RED RIBBON

WEEK LESSON – 5TH GRADE

MRS. BLAKE, OCTOBER 2014

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• Identify the dangers of substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, tobacco)

• Develop strategies for dealing with negative peer pressure in order to

make safe, healthy choices.

• Use effective communication skills to deal with peer pressure

QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT• What does it mean to be healthy?

• What are some things we should not do, things that would hurt the way

we think and act?

• What might happen to someone who smokes?

• What might happen to someone who drinks beer or other alcoholic

drinks?

• Do you know of any other drugs that might keep us from being healthy

and taking care of ourselves?

SMOKER VS. NONSMOKER

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DRINKER VS. NONDRINKER

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VIDEO: THE BOY WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY THE DRUG MONSTER

• This is a true story of a boy who was hurt by

using drugs.

• The movie calls the bad drugs the boy used the

drug monster.

• Let’s watch and then we’ll talk about how the

boy could have done things another way.

AFTER THE VIDEO

• Why did Vince try smoking drugs

in the first place?

• What bad things happened to

Vince that would not have

happened if he had not tried

drugs?

• How did the drugs change Vince?

PEER PRESSURE

• Pressure is the feeling that you are being pushed toward making a certain

choice—good or bad.

• A peer is someone in your own age group.

• Peer pressure is—you guessed it—the feeling that someone your own

age is pushing you toward making a certain choice, good or bad.

HOW TO DEAL WITH PEER PRESSURE• Say no assertively

• Suggest something else to do

• Stand up for others

• Walk away from the situation

• Find something else to do with other friends

HOW TO SAY NO

•Often it is not what we

say but how we choose

to say it that tells people

what we really mean!

•Let’s practice…

NO

WHATEVER

REALLY

PLEASE

LEADERS SAY NO TO DRUGS!

Which habits from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids are described above?