Alcohol and Other Drugs 5 of 5 Teaching Steps 1. Students identify purchases. Ask students to list three to five items they purchased in the last week or two on a piece of scrap paper. Ask for volunteers to read their lists to the class. Ask students to cross out any item they would not have purchased by themselves five or six years ago.
Groups discuss changes.
Divide the class into small groups and ask students to discuss with each other how their lists changed. Then discuss the changes as a class. As students get older, they make more of their own decisions, including buying decisions. What their friends are doing or using now has more influence on their decisions. Discuss advertising strategies.