USC5.6
Assess peer influence and demonstrate a readiness to prevent and/or avoid potentially dangerous situations involving peer pressure (including lying, substance use, and bullying).
Indicators for this outcome
(a)

Discuss why peers pressure each other.

(b)

Ask questions and seek answers for deeper understanding:

  • Why is peer pressure often more prevalent during adolescence than during any other time in one's life?
  • How and why does peer pressure change as one gets older?
  • Why can peer pressure be so powerful?
  • How do my thoughts, feelings, and actions influence my peers?
(c)

Examine the different levels of pressure (i.e., internal, indirect, direct).

(d)

Describe indicators of positive and negative peer pressure (e.g., positive - encourage healthy behaviours, negative - encourage unhealthy behaviours).

(e)

Discuss examples of positive and negative peer influence on personal decision making.

(f)

Generate and practise possible strategies to avoid/reduce the risk of potentially dangerous/unhealthy/unsafe situations involving peer pressure (e.g., prepare a mental script, listen to your "gut", plan for possible pressure situations, use possible parental controls as an excuse).

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R071062
Don't Stand By
Witnesses to bullying are just as guilty as the bullies themselves. Using the video-diary format, viewers follow four young students who witness bullying and do something about it. Students see four ways a bystander can stand up to a bully: stop a bully together, talk to the bully, be a friend and tell an adult. Because bystanders are clearly a part of the bullying problem, these peer intervention strategies can dramatically decrease the incidence of bullying.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $189.00
Record posted/updated: July 15, 2020
R071043
Are You a Bully?
Kids can be bullies and not even realize it. Viewers learn that bullies are not always the kids who hit or intimidate. The program encourages students to recognize bullying behaviour in themselves. Viewers are introduced to five different bullies including Mark who thinks that tripping others on the bus and being the tough kid in school is "cool," Abby who teases and taunts Lauren in dance class, and Nicky who didn't make the basketball team and consequently spreads rumours that Jimmy made the team only because his Dad knows the coach. Through discussion and activities, your students will clearly understand bullying behaviour and its effect on others.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $189.00
Record posted/updated: July 1, 2020
R015670
Concentus Citizenship Education Resources. Grade 5: The Intentional & Explicit Teaching of Essential Citizenship Competencies
Students will continue their exploration of rules and societal order to the workings of the various governing systems in Canada, including First Nations and Métis governance and those patterned on the Westminster parliamentary systems. Students will extend their understanding of the impact of the differing levels of government and develop a greater understanding of the nature of the treaty relationships between the First Nations and Canada's federal government. Finally, students will examine the role of diversity and multiculturalism in the development of the Canadian personal identity.
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Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: January 3, 2019
R053202
Cliques?
These four segments in this program identify, through real-life examples, the meaning and effects, both good and bad, of cliques.
Cliques? It Feels Good to Belong - Finding their place in a particular social group is a primary concern of many children. Cliques are groups of friends, but not all groups of friends are cliques. Cliques may be formed in elementary school or in middle school. Sometimes cliques are made of kids who share a common interest and other times the kids in them want to be popular or want to belong.
Cliques? Good or Bad - Cliques can have both positive and negative effects on individuals and groups, too. This program explores how cliques can affect a student and an entire school.
Cliques? Excluding Others - This program shows that cliques leave some kids out on purpose and kids may act much differently than they did before they were part of the clique.
Cliques? One or More is Okay - Some students have diverse interests. In this segment, kids will come to understand that it's okay to have two different sets of friends to hang out with.
The pertinent scenarios in this program should be appealing to both male and female students. The discussion questions that are provided are thought-provoking and should foster good discussions.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $89.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R050976
I Said No!: Refusal Skills
I Said No! Refusal Skills offers helpful strategies for saying "no" and still maintaining worthwhile friendships. This book is useful for teaching USC5.6 regarding dealing with peer pressure and DM5.1 regarding analyzing obstacles and envisioning solutions to addressing health challenges.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $9.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R103748
Opportunities to Address Substance Misuse in Curriculum
This document outlines curricular opportunities to address substance misuse in various subject areas and grades. Suggested curriculum outcomes are identified and, if applicable, supporting indicators are noted.
Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: April 18, 2019
R071054
Help! I'm a Bully
Bullying is a learned behaviour that can be changed. In this program, the kids themselves discover their bullying behaviour and successfully change it. Three scenarios are enacted: Help, I Spread Humours; Help, I Leave People; and Help, I Thought It Was Funny. Viewers develop a real sense of the damage bullying causes to others and understand that it is not harmless fun.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $189.00
Record posted/updated: July 15, 2020
R071090
Dear Jo. The Story of Losing Leah... and Searching for Hope
Through the journal (i.e., Jo) entries of 13-year-old Max, this riveting work of fiction reveals how Max's friend Leah went missing after she and Max had been chatting online with strangers. Max tells of her guilt, her anger, her sadness and her efforts to help the police find Leah and capture an Internet predator. The book offers a section with valuable Internet safety tips for children and their parents.
Media and Formats : Book
Topic : Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Price : $20.99
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R054828
Gum in My Hair: How to Cope with Bullying(Version 2.0)
Gum in My Hair: How to Cope with Bullying (Version 2.0) updates the 2003 version of the program with new research emphasizing the roles of empathy and bystanders. This entertaining and upbeat video provides students with strategies for avoiding or diffusing bullying situations. An appropriate mix of interviews with middle school students who have been bullied, as well as interviews with adult experts, are woven throughout. The importance of confiding in a trusted adult is stressed.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $75.00
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R053199
Internet Bullies
These three programs teach students the meaning of cyber harassment, why it spells trouble, and how to protect themselves from being a victim.

Internet Bullies: What Is It? - For many kids, the Internet is an important part of their daily routine. Unfortunately, with the immediacy of the Internet, its anonymity and its easy accessibility, kids are using Instant Messaging, Blogs, e-mail, chat rooms and social networks to spread gossip and rumors to harass and embarrass their peers. In this program, students will come to understand that using the Internet for those purposes is actually bullying.

Internet Bullies: Emotions + Internet = Trouble - Today it's easy to hurt someone who's made you angry. You can do it anonymously on the internet. In this segment, students learn that once you put something out on the internet, there's no taking it back. The program demonstrates how strong emotions and the internet can spell trouble.

Internet Bullies: Keep Yourself Safe - Thousands of kids are targeted by bullies. This program demonstrates practical ways for students to protect themselves and restrict the opportunities others have of harassing them online.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $89.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R071057
Five Ways to Stop a Bully
Bullies are everywhere, but that does not mean they should be tolerated. This program shows victims and bystanders how to stop a bully. Viewers are guided through five strategies: stay away, stand up, put on a brave face, talk one-on-one, and tell an adult. In each scenario, viewers see what happens when bullies are not stopped versus what happens when someone stands up to the bully. These effective strategies empower children to stop bullying and stay safe.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $189.00
Record posted/updated: July 15, 2020
R055255
What Should I Do?: Making Good Decisions
What Should I Do? Making Good Decisions focuses on helping young students to make good decisions about important matters such as whether to tell the truth, even though it may have negative consequences. It offers information on eight decision-making skills that students should practise. This book is useful for teaching USC5.6 regarding dealing with peer pressure and DM5.1 regarding analyzing obstacles and envisioning solutions to addressing health challenges.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $9.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R053198
Why Do Bullies Bully?
After watching these four programs, students will gain a better understanding of bullying and build a stronger foundation when dealing with bullies.
What is A Bully? What Bullies Do - What does a bully look like? What does a bully sound like? This program provides insight that helps students identify bullies and understand why and what they do.
What is A Bully? Why Kids Do It - Some may think that being angry, calling names, and pushing people around is a normal way to act. This program discusses how bullying makes the bully feel and how the victim feels, too.
What is A Bully? Funny or Mean - Through live-action, age-appropriate scenarios, viewers will come to understand why some kids are so aggressive, hurtful and mean to their classmates, teammates, friends and family members. Students will discover that there are a variety of reasons kids turn into bullies. Some may think that being angry, calling names, and pushing people around is a normal way to act.
What is A Bully? Don't Become One - Students will discover that there are a variety of reasons kids turn into bullies. Some bullies are looking for attention. Others may think bullying is a way to be popular or to get what they want. But most of the time, bullies are trying to make themselves feel more important.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying
Price : $89.95
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070965
Bullying. A Handbook for Educators and Parents
Based on research conducted in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, this professional resource from the Handbooks for Parents and Educators Series explores bullying within public schools. It provides insight into the short- and long-term effects that bullying can have on students, their families and teachers. Focusing on sexual bullying, homophobic bullying and bullying of students with disabilities, it offers insights on the social dynamics of the classroom, the hallways and the playground. Bullying: A Handbook for Educators and Parents provides guidance for teachers and parents/caregivers who are working together to prevent bullying in schools. Included are a table of contents, a glossary and an index.
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Media and Formats : Book
Topic : Bullying
Price : $43.00
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R050289
Health & Wellness Grade 5. Student Edition(Canadian ed.)
This student resource focuses on 10 life skills that students need to become health literate, maintain and improve health, prevent disease and reduce health-related risk behaviours. Each of the seven chapters opens with questions developed to tap prior knowledge, clearly highlights the objectives, utilizes appealing visuals and graphics, offers activities and provides chapter reviews. The resource complements the Grade 4 curriculum in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, conflict management, safety, relationships, stress management, decision making and designing and applying action plans. Some of the suggested activities link to other areas of study. Included are a table of contents, a glossary and an index.
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Media and Formats : Book
Topic : Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Price : $76.33
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R050584
The Internet and You: Staying Safe
Designed to make surfing the Internet a positive, safe experience, this lively video focuses on instant messaging, blogs, email, chatrooms, and social networks. In an entertaining fashion, The Internet and You conveys a serious message regarding online dangers such as predators, phishing, identity theft and cyberbullying.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Topic : Bullying Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Price : $129.95
Record posted/updated: July 2, 2020