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ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

Your cousin is visiting from out of town. It’s Saturday and your friends are headed to the mall to hang out, but your cousin has already said she would like to go to the local museum. What do you do?

Decision-Making Steps

 

Goals:

Choices:

Consequences:

Decision:

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

There is a new student at school no one seems to like very much. The attitude among your friends is, "The guy’s a loser, and anyone who hangs out with him is, too," but you’re not so sure. A little while back you happened to be sitting with him on the bus, and you found him to have a good sense of humor. Do you try to befriend him?

Decision-Making Steps

 

Goals:

Choices:

Consequences:

Decision:

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

A bunch of friends are going out after school for pizza. You really want to join them, but you promised yourself you would head home immediately after school to study for tomorrow’s exam. What do you do?

Decision-Making Steps

 

Goals:

Choices:

Consequences:

Decision:

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

You’re hanging out at a friend’s house one evening, and no parents are around. There are about six or seven of you there. The friend’s older sister offers to buy beer for you, but only if everyone wants to do it. One by one your friends say "yes," but you don’t want to. What do you do?

Decision-Making Steps

 

Goals:

Choices:

Consequences:

Decision:

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

You and four friends are at the park. You’re sitting in the middle. One of your friends pulls out a pouch of smokeless tobacco, puts some in his mouth, and then passes the pouch along. In turn, each of your other friends takes some tobacco. You don’t want any. How do you handle this?

Decision-Making Steps

 

Goals:

Choices:

Consequences:

Decision:

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

ACTIVITY 8: Decisions, Decisions!

Review the decision-making steps below. Then, check out the situations on the new few pages. For each situation, think about the choices and consequences and then decide what you would do.

Decision-Making Steps

1) Situation: Why do you need to make a decision? 


2) Goals: What do you want to happen?


3) Choices: What are your options or alternatives?


4) Consequences: What could happen?


5) Decision: What will you do?


6) Think about it: Did you make the right decision?

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

How would you say no in the situation you created?

Draw it!

Create a second illustration on a sheet of paper to show another type of situation where refusal skills or the techniques for saying "no" can be applied. Maybe the situation involves bullying, cheating, lying—you decide!

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

ACTIVITY 8: Let Me Illustrate

  • Why would you want to use tobacco and nicotine? it’s disgusting!
  • No, Tobacco-stained teeth don’t match my outfit.
  • No, i’m really trying to be healthy
  • No, I’ll pass, Please don’t pressure me.
  • No, thanks, i’d just rather not
  • No, i need to be heading out. see you later!
  • No, thanks. what are you doing this weekend?
  • No, i don’t want to get caught.

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  • Why would you want to use tobacco and nicotine? it’s disgusting!
  • No, Tobacco-stained teeth don’t match my outfit.
  • No, i’m really trying to be healthy
  • No, I’ll pass, Please don’t pressure me.
  • No, thanks, i’d just rather not
  • No, i need to be heading out. see you later!
  • No, thanks. what are you doing this weekend?
  • No, i don’t want to get caught.