red ribbon week lesson – 5 th grade mrs. blake, october 2014
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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
http://www.smokerslungs.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/smokers-lungs-comparison.png
DRINKER VS. NONDRINKER
http://sunrisedetox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/teen-brain.jpg
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?