[Exploring Childhood materials comprise four distinct modules, three curricular and one in support. The 'map' of each module is presented at the beginning of every Teacher's Guide belonging to that module. Below is a copy of one of these maps, providing links to those materials in that module that have been placed on this Web site.]

The Family and Society Module

There are seven goals for this module:

• To heighten perception of messages transmitted in everyday human interactions.
• To explore how values are reflected in behavior.
• To become more aware of one's own expectations and values for children and of how these relate to one's work with children.
• To develop sensitivity for other families' traditions, life-styles, and values.
• To become perceptive about messages the larger society transmits. and how these affect children.
• To consider the relationship between messages at home, at school, and in the larger society.
• To consider what outside resources families need for raising children and to look at how a society provides these resources.