Our Whole Lives
Our Whole Lives helps participants make informed and responsible decisions about their relationships, sexuality, gender identity, health, and behavior in the context of their faith. We partner with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Manhattan to offer OWL every few years. All classes are led by trained facilitators.
Our Whole Lives was co-written by United Church of Christ and Unitarian Universalist Association members and is the accompanying resource used for each of grade groups: K-1, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. There is a Parent Guide to Our Whole Lives Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6 that accompanies the Our Whole Lives resource for those age levels. Our Whole Lives Grades 4-6 also uses the book, It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris.
Our Whole Lives provides participants with accurate, age-appropriate information in six subject areas: human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, and society and culture. It provides not only facts about anatomy and human development, but helps participants to clarify their values, build interpersonal skills and understand the social, emotional and spiritual aspects of sexuality. This is an inclusionary curriculum that affirms all sexual orientations and gender identities in age-appropriate ways.
For both 7-9 and 10-12 grade curriculum, Our Whole Lives does not teach abstinence as the only healthy option for teens, but teaches more, in particular, what fosters a healthy relationship, and how important respect and maturity is when making sexual choices.
Learn more about Our Whole Lives.
Our Whole Lives was co-written by United Church of Christ and Unitarian Universalist Association members and is the accompanying resource used for each of grade groups: K-1, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. There is a Parent Guide to Our Whole Lives Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6 that accompanies the Our Whole Lives resource for those age levels. Our Whole Lives Grades 4-6 also uses the book, It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris.
Our Whole Lives provides participants with accurate, age-appropriate information in six subject areas: human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, and society and culture. It provides not only facts about anatomy and human development, but helps participants to clarify their values, build interpersonal skills and understand the social, emotional and spiritual aspects of sexuality. This is an inclusionary curriculum that affirms all sexual orientations and gender identities in age-appropriate ways.
For both 7-9 and 10-12 grade curriculum, Our Whole Lives does not teach abstinence as the only healthy option for teens, but teaches more, in particular, what fosters a healthy relationship, and how important respect and maturity is when making sexual choices.
Learn more about Our Whole Lives.
