Publications

These publications provide comprehensive resources for educators, parents, and communities for meeting teens in American culture. The lessons provide learning experience for the teacher, parents and youth that are collaborative, artistic, and playful. One of the key features is the role-play scenarios developed for use by the students to work through the lesson themes.

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"Navigating the Terrain of Sexuality"
Keynote Address by Linda Knodle

Sexuality is a personal, physical, cultural and spiritual journey that lasts our entire lives—and one that can cause parents of teens a great deal of confusion and concern. Linda shares ways of exploring our own biography and values, as well as insights into child and adult development that can support us as we parent and educate our children from preschool through young adulthood, about sexuality.

Audio recording in CD format (60 minutes) $12.50

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  • HUMAN FERTILITY
  • for 10 - 12 year olds
  • Grades 4 - 7
  • Fifteen 2 - Hour Lesson Plans
  • Third Edition 2011
  • $29.95
  • ISBN 978-0975189-1-1
  • PrintSource Seattle

This teacher's guide gives an opportunity for both student and teacher to address the social, emotional and spiritual questions that arise in every human being at puberty. It provides discussion, reflection, experience, and artistic expression in support for meeting many of the challenges of teens. It is a comprehensive education about the social issues in our North American culture and a detailed explanation of the physiology of the reproductive organs and processes. This book contains color and black and white illustrations with detailed instructions and resources to present fifteen complete lessons, 110 pages.

I believe it is important to develop an atmosphere of openness, investigation and trust in a classroom in order to delve deeply into topics that touch upon the essence of what makes us truly human. During the first week of this curriculum, the Human Fertility lessons allow the students to inquire into the retrospective efforts of parents and teachers in their community. It builds shared experiences and draw upon the wisdom of adults seeking to foster the teen’s adolescent development. Students explore the relationships of cultural, familial and personal history with regard to pubescence and adolescence. Discussions take place surveying the opportunities and challenges facing today's youth in America through discussion and presentations by the students of current cultural images & messages. Lessons investigate stereotyping and gender bias.

The lessons of the second and third weeks help the students discover the signs of puberty common to both boys and girls. Puberty includes the changes socially, physically, in the soul & intellect. Out of this groundwork a discussion ensues covering the growth and development of the creative cycle in the female human being. The students receive a thorough presentation of the organs and processes of the reproductive systems of the male and female. The first three months of human embryology is also briefly presented. The students are challenged to reflect on when they think human life begins. The lessons conclude with a discussion about genetics and bioengineering and the moral, ethical and legal problems that arise from these topics.


  • LESSONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUES
  • for 13 & 14 year-olds
  • Grades 8 - 9
  • Fifteen 2 - Hour Lesson Plans
  • Third Edition 2011
  • $29.95
  • ISBN 978-1-934733-11-0
  • PrintSource Seattle

Lessons for Middle School Issues grew out of the Human Fertility teacher's guide developed for the seventh grade. It strives to provide some of the life skills and knowledge needed by eighth graders looking toward high school. It is clear to me that many students in middle school have a lot of misconceptions about the facts of sex, harassment, peer pressure and a host of topics tackled in this curriculum. I work in the classroom with these themes and believe our youth need knowledge and life skills that build self-awareness, self esteem and social skills. The book contains detailed instructions for preparation and delivery of fifteen lessons. The individual lessons are attended by resources, interview questionnaires and role playing scenarios. Carefully crafted, all the material in this book could be presented as faculty and parent education.

The first four lessons bring the students to some facts and experiences that encompass the threshold of truly becoming an individual. We look at the elements of an individual and that individual’s relationship to the other. The lessons show that success and self esteem is more likely if one works consciously. We sequentially dive deeper into the building of moral character and decision- making through real life scenarios played out by the students in modern day culture. We acknowledge the earthly life, the inner life and the spiritual life. The curriculum brings them to an understanding that maturity develops through experience and education and that adults have wisdom and experience valuable to them. During this first week a series of interviews take place between the students and adults to bring this evidence to the student.

The next six days are quite intimate. We explore self image, peer pressure, levels of human relationship, intimacy, and personal boundaries. Together, we define love, romanticism, sensuality, sexuality, sex, choices, boundaries, and commitment.

The third week we develop an understanding of want constitutes sexual harassment, addiction, eating disorders, & depression. The students share research of different legal and illegal drugs & alcohol including chemical makeup and the physical, social & emotional effects of their use. Finally, students discuss their points of view concerning the etiquette of telephone, cell phone and computer.


  • Part of the Creating Ceremony Series
  • First Edition 2011
  • $8.00
  • ISBN 978-1-4276-5151-8
  • Linda Knodle - Coming Of Age Press

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The workbook format introduces ideas and then asks the individual or group questions related to the ideas to stimulate conversation. In this way, a unique and specific ceremony may be created. This booklet begins with a brief summary of the elements in indigenous ritual, a comparison between ritual and ceremony and the differences of culture in the past and the present.

Self-development, creating community and modern culture and nature are discussed. The next section of the booklet works through new rites of passage for teens, adolescent and adult roles, and trusting the question. There are two actual examples toward the back of the booklet, a ritual and a ceremony. Lastly, there is a summary titled, Creating a Rite of Passage for any Initiate, and two different outlines addressing elements of ceremony.

This booklet provides clear comparisons between a rite of passage and ceremony. It presents the historical elements of rites of passage for indigenous cultures. Sequential outlines for group discussion can lead a couple, family or community in creating a unique ceremony including; births, adoptions, rites of passage, weddings, acknowledgments, elder ceremonies, deaths and more.

Reflections on self-development, modern culture and nature supportthe creation of ceremony. This booklet also includes step by step guidance for developing content, facilitation and participation in creating ceremony. The thread throughout the work speaks to supporting our youth through ceremonial initiation by which we welcome and honor them into adult heart centered community.


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Linda Knodle
5146 26th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 366-8262
lindaknodle@earthlink.net