3.20 Substance Abuse Influences
This is Lesson 3.20 (“Substance Abuse Influences”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, part of the “Making Good Choices” unit. Through discussion, a hand-motion vocabulary activity, and a cookie role-play, students learn to identify internal and external influences that affect behavior and decisions, and understand that internal influences stem from personal values. The small-group lesson helps students recognize peer pressure and make ethical decisions related to substance abuse.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify external and internal influences that affect one's choice of behavior.
- Identify external and internal sources of influence.
- Learn that internal influences are based from our values within.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 30 minutes.
- Materials
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- Cookies – one per student
- Prepared Instruction Sheet
- 3×5 Green Card – one per student
- 3×5 Red Card – one per student
- Boxes – 2, labeled internal and external
- PALS3.20.SG.AS.A
- PALS3.20.SG.AS.B
- PALS3.20.SG.AS.C
- PALS3.20.SG.RUBRIC.A
- Unit
- Making Good Choices
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Precepts
- N. Decision Making; N3. Makes ethical decisions
- Key Terms
- Internal, External
- Resources
- Vocabulary Terms. 25 Jan, 2010 www.dictionary.com; National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.03.02.01.c.Make decisions for a given situation by applying the decision-making process.
- CS.03.02.03.c.Examine an ethical dilemma and prepare an argument for a position.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills