6th Grade Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Making Responsible Decisions

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6th Grade Chapter 1 Lesson 3Making Responsible
Decisions
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• Many of the choices you make affect your health.
• Name 3 choices you made today that will
• affect your physical, mental emotional or
• family social health.

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• How to make responsible decisions
• Benefits of making responsible decisions include
• Avoiding injury
• Avoiding illness
• Improving your self-esteem
• Making a responsible decisions show what you
• value most in life. Making it a priority means
  it
• deserves first attention.

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• Making responsible decisions
• Situation You have been invited to a party
  where
• alcohol will be served. What would you do?
• Steps to take
• Identify your choices. List possible
• Decisions.
• Evaluate each choice
• Is it healthful?
• Safe?
• Legal?
• Respect myself and others?
• Follow my parents guidelines?
• Demonstrate good character?

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• Tell what the responsible decision is. Talk
• it over with a parent or trusted adult.
• Evaluate your decision. Did you get the results
• You wanted?

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• Resisting Negative Peer Pressure
• Peer Pressure- the influence that people of a
  similar age place on a person to behave a
  certain
• way.
• Brainstorm examples of positive peer pressure and
  negative peer pressure.

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• Resistance Skills
• Resistance skills are used to help a person say
• no to an action or leave a situation.
• If you experience negative peer pressure you
• should
• Say no in a firm voice
• Give reasons for saying no
• Be certain your behavior matches your words.
• Ask an adult for help if needed.