The Discovering the Real Me courses are offered free of charge for all families. The lessons are scheduled for about an hour a week for the 1st through 12th grade school year but you are free to use it in whatever way you feel is best. This curriculum can be an opportunity to discuss virtues with your child. Many families enjoy making time each week to complete the Discovering the Real Me curriculum because it helps them make a habit of communicating on deeper issues of life while giving each child in the family their special time. The online curriculum focuses on issues specifically addressed for each age group but you are free to use any level for similar aged children.
Elementary Levels 1-4 The elementary school curriculum focuses on classic fairy tales which were designed to take children on a voyage into a more peaceful and righteous world. Utilizing themes from Aesop’s Fables, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson, the stories aim at building character in children, often using animal or magical characters which are universally appealing to young children.
Learning Objectives for Level 1: Learning to be Good
Learning Objectives for Level 2: Wise and Wonderful
Learning Objectives for Level 3: Happily Ever After
Learning Objectives for Level 4: Heart of Goodness
Middle School Levels 5-8 From ten to fourteen years of age, children become adolescents. Their worlds are turned upside down as they develop feelings for the opposite sex and their bodies go through enormous changes, often creating tumultuous challenges. The Discovering the Real Me curriculum for this age uses realistic life situations and utilizes moral dilemmas and decision-making in order to lead the students to make better choices in their lives. Paramount in this period of discovery is a need to find purpose and meaning in life and to develop a positive identity.
Learning Objectives for Level 5: Family and Friends
Learning Objectives for Level 6: A World of Choices
Learning Objectives for Level 7: Who Will I Be?
Learning Objectives for Level 8: Transitions and Transformations
High School Levels 9-12 Youth aged fourteen to eighteen years of age look at the world in a much more complex manner than they did in their younger years. The complexity of their developmental tasks can make these years challenging, particularly in today’s socially toxic environment. This level includes character-based sexuality education which allows for youth to explore and discover the premises for healthy relationships with the opposite sex. The curriculum presents stories and situations with themes of the development of virtues such as mutual respect, taking responsibility, developing empathy and compassion, and learning how to be productive citizens. Themes of leadership, communication and relationship skills, and preparing for life in society beyond high school are also explored.
Learning Objectives for Level 9: Developing My Character
Learning Objectives for Level 10: Building Successful Relationships
Learning Objectives for Level 11: Developing Leadership Skills
Learning Objectives for Level 12: Preparing for Life in Society
Learning Objectives for all the levels of the DTRM Curriculum
Three Basic Goals of Life and Education
To enroll in a Discovering the Real Me course, go here.
The Discovering the Real Me courses were created with content developed by Mrs. Poppy Richie, Mrs. June Saunders, and Mr. Robert Beebe in a project spearheaded by Mr. Alan Saunders and supported by the Universal Peace Federation.
