Healthy vs.
Unhealthy
Relationships
Kelloggsville High School
Project Overview
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Many Kelloggsville students come
from homes where they have
witnessed domestic abuse. We
believe there is a strong need in
our community to educate people
regarding the importance of
building strong healthy
relationships. We determined this
by brainstorming a list of problems
that face our school and
community. Dating and domestic
violence was one issue we
addressed.
What we learned
25% of women have
experienced domestic
violence in her lifetime.
Men who abuse their wives
often abuse their children as
well.
One in five teenage girls report being
physically or sexually abused by their
boyfriends.
Abuse touches
everyone.
An abuser more often than
not witnessed abuse in
his/her home as a child.
The Clothesline Project
The colors used to paint the shirts each represent a person
who was the victim of abuse
White represents women who died because of violence;
Yellow or beige represents battered or assaulted women;
Red, pink, and orange are for survivors of rape and sexual assault;
Blue and green t-shirts represent survivors of incest and sexual abuse;
Purple or lavender represents women attacked because of their sexual
orientation;
Black is for women attacked for political reasons.
The Clothesline
Project is nationwide
and aimed at bringing
awareness out in the
open about violence
against women.
Safe Haven’s Visit
During this unit our classes
were visited by a woman
from Safe Haven
Ministries, an organization
here in Michigan that helps
shelter abused women and
children.
We learned about the cycle
of abuse during her visit
and also did a few activities
to get us thinking about
unhealthy relationships.
The PSA Project
Groups of students from
The videos showed
each class worked on
different
domestic violence
examples of domestic
Public Service
violence, including physical
Announcements for
and emotional
Safe Haven!
abuse!
Safe Haven chose two winning PSA’s. They
will be shown at the end of our
presentation!