Personal & social development // Responsible Decision-Making

Peer Pressure and Resisting It

Understand peer pressure — the influence friends and peers can have on your choices and behaviour — and develop strategies for resisting pressure to do something they know is wrong or that makes them uncomfortable

Ages
9 to 11
Type
Concept
Builds on
4 topics
Leads to
1 topic
Standards
1 code

Quick check

If the learner's friends dare them to do something risky or unkind — like shoplifting a sweet or posting an embarrassing photo of someone — can they resist the pressure and explain why they won't do it?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Define peer pressure in their own words and give a real-world example
  • Describe at least two strategies for resisting peer pressure, such as walking away or using humour
  • Explain why going along with something wrong to fit in usually makes things worse

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

4 topics
  • Stop, Think, Then ChooseRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9

    Resisting peer pressure builds on decision-making process

  • Bystanders and UpstandersRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9

    Peer pressure resistance builds on bystander/upstander awareness

  • Vocabulary: ethics and citizenshipRequired

    Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 11

    Peer pressure as a concept requires knowing the term 'peer pressure' and vocabulary of 'rights' and 'responsibility'

  • Assertive CommunicationHelpful

    Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 9 to 11

    Resisting peer pressure benefits from assertive communication skills

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Peer Pressure and Resisting It

Ages 9 to 11 // Concept

Leads to

1 topic

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-CU-P4-4

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