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    This document provides an overview of a health class session on making healthy choices. It discusses statistics about uniqueness, the importance of dreams and goals, the influence of friends, and strategies for resisting peer pressure. Students are encouraged to value themselves and make decisions aligned with their character.

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    Year 9/10 Health: Healthy Choices

    Session 1:
    The Sum of You
    Some guidelines…
    • Respect differences of opinion and others’
    views and experiences
    • Ask questions and take notes
    • Keep it confidential – what we share in here
    stays in here
    • Use the information to make informed
    decisions about where you stand on different
    issues.
    Taking notes…..

    To prepare for this unit, please open up a


    Word document where you can take
    notes. You will be able to use your notes
    to complete a test at the end of the unit,
    so the more notes you take, the easier the
    test will be. 
    What’s in this session?...

    • Stats and issues young people face


    • A person’s uniqueness and value
    • The human person
    • Dreams and goals
    • Good character and the influence of
    friends
    • Standing against peer pressure
    How good are you with
    statistics?
    ACTIVITY:
    Find a partner and ask them the question on your
    card. Once they have guessed, share the answer.
    Swap over and your partner asks their question.
    Once finished, swap cards and find someone new.
    What is the probability of
    you being born (as you)?
    a. 1 in 2 million
    b. 1 in 200 million
    c. 1 in 20 million
    d. 1 in 2 billion

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    What is the world’s population?

    Over 7.8 billion


    (As of February 2021)

    What’s Australia’s population?

    Over 25.6 million


    (As of February 2021)
    Did You Know?
    • There are over 7.8 billion people on the planet, but
    nobody has the same fingerprint as you!

    • No one can produce a voiceprint identical to yours!

    • The iris of your eye is completely unique!

    • If you write your DNA code on paper, it would form


    a book 23 stories high!

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    Your Value…..

    What’s the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose


    change, right? But God never overlooks a single one. And he
    pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—
    even numbering the hairs on your head! So don’t be
    intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a
    million canaries.

    Luke 12:6,7 (The Message translation)


    You are UNIQUELY
    you –
    whole, valuable, created
    for healthy relationships
    and a future
    of hope!

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    The Human
    Person
    • Intellectual
    • Social
    • Physical
    • Emotional
    • Ethical/Spiritual

    1.1 The Human Person (HB 5)  COPYYRIGHT 2011 Focus on the Family
    The human person
    must always be considered
    as a whole – never in parts.

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    Activity:

    Aimless or Aim…..
    Aim and Shoot
    If you aim at nothing,
    you’ll hit it every time.
    - Anonymous

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    The greatest danger for most of us is not
    that our aim is too high and we miss it,
    but that it is too low and we reach it.
    - Michelangelo, 16th century Italian painter

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    Dream B.I.G.
    Begins with a passion
    Is realistic
    Going to require hard work

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    Dream B.I.G.
    Activity: Think of some of your hopes
    and dreams and share them with
    the person beside you.

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    Dream B.I.G.
    • Consider these questions……

     If I am in a relationship with someone right now, how


    does this person support or not support my dreams
    and goals?

    • Do my friends and peers provide a supportive


    environment for my dreams and goals? If not, what
    changes do I need to make?

    • Am I engaging in any risky behaviour that may stop


    me from achieving my dreams and goals? COPYYRIGHT 2011 Focus on the Family
    God’s dream for you….
    Obstacles to Goals

    Risky Behavior

    Character Flaws

    Circumstances

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    You can’t keep a bird from
    flying over your head, but you
    can sure keep it from building
    a nest in your hair.
    - Dr Martin Luther King

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    What does it mean to have Good
    Character?

    Head Heart
    To KNOW the good To FEEL the good

    Hands
    To DO the good
    How do we build
    Good Character?
    1. Do as we say
    2. Make it a habit

    Character may be
    manifested in the great
    moments, but it is made in COPYYRIGHT 2011 Focus on the Family
    Our friends can have a huge
    influence on our character…..
    Don’t be fooled. “Bad company ruins
    good character.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)

    So…what are the things we


    should look for in a friend?
    What Makes a Friend?
    Criticises me all the time. 
    Is there for me when I’m down.

    Looks out for my safety.

    Ridicules me when I don’t do the things



    he/she wants me to.

    Puts me down in front of others.

    Asks me along to fun and healthy activities.

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    What Makes a Friend?
    Admits it when he/she is wrong.

    Is interested to know what’s going on in my life.

    Encourages me to do better.

    Doesn’t keep his/her word.

    Flirts with the guy/girl I like in front of me.



    Helps me out when I’m in need.


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    What Makes a Friend?
    Insults my family and friends. 
    Takes my stuff without asking. 
    Is someone I can laugh with.

    Calls me only when he/she wants something from
    me.

    Talks about himself/herself all the time.

    Puts me down in front of others.
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    What Makes a True Friend?
    A true friend stabs you in the front.
    - Oscar Wilde

    A good friend can tell you


    what is the matter with you
    in a minute. He may not
    seem such a good friend
    after telling. COPYYRIGHT 2011 Focus on the Family
    Activity: The Influence of
    Friends

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    Is Peer Pressure Always Bad?

    +
    • Being encouraged to do something you didn’t have the
    courage to do

    +
    • Being convinced NOT to do something that could be
    bad for you

    +-
    • Being motivated to do something good together
    • Being pushed into something you don’t want to do

    -
    • Being persuaded to do something that goes against
    your values or beliefs

    -
    • Being pressured to prove you’re brave enough to try
    something that you feel is wrong

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    Watch:
    Overcoming
    Peer Pressure
    (an experiment)

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    State It. Sell It. Move It.
    1. State It.
    Say “NO” and tell them why.

    2. Sell It.
    Propose an alternative.

    3. Move It.
    Act on your plan.

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    Putting it into practice…..
    State It. Sell It. Move It.
    Activity: Scenarios
    1. Your boyfriend/girlfriend invites you to his/her house after
    school saying his/her Mum is home. When you get there, you
    find out that no one is at home.

    2. Your friend wants to show you a porn site that he/she


    accidentally stumbled upon while doing some online research for
    a homework assignment.

    3. Someone has bought alcohol to a friend’s party and other


    people around you are drinking and/or getting drunk. They ask
    Putting it into practice…..
    State It. Sell It. Move It.
    Activity: Scenarios (cont)
    4. You and your friend are at a shop together and you see
    him/her slip something into his/her pocket.

    5. Your friend has invited you to the movies and you have told
    your parent/s who will be there, where it is and what time to pick
    you up. When you get there, your friend says they don’t want to
    see a movie and have planned to meet up with some other
    friends instead and go somewhere else. They tell you that no
    one needs to know or find out and you will be back in time for
    pickup.
    Know Your Worth……

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