Lesson #1 Botvin Social Skills

                 Powerpoint:  How to Make Friends/Qualities of a Friend/ Friendship Conflicts

                 Read, The Hate Book by Charlotte Zolotow

                 Botvin Workbook activity:

                    #16 What makes or does not make you a friend

 

Lesson #2 Character Traits Tree: 

                  Students learn about positive and negative character traits in the classroom

                  Art activity: Make a class character traits tree:

                     decorate and share one positive and negative character trait. 

   

Lesson #3 Botvin Self Esteem

                 Self Esteem video

                 Botvin workbook activity:

                    #1 Things I Can Do 

                    #2  Look What I Can Do!

                  Read, The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

 

Lesson #4 Botvin Communication: How to Join In/How to Make a Conversation

                   Read, Winners Never Win and Quitters Never Quit by Julia Cook

                   Sorting Game of Good Sportsmanship vs. Bad Sportsmanship

                   Video on sportsmanship

 

Lesson #7 Botvin Smoking

                   Introduction to smoking

                   Botvin Workbook activity

 

 Lesson #8 Teasing vs. Bullying: Learn when is it teasing and when is it bullying

                   Read, Tease Monster by Julia Cook 

                   Sorting game of good and bad tease

 

Lesson #9: Using Your Social Filter: Learn when we should share our thought, filter it, and keep it in our heads

                    Powerpoint, Social Filter

                    Read, Helpful Hank by Donna Earhardt

                    Sorting Game of scenarios when we should share our thought, filter it, and keep it in our heads

 

 

Lesson #10 and #11 Botvin Stress Management

                   Powerpoint, Introduction to stress

                   Read, Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by Julia Cook

                   Botvin workbook activity:

                      #11 How do You Feel

                      #12 High Stress Survey

                   Practice stress management skills: deep breathing, happy place. tighten the tension

  

                   Powerpoint, Assertiveness

                   Read, Simon Hook: A story about teases and put-downs

                   Instead of Biting:Ways to Respond to Bugs instead of biting

                      1. Do Little or Nothing (don't react)

                      2. Agree with the hook

                      3. Distract the Fisherman (change the subject)

                      4. Laugh or Make a Joke

                      5. Stay Away from the hooks

                      (swim to another part of the sea)

                    Botvin Workbook activity:

                       #20 No Copying Allowed 

 

 Lesson #13 Bullying 

 

 

Lesson #14 Personal Responsibilities and Habits at Home and School

                   Personal Responsibilities Questionnaire

                   Worksheet activity What are your responsibilities?

 

Lesson #15 Career Clusters

                   Career Interest Survey

                   Powerpoiint of career options based on interest categories