Peer Pressure

The teen years are nothing but a series of personal, social, and academic changes. Help kids understand what to expect as they mature and give them ways to make good decisions. After discussing they types of changes they'll go through,...

One of three lessons on gender stereotype, this resource from the Media Awareness Network discusses the violence that is inflicted on men and women as they try to live up to the stereotypes of their gender. The section on women focuses...

Students discuss what peer pressure means to them and give examples of peer pressure. They discover what assertiveness means and how to distinguish it from aggressiveness.

Students study the Holocaust and explore peer pressure, prejudice and intolerance.

Eighth graders will be able to explain what peer pressure is and what kinds of things peers pressure each other into. They read an article and write why it is a form of peer pressure if it is. They make a poster on the dangers of peer...

Sixth graders demonstrate the difference of giving into peer pressure and resisting it. They then will be able to write a short response to an article they looked up. They role play in front of the class on what it means to give into...

Learners will be able to read a story/article together and explain a time that some form of peer pressure happened in their lives. They then explain their stories to the class.

Middle schoolers examine the pressures of group-pressured behavior. In this teaching tolerance lesson, students read literature and view videos regarding negative group behavior. Middle schoolers answer comprehension questions and...

Students explore peer pressure. In this peer pressure lesson, students determine how peer pressure affects choice making. Students create a list of accomplishments that give them self-confidence. Students examine how peer pressure can...

Peer pressure and the desire for acceptance are powerful things. A thought-provoking lesson looks at the positive and negative effects of wanting to belong to a group. Class members examine the roles of the perpetrator, the victim, the...