Shows how adolescents endeavor to adopt adult roles at the same time they face the challenge of discovering their identity and integrating a set of values, beliefs, attitudes, and aspirations. Program Topic: Adolescence: Psychosocial Development.
Languages: English
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Choices
Focuses on the physical changes of early adulthood, ages 18 to 35. The lesson explores the health risks posed by eating disorders, violence, and risk-taking behaviors. Program Topic: Early Adulthood: Biosocial Development.
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Decisions, Decisions
Explores cognitive development in early adulthood and illustrates how young adults are making decisions that may affect the rest of their lives. It also discusses moral reasoning skills and how to apply them to difficult moral issues. Program Topic: Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development.
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Love and Work
Illustrates how young adults begin to focus less on themselves and more on others. The lesson covers topics such as marital equity, communication, and the rise of dual-earner families. Program Topic: Early Adulthood: Psychosocial Development.
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Thriving in Midlife
Focuses on physical changes during adulthood and how lifestyle choices and health habits play a significant role in the well-being of the adult. The lesson also discusses health concerns for men and women. Program Topic: Middle Adulthood: Biosocial Development.
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Playing and Growing
Focuses on the development of children ages two to five. Newly refined motor skills are discussed, as well as child endangerment and neglect. Program Topic: The Play Years: Biosocial Development.
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Playing and Learning
Illustrates how children’s experiences with puzzles, building blocks, and other toys help facilitate their cognitive development.
Program Topic: The Play Years: Cognitive Development. -
The Southeast Region: People and Heritage
Start in Tennessee and Georgia to learn about Sequoyah and his Cherokee brethren and follow the events of the Southeast region through European discovery, slavery, and the Civil War. Discover how the Civil Rights movement changed this region and how the people who inhabit these states live today.
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The Southeast Region: Environment
The mighty Mississippi leads students into the Southeast region to learn about the variety of natural features in this area. A trip to the Everglades and farther south to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands territory gives students an appreciation for the many resources of this region and the importance of local resources in the economy.
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The Northeast Region: People and Heritage
Travel back to a time when only the Iroquois inhabited the Northeast United States. Discover how Europeans came to inhabit this area and the role the people here played in forming the United States. Learn about immigration and its effect on cities and how people in this region live today.