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Peer pressure among teens.

FL.H.HL.6-8.1.4

...understands how peer pressure can influence healthful choices.

FL.H.RHB.6-8.3.6

...knows communication strategies for avoiding potentially harmful situations (e.g., refusal skills and resistance to peer pressure)

FL.LA.A.2.4.4

...locates, gathers, analyzes, and evaluates written information for a variety of purposes, including research projects, real-world tasks, and self-improvement.

FL.LA.B.2.4.4

...selects and uses a variety of electronic media, such as the Internet, information services, and desktop publishing software programs, to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information.

FL.LA.C.1.4.3

...uses effective strategies for informal and formal discussions, including listening actively and reflectively, connecting to and building on the ideas of a previous speaker, and respecting the viewpoints of others.

Dealing with peer pressure

Prevent Peer Pressure

Jeff's Story: We've All Got Rights

This clip shows young kids facing peer pressure to drink at a party held in a basement; an older sister talks to her younger brother about evading peer pressure.

Rubrics for Assessment

You are a teen who is  being a victim of peer pressure and you don't know what is right and what is wrong.  As you become older, you will be stuck with very challenging decisions where your peers will try to influence how you act.  The film you are about to view is called "Jeff's Story: We've all got rights". The film about young teens facing peer pressure to go to a hidden party in the basement of their school.  At the party, the teens get pressured to drink until security show up and everyone runs away.  Joe, one of the teens, runs home and tells his sister what happened.  His sister then talks to him about evading peer pressure.  This film is intended to help young teens understand the dangers of being peer pressured and how we can avoid it by just saying no.

  The students will be asked the following questions:

• 1.  What is peer pressure?
• 2.  How can peer pressure influence the life of young teens?
• 3.  How can teens say no when they are being peer pressured?
• 4.  What are some strategies for avoiding potentially harmful situations?

Students will be selected by the teacher and grouped in 4 groups of 5 students.  The student will pick a number from a hat that range from 1 through 4 and will indicate what group they will be placed in.  Each group will be assigned a question from the 4 guiding questions asked in the situation. Group 1 will be assigned question 1.  Group 2 will be assigned question 2.  Group 3 will be assigned question 3.  Group 4 will be assigned question 4.

• Group 1 will do research on peer pressure and prepare a 15 slide PowerPoint presentation on what it is.
• Group 2 will research how peer pressure influences the life of young teens and prepare a 3 page research paper.
• Group 3 will create and act out a skit about how to say no when stuck in a situation of peer pressure.
• Group 4 will research different strategies for avoiding peer pressure.  They will display their findings on a project board.

The bridge will take place during and after the film.  During the film, the teacher will pause in different parts of the film asking the students open ended questions.  The teacher will focus on getting the students attention by asking them the following questions:

• Do you think she should go to the "secret" party? Why?
• Do you think she will take the drink from her crush? Why?
• What advice would you give him if he was your little brother?

After the film, the teacher will ask the following discussion questions:

• What do you think might happen if Jeff told Rob he didn't want to go to the party?
• Do you think Jeff should have made an excuse or told Rob why he didn't want to go to the party?
• Do you think Rob would have stayed friends with Jeff if Jeff would have told him no?

Group 1: What is peer pressure? 

Group 2: How can peer pressure influence the life of young teens?

Group 3: How can teens say no when they are being peer pressured?

Group 4: What are some strategies for avoiding potentially harmful situations?

Bridge:

• Do you think she should go to the "secret" party? Why?
• Do you think she will take the drink from her crush? Why?
• What advice would you give him if he was your little brother?
• What do you think might happen if Jeff told Rob he didn't want to go to the party?
• Do you think Jeff should have made an excuse or told Rob why he didn't want to go to the party?
• Do you think Rob would have stayed friends with Jeff if Jeff would have told him no? 

Reflection:

• What did you know about peer pressure before watching the film and doing your research?
• What did you want to know about peer pressure before doing your research?
• What did you learn after doing your research and watching the other group's presentations?
• Did you like working in groups? Why or why not?

Other:

• How can teens avoid peer pressure?
• Have you ever been peer pressured?
• What would you do if you were in a situation of peer pressure?
• At what age do you think teens get peer pressured the most?
• What do you think Joe could have done differently?

Each group will be given between 10-15 minutes to present their research to the class.  After each presentation, the other students will be given the chance to ask questions.

Group 1 will present a 15 slide power point about the meaning of peer pressure.  The presentation should be creative and should include pictures, bullets, and multiple colors.

Group 2 will put together a 3 page research paper about the influence that peer pressure has on young teens.  The research paper should be double spaced with font Times New Roman 12.  It should be APA format and should include a title page and a works cited page.  Every student's name in the group should be included on the title page.

Group 3 will perform two 5 minute skits about a teen being peer pressured by his/her friends and how he/she can say no.  The skit is to be typed and every group member must participate. A minimum of 5 lines must be assigned to each group member.

Group 4 will present their findings on a project board and title it "Strategies For Avoiding Peer Pressure".  The project board is to include at least 15 different strategies and include different pictures and images.  The project board should look creative enough to catch the audiences attention.

*Students must add citations on all their work.

Students are going to be asked to write an individual reflection paper.  The reflection paper is to be at least 25 lines with font Times New Roman 12.  The reflection papers are going to follow the KWL learning strategy. The students will answer in detail the following questions:

• What did you know about peer pressure before watching the film and doing your research?
• What did you want to know about peer pressure before doing your research?
• What did you learn after doing your research and watching the other group's presentations?
• Did you like working in groups? Why or why not?

The students will be evaluated according to the following rubrics.  See attached files.

Attachments

• Project_Board_Rubric.docx
• Collaboration_Rubric.docx
• Research_Paper_Rubric.docx
• Reflection_Paper_Rubric.docx
• PowerPoint_Rubric.docx