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"Nothing ever happens in small towns... When Shelby Dawson survives a harrowing attack that should have left her dead, she tries to move past it--for herself, and for her family. Fifteen months later, with the help of her best friend, Mackenzie, she finally feels safe again in the snowy Minnesota town she calls home. But when an anonymous note appears on her windshield bearing the same threats her attacker made, Shelby realizes that her nightmare...
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Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by...
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Nonfiction November for Teens
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"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued...
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During the filming of a light-hearted production set in Victorian times, a scene portrays a man making an unwelcome advance to a woman. When the filming stops, we see that sexual harassment is also very much alive today in a whole range of situations. This clip explores sexual harassment through a scenario involving role reversal, delivering a poignant message about appropriate and respectful behavior in relationships.
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This engaging video presentation uses the format of a call-in radio show for teens to discuss sexual harassment. Teens need to understand this growing problem, not just in the adult world, but in their own world as well. Sexual harassment is defined, discussed in several different possible situations, and a plan for dealing with sexual harassment is explained. Includes a spontaneous discussion with actual teens relating their own experiences with...
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Do your students know that the average abduction victim is an 11-year-old girl from a safe middle-class neighborhood? Or that most sexual assaults occur within a mere quarter of a mile from home? What a teen doesn't know about abduction, rape, and sexual abuse can have dire consequences. This video discusses dangerous situations and how to avoid them, the case against cooperating with an attacker, five ways in which boys and girls run different risks,...
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The difference between becoming a victim of violence and avoiding life-threatening danger often comes down to preparedness. This video uses realistic scenarios and interviews with experts to reach out to teens with safety strategies for walking or driving alone, for staying at home alone or babysitting, and for interacting on the Internet. Personal safety statistics are also included, to stress the point that an ounce of prevention really could save...
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"Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault,...
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To the average student, the definitions of date rape and sexual assault are notoriously unclear. Use this program to eliminate the confusion so young adults understand exactly what these things are-and the attitudes and biases that typically accompany them-before anyone gets hurt. The video firmly reinforces the concepts that rape has its roots in hate crime; date rape is just as wrong as rape by a stranger; a victim is never "asking for it," no matter...
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From the Ivy League to public universities to community colleges, sexual assault on college campuses has become a sweeping nationwide epidemic impossible to ignore. ABC News’ “Nightline” tackles this growing problem made ever more complicated by binge drinking and the hook-up culture on college campuses with “Consent on Campus: A Nightline Event.” “Nightline” brings together important voices on this controversial issue to one of the...
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"Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nonetheless managing...until an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young girl from an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out in the Big Sky Country of Montana, twisted family...
15) Riley Park
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The victim of a vicious assault, seventeen-year-old Corbin struggles to get his life back and deal with the loss of his best friend.
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Dating is an important part of becoming an adult, but it can also be confusing and frightening. This Emmy Award-winning program presents basic guidelines that clarify common myths, such as that "no" really means "yes. Abuse and respect, sexual stereotypes, how to break up, and preventing violence are all discussed, along with what true love is...and is not. Skits, dialogue, and quizzes engage the audience and present sensitive material in a very hip...
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Date rape is a crime of anger, power, and control, not sex. This program follows four girls who meet every morning to discuss their lives, their loves, and their feelings. When one of them is raped by a friend, the consequences are devastating. Did she lead him on? Was it okay, since they had been dating for a while? She said "no," but was that enough? The final portion of the program includes interviews with rape crisis counselors and psychologists,...
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Dating should be a positive and enriching experience. Unfortunately, dating can also have a dark side. This program discusses negative and dangerous aspects of dating. Subjects covered include why gossip is a problem; refusal skills and dating; respect and relationships; the risks of sexual intimacy; the dangers of drugs and alcohol; date-rape drugs; and how to make dating a positive, safe experience. An essential survival guide for today's teens!...
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Scenarios Video and Workbook. This is the perfect complement to Sexual Harassment: Crossing the Line. The workbook reinforces materials covered and provides exercises which help users relate the information to themselves. It includes thought-provoking scenarios and asks viewers to decide if each scene depicts a sexual harassment situation. Can be used as a stand-alone unit for educating groups or individuals about what actions constitute sexual harassment,...
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When a group of middle school students happens to see a local news story on sexual harassment, they decide to build a school project around this interesting but often misunderstood topic. Using a video camera, they roam the halls of their school and discover, to their amazement, that sexual harassment is alive and well, even in the middle school. Through tasteful dramatizations, some very real issues are explored including a working definition of...