One of the most important parts of a conflict is how you choose to respond to it. Before you react, stop and think! Decide how you can best manage the situation so it doesn’t get out of hand, especially if you are upset. You have to live with the consequences.
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ACTIVITY 9: Conflict – Learning to Deal with It
ACTIVITY 9: Conflict – Learning to Deal with It
ACTIVITY 6: Thinking Your Way to Good Decisions
ACTIVITY 6: Thinking Your Way to Good Decisions
Your friend did not do his science homework and asks if he can copy yours. He is not doing well in the class and will get detention if he does not hand in his homework. He has asked to copy your homework before, and you are tired of it. You tell him you won’t let him copy.
ACTIVITY 5: What’s Important to Me!
ACTIVITY 5: What’s Important to Me!
- LOW IMPORTANCE
- MEDIUM IMPORTANCE
- HIGH IMPORTANCE
- Being a member of the “in group” at school
- Having money to spend
- Saying “no” to my friends when they do something i don’t want to do
- Maintaining good eating and hygiene habits
- Being respected
- Getting good grades
- Being liked by my teachers
- Being willing to experiment and take risks
- Being respectful
- Deciding what i want to do when i become an adult
- Standing up for yourself
- Having good friends
- Having the latest styles in clothing, jewelry, etc
- Having more freedom to come and go as i please
- Having more responsibility at home
- Being successful athlete
- Doing what is right
- Having interests outside of school
- Having a nice appearance
- Being considered funny by my friends
- Fitting in
- Being very popular
Now, take a moment to reflect on your response. Then, move on to next page.
ACTIVITY 10: It’s Decision Time!
ACTIVITY 10: It’s Decision Time!
Sometimes the process is easier than other times. And, there are also times when you might jump around—you might not go through the process in order, or you might rethink steps before making a decision. You might also skip some of the steps for less serious decisions, like figuring out what shoes to wear.
ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?
ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?
Situation 1
This is the same situation. Reread it if you need to refresh your memory before answering the question below. Letisha has a sister who is in the grade ahead of her. Letisha likes it when her sister lets her hang out with her and her friends because at their school it's considered pretty cool to be seen with kids older than you. One afternoon Letisha is at home with the older girls. There are no adults around. The older girls let Letisha hang out with them. The next thing she knows, they are all vaping. One of the girls holds a vape in front of Letisha and offers her to try it. Letisha shakes her head "no," but the girl is insistent. The other girls, including Letisha's sister, join in encouraging her to try it.
What might Letisha be feeling?
ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?
ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?
Read the situation below and those on the next few pages. Then, decide if each is an example of peer pressure or peer influence and select your answer. Next, think about how the person being pressured might feel. Finally, decide what you would do in the situation.
Situation 1
Letisha has a sister who is in the grade ahead of her. Letisha likes it when her sister lets her hang out with her and her friends because at their school it's considered pretty cool to be seen with kids older than you. One afternoon Letisha is at home with the older girls. There are no adults around. The older girls let Letisha hang out with them. The next thing she knows, they are all vaping. One of the girls holds a vape in front of Letisha and offers her to try it. Letisha shakes her head "no," but the girl is insistent. The other girls, including Letisha's sister, join in encouraging her to try it.
This situation is an example of: __________.
ACTIVITY 3: Follow-Up Activity
ACTIVITY 3: Follow-Up Activity
Now, create your own poster to encourage people to be tobacco and nicotine free. Use the facts and statistics from this activity and/or research additional health consequences on the Internet or in the school library. Be ready to explain the words and images in your poster to your classmates.
ACTIVITY 2: Follow-Up Activity
ACTIVITY 2: Follow-Up Activity
Now, create your own poster to encourage people to be tobacco and nicotine free. Use the facts and statistics from this activity and/or research additional health consequences on the Internet or in the school library. Be ready to explain the words and images in your poster to your classmates.
ACTIVITY 3: Tobacco & Nicotine Use - The Health Consequences
ACTIVITY 3: Tobacco & Nicotine Use - The Health Consequences
ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences
ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences