PE Course 1 · Week 5 · Moving With Purpose
Pressure on the Court
During a partner challenge, students rehearse short scripts for responding when peers push them to skip a safety step or mock a classmate.
- Students will
- Students rehearse short scripts for responding to peer pressure to skip a safety step or mock a classmate while playing a partner challenge.
- SEL skill
- Choose a safe and respectful response to peer pressure and rehearse it aloud
- What it looks like
- Students practice making responsible choices by planning what to say and do when a group heads somewhere unsafe or unkind.
- Content focus
- Peer pressure and safe choices in partner challenges
- Format
- Role play
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means choosing in a caring, thoughtful way by weighing safety, fairness, and what could happen next. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- C1.3.2: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.2
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.6 Applies best practices for participating safely in physical activity.
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.7 Thinks critically and solves problems in physical activity settings, both as an individual and in groups.
More responsible decision-making activities for PE Course 1
- Exercise as Medicine Responsible decision-makingAfter a brisk 6 minute walk, students privately rate their mood before and after and connect regular activity to preventing disease over a lifetime.
- Practice Plans That Work Responsible decision-makingAfter a quick skill check in an individual activity, students write a short practice plan based on their own results and test it for one round.
- Fitness Myths and Smart Choices Responsible decision-makingBetween circuit stations, students examine sample fitness product ads, judge whether the claims are honest, and name the feelings the ads try to stir up.
- My One Month Plan Responsible decision-makingStudents sample three home friendly workouts and draft a private one month activity plan that fits their schedule, space, and interests.
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