(1) Out-of-print curricula may be available for loan from
individual congregations or district libraries. A plan for making
out-of-print curricula available on line is to begin with the
senior high spirituality curriculum On The Path. The UUA could
obtain and grant permission to copy out-of-print materials when
a decision has been made not to re-publish, or could make copies
available itself through the UUA Bookstore at cost. For example,
In Our Hands: A Peace and Social Justice Program, is currently
available for Adults, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6, and Senior High,
while the Junior High segment is out-of-print. Given that there
are no materials that come with this curriculum other than those
contained in a 100-page book, it could be kept in print with a
copier.
Some Out-of-Print or Otherwise Unlisted Resources:
Carry the Flame, Lori Berger McDermott (First Religious Society,
Carlisle, MA 1993). A self-paced, developmentally appropriate,
and interactive curriculum developed in three levels based
on the seven principles of the UUA, not described in either Curriculum
Mapping or The UUA Bookstore Catalog.
A Growing Up Year, Margaret K. Gooding (1988 revision), 26 sessions,
1 hour.
In Our Hands: A Peace and Social Justice Program, Junior High,
Barry Andrews, Robert C. Branch, Virginia Lane, Harold Rosen (1990),
13 sessions, 1 hour. Note that this resource is available for
four other age groups, but the Junior High version is out-of-print.
Life Journey, Caroline Fenderson (1988). A year-long religious
education program for early adolescents from ages 12-15"
which engages its participants in exploring the human life
journey through all of its ages and stages.
(2) Publications and curricula available through the 1996-97
UUA Bookstore Catalog:
Youth Section: Race to Justice; From YACs to SACs; The Local
Youth Group Program Handbook; Playing with Fire: Creative Conflict
Resolution for Young Adults; Talk with Teens About Feelings, Family,
Relationships and the Future; Beyond Pink and Blue; Messages in
Music; Religion in Life: Boys; Religion in Life: Girls.
Youth curricula listed in other sections of the catalog: About
Sexual Abuse: Program for Teens and Young Adults; In Our Hands:
A Peace and Social Justice Program, Senior High; Life Issues for
Teens (LIFT); On the Path: Spirituality for Youth and Adults;
World Religions: A Year´s Curriculum for Junior Youth, Complete
program no longer available. Leader guide for replacement copy
only.
(3) Junior High resources from Curriculum Mapping:
About Your Sexuality, Deryck Calderwood (1983), 20-35 sessions,
1-2 hours.
Beyond Pink and Blue: Exploring our Stereotypes of Sexuality
and Gender,
Tracey Robinson-Harris and Ritch C. Savin-Williams (1994), 12-18
sessions, 1-1.5 hours.
How Can I Know What to Believe?, Charlene Brotman and Barbara
Marshman (Brotman-Marshfield, 1986, revision), 27 sessions, 1
hour.
How Others Worship, B. June Hutchinson (The UU Christian Fellowship,
1978) 21+ sessions, 1 hour, plus field trips.
Messages in Music: Unitarian Universalism for Junior High, Elizabeth
May Strong (1993), 23 sessions, 1 to 1.25 hours
Race to Justice: A Racial Justice and Diversity Program for
Junior High (1995), 15 sessions, 1 hour.
(4) Senior High resources from Curriculum Mapping:
About Sexual Abuse, Fred Ward and Betty Ward (1990), about
10 sessions, 1-1.5 hours (or weekend retreat).
In Our Hands: A Peace and Social Justice Program, Senior High
(1990), 12 sessions, 1-1.25 hours.
Life Issues for Teens (LIFT), Wayne Arnason and Cheryl Markoff
Powers (1985), 20 sessions, 2-2.5 hours (adaptable to more, shorter
sessions).
On the Path, Wayne Arnason, Janet Harvey, David Levine, David
Marshak, Makanah Morris, Christine Robinson, and Mara Lyn Schoeny
(1989), 7-10 sessions, 2-3 hours, with longer events.
(5) Multi-Age resources from Curriculum Mapping:
Connecting with the Earth. Martha Nabatian (Canadian Unitarian
Council, 1993), 4-8 sessions, 1-1.5 hours, and an intergenerational
service. Canadian emphasis, materials for four groups: primary,
junior, youth and adult.
We Believe: Learning and Living Our Unitarian Universalist Principles,
Ann Fields and Joan Goodwin (1990), 22 sessions, 1 hour. For
children from 5 to 12, some parts accessible and interesting to
preschool, junior-high, senior-high students andadults.
Worth and Dignity of All People, Marjorie Dunn (Paint Branch
Unitarian Universalist Church, 1993), 5 sessions, 1-1.25 hours.
Materials for four grade levels, including 7 & 8.
(6) Elementary curricula designed for middle school and adaptable
to high school, described in Curriculum Mapping:
You the Creator, Richard S. Kimball (Green Timber Publications
1993), 37 sessions, 1 hour.
(7) Curriculum described in winter/spring 1997 REACH:
God Power, Mary Ann Moore (available from author), 15 sessions
for 7th and 8th grades.