What is Peer Pressure?
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Objective
I can describe the different types of peer pressure and their potential effects.
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Warm-up video
Glucose Guy · 4:23
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
When people around your age try to get you to act a certain way or do something, it's called peer pressure.
- 2
Your moral compass is your personal set of beliefs and values that lets you know what is right and what is wrong.
- 3
If peers pressure you to do things that could hurt you, someone else, or get you in trouble, it's okay to walk away and find friends that share the same values as you do.
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Practice
8 questions
What is peer pressure, in your own words?
Give three examples of actions that might result from negative peer pressure, as discussed in the video.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe two different examples of peer pressure mentioned in the video and explain a potential negative effect of each.”
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