Peers, pals, pastors, pets
What are External Influences?
An internal influence.
What are values, desires, or beliefs?
Whiteboard fun!
Draw a three legged pirate in and his pet for your points.
When you are faced with a social situation and you are unsure what to do, you should think about this internal influence to guide you.
What are values?
This is why you get 6 points in a football game.
What is a touchdown?
The name of people on social media who try to persuade you to do or buy something.
What are Influencers?
An External Influence.
What are peers, media, friends, family, teachers, pets, clergy, or coaches?
Three places you might be influenced.
What is home, school, on-line, community, sporting, musical, or social events?
When you engage in a health behavior because your mom suggested you do, this is an _____ influence.
What is external?
This is why you wash your hands before you eat or cough in your elbow.
What is not spreading germs?
Whiteboard fun!
Draw a kid friendly Halloween scene for your points!
Things that are very important to you.
Name three external influences you may encounter in school.
What are teachers, administration, peers, friends, media (books, videos, music) resource officer, or Assembly guest speakers?
When you're feeling sad, and your friend makes you a "cheer up" playlist to listen to, this is what kind of influence?
What is positive, or external, or media?
This is why you wear a costume.
What is Halloween, a costume party, role playing, dance recital, a play, spirit week, or because you want to.
beliefs, values, desires
What are Internal Influences?
Books, newspapers, magazines, Advertisements on TV, videos, music, social apps.
What is media?
Challenge! Pick one volunteer from each team to go up against.
Simon Says! Winner gets the points for their team.
When you are more aware of all the influences in your life, and the impact they have on your thoughts and behaviors, you are better able to ______.
What is do something about them, or make positive changes, or take action.
Challenge! Pick a Team leader.
The leader must lead their team to successfully recite two nursery rhymes...BUT to get the points the leader must act each one out as the team recites them.
They Influence through education.
Who are teachers?
Sometimes influences give us these without actually saying them out loud. Example: Brushing your teeth even when no one told you to.
What are messages?
This place should have the most positive and meaningful influence.
What is home or school?
When you make decisions based on opinions that you think to be true, you are using this internal influence.
What are beliefs?
This is why we might engage in a risky health behavior.
What is influence?