Gangs Prevention Version: Curriculum Goals Overview

Through the power of our computer curriculum, your students will make critical life choices and experience the consequences of real world gang problems. Here are just a few of the learning objectives:

• Why do young people join gangs?
• Bullying & smoking on school campus explored
• The role of school authorities
• Impact of gang involvement on siblings and parents
• Positive role models & practicing appropriate behavior
• Gangs as families & negative behavior examined
• Confusion, Gang Peer Pressure & refusal skills investigated
• Sense of hopelessness of parent presented
• Gangs & death presented & explained
• Identifying anti-gang behaviors
• Family commitment vs. Gang obligations presented & studied
• Consequences of illegal drug use
• Consequences of gang participation shown & discussed
• Temptations, threats, guns & their negative consequences
• Individual integrity & stopping the cycle of violence presented
• Positive relationships with the police & gang prevention
• Family, heroes, how small positive steps can change the future
• Stay in school, work hard to achieve long term goals & dreams
• The positive realization of perseverance & determination
• What is an adult?
• Marriage, children, working & career choices discussed
• Anger management, conflict resolution
• Refusal skills modeled & explained
• When friends are a positive support system
• Consequences of “being sexed into a gang”
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases & healthy vs. unhealthy actions
• How to convert life experiences negative into positive outcomes
• Hiding the truth versus family love, support & forgiveness
• Impact of gang violence on the community, family & individual
• Brotherly love and concern for gang involvement modeled
• How to get out of a gang explained
• Positive role models & positive community outcomes explored
• Gangs, violent/negative behavior because of self interests
• Consequences of gangs including jail on families & youth

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