Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Part 1 Community Building
Objective: Participants will create a cohesive, socially and emotionally safe, positive peer group.
Section Guide 2
1 Welcome to HERstory! 6
2 Guess Who I Am 11
3 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. 15
4 Human Spectrum 22
5 The Ties That Bind 29
6 Lights, Camera, Action! 36
7 Introduction to Character 42
8 Ethical Minds Want to Know 55
9 Personal Values Posters 63
10 Choices, Decisions, Consequences 70
11 Free Your Voice 78
Part 2 Writing Workshop
Objective: Participants will examine and express their responses to and feelings about multiple aspects of girls' identity development through writing.
Section Guide 84
1 Who's the Woman? 88
2 Lean on Me 105
3 Body Positive! 120
4 Make a Connection 132
5 Great Expectations! 143
6 Around My Way 152
7 The Road Less Traveled 165
Part 3 Creative Output
Objective: Participants will create an ethnographic theater piece or literary journal that synthesizes their responses and presents the group's writings about identity development as an artistic product.
Section Guide 178
1 What's Our Style? 185
2 What Do I Stand For? 189
3 Literary Journal: The Art of Words 192
4 Introduction to Acting: Session One 210
5 Introduction to Acting: Session Two 218
6 Introduction to Acting: Session Three 223
7 Introduction to Acting: Session Four 227
Epilogue
Objective: Participants will identify and demonstrate appreciation for the HERstory group's accomplishments throughout the year.
Closing Rituals 231
Reference
1 Creative Output Options Checklist 237
2 Ethnographic Theater Script Tools 238
3 The Experiential Learning Cycle 247
4 Classroom Management Techniques 249
5 Theoretical Rationale 253
6 Curricular Framework 256
7 Credits 258
8 Bibliography 259