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Handling Peer Pressure
  • Authored by: Kate Stevenson Clark; Introduction by: Madonna M. Murphy, Ph.D, University of St. Francis and Sharon L. Banas, former Values Education Coordinator, Sweet Home Central School District, New York
  • Also available in Character Education Set, 9-Volumes
  • Trim Size: 6-1/2 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 1604131209
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-120-8
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 01/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 303
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12
  • Pages: 112

Summary

Real-life peer pressure is not just about dares and bullies and can be much harder to spot. Peer pressure can cause people to avoid making friends outside their own clique, follow trends without thinking, try to achieve an impossible look, not take school seriously, and let anger turn into violence. Handling Peer Pressure examines the many different kinds of peer pressure, where it comes from, and how to beat it—and tells the stories of some remarkable people who did.
 
History and current events topics covered include:
  • Eating disorders
  • Gandhi and the struggle to make India accept various classes of people
  • How TV shows and the media perpetuate stereotypes
  • Nellie Bly and the pressure to fit into male and female stereotypes
  • Teens battling pressure to drink and smoke.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Bibliography. Glossary. Further reading with Web sites. Index.

About the Author(s)

Kate Stevenson Clark earned her bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University and specializes in writing nonfiction books for middle and high school readers. She lives in Bern, Switzerland.

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