivors of sexual assault share their experiences in this audiobook adaptation of the book that also includes a telephone interview with the person. (CD, ?? min.) Adult.
 * //Voices of courage: Inspiration from survivors of sexual assault.// (2005) Greenfield, WI: Awareness Publications.**
 * ERC PROF BK HV6558 .V65 2005

**__General Information__**
ERC PROF BK HQ57.5. A3 S49 2003 Check Availability This helps educators teach there students about sexual education. Adults.
 * American School Health Association. (2003). //Sexuality education within comprehensive school health education.// **

ERC NON PRNT RA777 .B38 2015 Check Availability This nonfiction title uses animation and live children and a pediatrician to cover topics that usually arise during puberty: body odor, bad breath, tooth decay, oily hair, skin break outs and acne. (DVD, 19 min.) Gr. 6-8.
 * //The basic hygiene video. (//2015). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

ERC PROV BK RA788 .B37 2014 Check Availability This bridges the gap of human reproductive anatomy and physiology with lesson plans to teach the basics of human reproduction for middle or high school students. Includes camera-ready lessons. Gr. -12.
 * The basics of reproductive health: with plans for 1, 2, or 3 lessons: A supplement for evidence-based programs. (2014). Scotts Valley, CA: ETR. **

ERC NON PRNT HQ801 .B44 2012 Check Availability In this program, teens learn the essentials of a healthy relationship, including trust, communication, respect, and conflict resolution. (DVD, 22 min.; teacher curriculum on disc as PDF file). Gr. 7-up.
 * //Before you hook up: Dating rights and responsibilities//. (2013). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media. **

ERC PROF BK HQ21. G67118 2004 Check Availability This is designed to help students examine the many different dimensions of sexuality in a way that it speaks to them directly. Gr. 9-12
 * Greenberg, J. S., Bruess, C. E., & Haffner, D. (2004). //Exploring the dimensions of human sexuality.// **

ERC PROF BK HQ21 .M4624 2004 Check Availability
 * McAnulty, Richard D. & M. Michele Burnette. (2004). //Exploring Human Sexuality: Making Healthy Decisions, 2nd ed//. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.**

ERC PROF BK HQ57.3. W55 2001 Check Availability This a fun way to discuss sexuality with elementary students. Gr. 4-6
 * Wilson, P., Quackenbush, M., Kane, W., & ETR Associates. (2001). //Teach & talk: The subject is sex.// **

ERC NON PRNT HQ57. T34 1996 Check Availability Helps families discuss the topic of sex with their children. Ages 10-14. (1 videocassette with discussion guide)
 * //Planned Parenthood Federation of America//. (1996). Talking about sex. **

ERC NON PRNT HQ54.3 .P47 1991 Check Availability This examines sexual education for persons with developmental disabilities. Adult (1 videocassette with discussion guide)
 * //Person to person//. (1991). **

ERC NON PRNT QP84.4 .P83 2013 Check Availability Students learn about the great adventure they face during puberty -- physical body changes to hygiene. (DVD, 32 min.) Gr. 5-8.
 * //Puberty: The great adventure for guys and girls.// (2013). Glendale, CA: World Educational Media.**

**__Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Questioning__**
ERC NON PRNT HQ76.27 .O44 O88 2011 Check Availability Documentary about five individuals who made the decision to come out as lesbian, gay or transgender after the age of 55. (DVD, 62 min.). Adult.
 * Alda, B. & Brooke, J. (2008). //Out Late.// Olathe, KS: Forever Films, Inc.**

ERC PROF BK HQ76.3.U5 A37 2008 Check Availability Chronicles the history of gays in America, from colonial times to the present day. Gr. 7-10.
 * Alsenas, Linas. (2008). Gay America: Struggle for Equality. New York: Amulet Books.**

Children's Librarian Patricia Sarles has compiled this list of outstanding picture books about the experience of knowing or having a gay parent, family member, or friend, as well as books for gender nonconforming kids.
 * Books for Kids in Gay Families**

ERC NON PRNT HQ76.3 .U5 C65 2011 Check Availability This video offers revealing portraits of real LGBT kids who have come out in schools across the country, as well as their straight allies and their teachers who have dealt with this issue. (DVD, 23 min. with teacher's resource book/pdf file). Gr. 7 - college.
 * //Coming out: what every teen (gay and straight) needs to know.// (2011). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

ERC PROF BK HQ76.2. U5 L45 2001 Check Availability Psychological dimensions of lesbian, gay and bisexual identities from puberty to adulthood. Adult.
 * D'Augelli, A. R., & Patterson, C. (2001). //Lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities and youth: Psychological perspectives.// **

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .G8233 Wil 2010 Check Availability When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both. Gr. 8-up.
 * Green, John & Levithan, David. (2010). //will grayson, will grayson//. New York: Penguin Books. **

ERC PROF BK HQ76.25 .H84 2011 Check Availability Gr. 9-up.
 * Huegel, Kelly. (2011). //GLBTQ: The survival guide for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning teens, revised and updated.// Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.**

ERC NON PRNT LC192.6 .I8 2008 Check Availability Takes cameras into classrooms across the U.S. to look at one of today's most controversial issues: whether and how gay issues should be discussed in schools. This documentary makes the case that all children are affected by anti-gay prejudice and that adults have a responsibility to address it. Disc 1 includes the 78 min documentary, c1996 as well as the 47 minute update "It's still elementary: The movie and the movement", c2007; Disc 2 is the educator training version, c1997, 37 min. Professional.
 * //It's elementary: Talking about gay issues in school.// (2008). Harriman, NY: New Day Films.**

ERC PROF BK HQ76.8 .U5 K86 2011 Check Availability A survey of discrimination and abuse that gay people have endured in the past. Also, discusses how gay people continue to fight for equal rights and recognition. Gr. 8-up.
 * Kuhn, Betsy. (2011). //Gay Power! The Stonewall Riots and the Gay Rights Movement, 1969 (Civil Rights Struggles Around the World).// Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books.**

ERC PROF BK PZ7 .M8495 Go 2012x Check Availability This intense, romantic novel about two men is a poignant look at what it is to feel needed, connected, and alive. Gr. 9-up.
 * Moskowitz, H. (2012). //Gone, gone, gone.// New York: Simon Pulse.**

ERC NON PRNT RC607.A26 S652 2002 Check Availability Documentary of the Smiths a Mormon family living in Salt Lake City is traumatized when they learn that Steve has had multiple sexual encounters with other men and contracts the AIDS virus.
 * Oldham, T., Wright, N., Bennett, M., SmallTown Productions., & New Day Films. (2002). //The Smith family.// **

ERC NON PRNT HF5549.5 .S47 O98 2009 Check Availability This award-winning documentary chronicles the stories of three gay workers as they seek workplace safety, job security and employee benefits for gay and lesbian workers. It includes the HBO series Out at Work: America Undercover (58 min.), which follows two of the stories from the documentary. (DVD, 56 min. not rated.)
 * //Out at work.// (2009). Blooming Grove, NY: New Day Films.**

ERC PROF BK HQ76.4 .S65 2013 Check Availability Solomon, a school social worker has put together strategies to help individuals deal with homophobia, whether as the target, the homophobe or the witness. Gr. 6-up.
 * Solomon, S. (2013)//. Homophobia: Deal with it and turn prejudice into pride.// Toronto, Ontario: James Lorimer & Company.**



ERC PROF BK HQ77.9 .T47 2015 Check Availability This self-help workbook will be helpful for teens to explore what gender is really all about -- whether transgender, gender expansive, or just beginning to question gender. Gr. 8-up.
 * Testa, R.J., Coolart, D. & Peta, J. (2015). //The gender quest workbook: A guide for teens & young adults exploring gender identity.// Oakland, CA: Instant Help Books.**

ERC NON PRNT HV9067 .H6 V35 2014 Check Availability Documentary of the February 2008 classroom shooting in Oxnard, CA, detailing the paths that brought together two teenage boys -- one an effeminate biracial and the other a young white supremacist. (DVD, 89 min.) Gr. 9-up.
 * //Valentine Road.// (2012). Chicago, IL: BMP Films Inc.**

__**Sexual Abuse & Dating Violence**__
Includes violence and dangerous relationships, as well as child sexual abuse and spousal abuse.

ERC NON PRNT HQ801.83 .C67 2015 Check Availability Dating abuse is on the rise in high school colleges and affects teens, both male and female. In this film four girls and one boy describe their experiences and offer advice on what to do if you are being abused and how/where to get help. There are five types of abuse covered: physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and social media based. (DVD with PDF guide on disc, 19 min.) Gr. 7-college.
 * //Coping with dating violence and abuse. (//2015). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

ERC NON PRNT HQ801.83 .D36 1995 Check Availability Designed to help teens recognize unhealthy, manipulative and potentially violent behavior in relationships. Comments from students and teachers alternate with dramatic sequences chronicling a fictional couple's dating relationship. (DVD, 29 min., teacher's resource guide on disc). Gr. 8-college.
 * //Dangerous relationships.// (1995). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

ERC NON PRNT HV6558 .D445 2016 Check Availability Divided into three sections titled: What is Sexual Assault/Consent?, After an Assault, and Risk Reduction and Bystander Intervention. (DVD, 34 min., teacher's resource guide on disc). Gr. 9-college.
 * //Defining sexual assault.// (2016). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**
 * __Teacher's Resource__: @http://www.hrmvideo.com/catalog/defining-sexual-assault

ERC NON PRNT BF575 .A3 I6 1997b Check Availability A look at violence from the viewpoint of the witness, and perpetrator and the role substance abuse plays in these actions. Gr. 9-adult.
 * //In & out of control: Emotional, physical & sexual violence.// (1997). Medford, OR: CNS Productions.**

ERC NON PRNT HQ35 .T354 1998b Check Availability A comprehensive primer directed at showing teenage girls and (to a lesser extent) teenage boys how to respond to the pressure to have sex. (DVD, 29 min, teacher's resource guide on disc). Gr. 8-college.
 * //Take charge: Resisting sexual pressure.// (1998). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

ERC PROF BK PN6728 .T354 T353 1995 Check Availability Winner of an Eisner Award, this is the story of a young girl, Helen Potter, who runs away from home to escape an uncaring mother and a sexually abusive father. Gr. 6-up.
 * Talbot, B. (1995). //The tale of one bad rat.// Milwaukee, OR: Dark Horse Comics.**

ERC NON PRNT HV6250.4 .W65 V56 1995 Check Availability Discusses the difficult topic of aggression and violence against women. (DVD, 32 min., teacher resource guide on disc).0 Gr. 7-college.
 * //Violence against women: Beyond the statistics.// (1995). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media.**

__**Sexually Transmitted Diseases**__
This helps reduce students' risk of pregnancy and STD. Gr. 9-12.
 * ERC NON PRNT HQ57.5.A3 B27 2004 Check Availability**
 * Barth, R. P. (2004). //Reducing the risk: Building skills to prevent pregnancy, STD & HIV.// **

ERC NON PRNT HQ57.5.A3 R43 2004z Check Availability This kit helps reduce the risk for pregnancy, STD and HIV. Gr. 9-12.
 * Barth, R. P., & ETR Associates. (2004). //Reducing the risk activity kit.// **

ERC PROF BK HQ57.5. A3 D72 2003 Check Availability This provides students with the knowledge and skills to prevent HIV, other STD and pregnancy. Gr. 6-8.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">//Draw the line: Setting limits to prevent HIV, STD and pregnancy.// (2003). **

ERC NON PRNT PN1650 .H58 M66 2008 Check Availability When three young men chat up the new girl on the block, only one gets lucky. But he, however, is forced to deal with his HIV status. The film was written by youth incarcerated on Rikers Island. (DVD, 11 min.) Gr. 9-up.
 * //The Monster.// (2008). Brooklyn: Scenarios USA.**

ERC PROF BK RA643.8 .S7 2012 Check Availability Gives teenagers a better understanding of HIV and AIDS. Gr. 9-12.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">St. Lawrence, J. S. (2005). //BART = becoming a responsible teen: An HIV risk reduction program for adolescents.// **

ERC NON PRNT RA644.V4 S49 Check Availability Informs teenagers on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Gr. 9-12.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Perry, J., Crain, J., Shields, M. F., Pacini, L., Riker, K., & Injoy Productions. (2003). //Sex smart for teens: STIs.// **

ERC NON PRNT RC200.2 .P7487x 2007 Check Availability This film will provide students with facts about STIs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, hepatitis, herpes, lice and scabies, with an emphasis on prevention. A second DVD: The Naked Truth About STDs (c1998) is included. (DVD, 23 min., teacher guide). Gr. 9-college.
 * //Preventing sexually transmitted infections.// (1998). Mt. Kisco, NY: Human Relations Media. **

__ Teacher Resources __
ERC PROF BK Z7164 .H74 C37 2015 Check Availability This book identifies titles that addresses topics relevant for those who identify with this group. It covers fiction of all kinds, including fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels, all aimed at middle school and high schoolers. It includes newer titles, alongside classic ones. Professional.
 * Cart, M. & Jenkins, C.A. (2015). //Top 250 LGBTQ books for teens: Coming out, being out, and the search for community.// Chicago: ALA**.

@http://www.siecus.org/_data/global/images/guidelines.pdf //**Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education, 3rd ed.**// **(2004). SIECUS.** Downloadable PDF of this publication that provides a framework of the key concepts, topics, and messages that all sexuality programs would ideally include.

ERC PROF BK LC192.6 .G38 2005 Check Availability A compilation of articles that appeared previously in the //Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education//, it gives voices to student and teacher experiences and offers suggestions of applications in the K-16 environment. Professional.
 * Sears, J.T., ed. (2005). //Gay, lesbian, and transgender issues in education: Programs, policies, and practice.// New York: Harrington Park Press.**

ERC PROF BK HQ56 .V46 2014 Check Availability Vernacchio refutes the "disaster prevention" model of sex ed, offering instead a progressive and realistic approach to offset the damaging perceptions of sex that pervade our culture. Hopefully by preparing them intellectually and emotionally to develop as sexual beings, cope with sex via smartphone and cyberbullying, and sexual assault. Professional.
 * Vernacchio, A. (2014). //For goodness sex: Changing the way we talk to teens about sexuality, values, and health.// New York: HarperCollins. **