Ask for volunteers to read their lists to the class. Write the influences they identify on the board. Ask students if they notice any similarities between the things students identified as being influential on minor and major decisions. Students review examples of internal and external influences. Influences Review each influence on the transparency, asking students for examples from the influences they identified.
Students identify external influences.
Give each student a sheet of posterboard and a marker. Ask students to sketch an outline of themselves in the center of the posterboard and to draw three concentric circles around the outline. In the space between the first and second circle, students are to write the names of the individuals or groups with whom they spend the most time. In the space between the middle and outer circle, students should write the names of individuals or groups with whom they regularly spend time. Have students write the names of individuals or groups with whom they spend time occasionally just outside the outer circle.