Technique Posters, & © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Introduce the word Peer Pressure to the students. Do a quick poll to see how many students have heard the word before or know what it means. After the poll, have a discussion with students about peer pressure. Come up with questions to promote a further discussion about peer pressure. Display the peer pressure techniques posters and discuss each one with the students. After the discussion, process with students if they have ever used any of these techniques to try and convince or persuade someone to do something and/or if anyone has used any of these techniques on them. Call on volunteers to share. *Note: The techniques could have been used on friends, classmates, parents, siblings, etc. Additional instructions: Copy the posters on cardstock, and laminate for durability. Attach magnets to the posters if you are displaying on a white board. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Teasing, calling names, laughing at you, and making you feel left out. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Saying “if you don’t do it, I am going to beat you up or hurt you. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor I will tell if you don’t do this for me. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor I will give you something if you do this for me. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Pretending to cry, feeling sad or even throwing a tantrum. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Giving you compliments or trying to make you feel good. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Looking sad in order to make you give in, feel guilty or feel bad for them. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor They will promise to be your friend if you do what they ask. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Begging and pleading with you and saying, “please, pretty please do this for me.” © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor 1. Give the students a copy of the Peer Pressure Techniques poster, as well as, the Refusal Skills poster. Let students know that these are a list of the same techniques discussed with the class. Go over the Refusal Skills with the class. 2. Each role play card has a role play scene about peer pressure. Give volunteers a role play card or you can let students decide on a role play card they want to present. Allow time for volunteers to read over their card before presenting it to the class. Once each group of students have completed their role play, have students guess which peer pressure technique was used in the scene that was presented. 3. After each of the role plays, and students have decided which peer pressure technique was used, you can further extend the activity by asking students to decide which refusal skill could be used in each role play. Tell students that multiple refusal skills can be used in any of the role play scenes. *Note: Copy the cards on cardstock, and laminate for durability. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Putting Others Down: Teasing, calling names, laughing at you, and making you feel left out. Threatening: Saying “if you don’t do it, I am going to beat you up or hurt you.” Blackmailing: “I will tell if you don’t do this for me.” Bribing: “I will give you something if you do this for me.” Being Upset: Pretending to cry, feel sad or even throw a tantrum. Buttering You Up/Compliments: Giving you compliments or trying to make you feel good. Pouting or Looking Sad: Looking sad in order to make you give in, feel guilty or feel bad for them. Begging/Pleading: Begging and pleading with you and saying, “please, pretty please do this for me.” Buddy-Buddy/BFF: They will promise to be your friend if you do what they ask. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Say “No”: Say “No” firmly. Walk Away: Get away from the situation immediately. Ignore: Pretend you did not hear or turn away from the person. Bargain or Offer another idea: Offer a better suggestion or idea. Give them consequences for the action: Let them know what the consequences could be for making this choice. Change the subject: Immediately switch to another subject or topic. Give an excuse: Give them an excuse or reason for not wanting to go along. Use Humor: Make a joke out of the situation, or make them laugh. Let’s play instead. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Classroom Characters: Josie, Rachel, friends of Rachel Situation: All the students are seated. Josie comes in the class last. When she walks in, she trips and almost falls, but she catches herself. Rachel points at Josie and starts laughing and calls her clumsy and awkward. Rachel’s friends joined in and started laughing with her. Josie is embarrassed and puts her hands over her face. Peer Pressure Technique: Putting Others Down © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Home Characters: Raymond, Raymond’s mother Situation: Raymond asked his mom to buy a video game to play on his Xbox. His mom told him that he was not going to get the video game until he brought up his Math grades. Raymond told his mom that he would bring up his grades and please could he still have the video game. His mom told him no again. Raymond kept asking his mom over and over to buy the video game. Peer Pressure Technique: Begging/Pleading © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Cafeteria Characters: Brad, Charlie Situation: Brad and Charlie got their lunch and sat down at their table. Brad bought an ice cream to eat after he finished his lunch. Charlie asked Brad if he could buy him an ice cream. Brad told him that he didn’t have anymore money. Charlie started to look sad, folded his arms, cried and wouldn’t talk to Brad. Peer Pressure Technique: Pouting or Being Upset © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Movie Theater Characters: Nina, Becca, Laila, Maddie Situation: The girls all meet up at the movie theater to watch the new movie. Nina and Becca went inside and sat down in their seats. Laila and Maddie asked them to go see another movie that was for older kids. Nina and Becca told them no. Laila and Maddie said to them, “we will be your best friends for life if you come with us.” Peer Pressure Technique: Buddy-Buddy/BFF © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Playground Characters: Shelby, Kari, Jade Situation: The girls are on the playground walking and talking. Kari and Jade asks Shelby to send a text message to another girl telling her that people around school are talking about her. Shelby refused to do it. Kari and Jade told her if she didn’t do it, that they were going to tell everyone that she was the one spreading rumors. Peer Pressure Technique: Blackmailing © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Classroom Characters: Max, Sarah, classmates Situation: The class are all seated waiting for their teacher to enter. Max and Sarah started chasing each other and knocked over the lamp on the teacher’s desk and broke it. Max and Sarah asked the class not to tell the teacher that they did it and they would bring them all candy tomorrow. Peer Pressure Technique: Bribing © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: Bus Characters: Lana, London, Sam Situation: Lana and London are sisters. They ride bus 15 with Sam. Everyday when Sam gets on the bus they stare him up and down, and won’t let him pass by them to get to his seat. Sam tells them that he is going to report them to the bus driver. Lana and London told Sam if he told anyone, he was going to regret it. Peer Pressure Technique: Threatening © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Role Play Scenario Scene: School Characters: Jasmine, Kayla Situation: Jasmine is having a birthday party. She wants to invite all of her classmates, but her parents told her that she could only invite 10 of her closest friends. Jasmine’s classmates already knows that she can’t invite everyone. Everyday Kayla gives Jasmine a compliment, “you are pretty”, “I love your outfit”, “you are so smart.” Peer Pressure Technique: Buttering You Up/Compliments © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor 1. Give the students a copy of the Peer Pressure Techniques poster as well as the Refusal Skills poster. Let students know that these are a list of the same techniques discussed with the class. Go over the Refusal Skills with the class. 2. Read the scenarios to the students and have students decide which peer pressure technique was used in each scenario. Let students decide which refusal skill would work best for each scenario. Tell students that multiple refusal skills can be used in any of the scenarios. *Note: Copy the cards on cardstock, and laminate for durability. © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Peer Pressure Scenario #1 Peer Pressure Scenario #2 You are at a football game with your friends. Your parents expect you home after the game. Your friends decide to go to a friends house to play video games. They ask you to go and you tell them no. They keep asking you over and over to go with them. Jason is new to his school. He wants to make friends. There are a group of boys in his class that he wants to make friends with. He sits at their table at lunch. They laugh at his clothes and gets up and move to another table. What peer pressure technique was used? Begging/Pleading What peer pressure technique was used? Putting Others Down © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Peer Pressure Scenario #3 Peer Pressure Scenario #4 Sasha is walking home from school. A group of girls who have been giving her mean looks in school all day surrounds her. At recess, William pushed another student down and made him cut his leg. One of his classmates told him that she was going to tell the teacher. William told her if she didn’t tell, he would give her a dollar to buy ice cream at lunch. What peer pressure technique was used? Threatening What peer pressure technique was used? Bribing © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Peer Pressure Scenario #5 Peer Pressure Scenario #6 Natalie copied the answers from her friend’s test. John saw it and told her if she didn’t buy him a snack at lunch, he was going to tell the teacher. Haley wanted to buy a keyring at the school store, but did not have enough money. She asked a girl standing behind her in line if she could give her some money to buy the keyring. The girl told her no because she only had enough money to buy what she wanted. Haley told the girl that she would be her friend if she gave her the money. What peer pressure technique was used? Blackmailing What peer pressure technique was used? Buddy-Buddy/BFF © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor © 2019 The Grab and Go Counselor Peer Pressure Scenario #7 Kevin gets to choose 5 of his classmates to go to the fair with him. The class knows that he can only invite 5 classmates. Everyday Rickey tells Kevin he is smart, that he is the most popular kid in the class and how he wishes that he was just like him. Peer Pressure Scenario #8 Tommy asked his dad for a new bike. His dad told him that he could get a new bike for his birthday. Tommy started crying and looking very sad. When his dad tried to talk to him, he turned away and folded his arm. What peer pressure technique was used? Buttering You Up/Compliments What peer pressure technique was used? 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