Grade Level:Gr 4 and up
Subject Focus: Issues of friendship, Dating, Peer Pressure, Grades, Sports, Drugs, Violence, Fashions
Fitting in is very important to most students - especially in the middle school/junior high years. It is something that every child must deal with in one-way or another.
Peer pressure to fit in with one group or another can be either positive or negative. Positive peer pressure can change things for the better. Negative peer pressure can change things for the worse.
One of the most important things adolescents can learn is how to tell the difference.
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ACTIVITY 1
Cliques or groups that exclude people sometimes make news. Look through the news sections of the newspaper and find a group that does this. Write a sentence explaining why the group excludes others. Write another stating how this makes people who are excluded feel.
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