Lesson Four

Title

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE US STRONG

Subject

Resilience

Author

Donna Backues

Grade level
Time duration

7-11
2 hours

Overview

Through singing, inquiry, painting (a palm tree), and role play, children will
learn how to avoid smoking and the importance of helping each other.

Objective

Children will know the people who make them strong and will have tools to
resist smoking.

Materials

Name tags/Bouncy Ball/Tempera paint/brushes/large piece of cardboard or

white paper/Percussion Instruments/Printout of Motto/Paper with
rules/embellishments/glue/images of cigarette ads

Activities and procedures

GREETING & INTRODUCTION

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Greet children with a handshake as they enter

Direct them to find their name tag and let new children create one
with markers only & emoji stickers
Circle up and introduce yourself again for new children and bounce
a small ball to another student to catch and say their name. Then that
child bounces to someone else and so on.
Song:
Ging geng gooli gooli gooli gooli waca,
Ging geng goo, ging geng goo.
Ging geng gooli gooli gooli gooli waca,
Ging geng goo, ging geng goo.
He-la, he-la she-la, he-la she-la, she-la, o-o-o,
He-la, he-la she-la, he-la she-la, she-la, o
Syali wali, syali wali, syali wali, syali wali,
umpah, umpah, umpah, umpah.

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Say Motto and have children repeat it back

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Rules review

THE MEDIA LIES TO US

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Show images of cigarette ads

Ask the children what they think about them
Why do cigarette companies make ads like this?
Ask the children what they should do about it
Ask them what they should do if someone asks if they want to smoke

OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING

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Money wasted
Heart Attacks/lung cancer/ages people/fire hazard
Fathers die and leave children and mother penniless
Smoking is dangerous for others around it

INQUIRY
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Who are the people who want us to be strong?

Who are the people who will help us to be strong?
Who are the people who wont help us to be strong?
How do we keep them from making us weak?
How can we avoid taking a cigarette politely?
What do we say?
How can we support one another?

ROLE PLAY Practicing to Avoid smoking

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Ask for volunteers to do a role play

Ask an assistant to play the tempter
Ask a child to respond to the temptation

PAINTING A PALM TREE

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Roll out large and long piece of paper or large piece of cardboard
Set up for painting paint palette. Mixing palette, rag, water cup,
brush, paint.
Show the children how to paint a clear blue sky with clouds
Show them how they can make the trunk of a tree with many
different shades of brown and the leaves with different shades of
green.
Tell the children that they will all work together to make a strong and
beautiful palm tree. Emphasize that mixed styles are fine and that
everyone can contribute.
If there is time, allow students to add embellishments to artwork.

BREATHING EXERCISE to relax

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Come together in a circle

Hand out a pinwheel to each child
Instruct the children to breathe in deeply and hold it for 2 seconds
(signal this by holding a finger up for each second) then have them
breathe out slowly and completely making the pinwheel spin as long
as they can.

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Closing Ritual

Repeat this 2 more times

REPEAT MOTTO
SING CLOSING SONG (Day O adaptation)
De-O, de-e-e-O
Sudah waktu ayo kita pulang
De, wi se de-e-e-O
Sudah waktu ayo kita pulang
De, wi se de, wi se de, wi se
Sudah waktu ayo kita pulang
Sudah waktu ayo kita pulang
Sudah waktu ayo kita pulang