Grade 11 Life Orientation Term 3 Project on Youth Risky Behaviour PDF 9p452b

On this page you will find a Life Orientation Term 3 project focused on youth risky behaviour. It defines risky behaviour as actions by adolescents that can cause physical, mental, or social harm, and explores substance abuse and reckless driving as two key examples. The project explains how peer pressure and emotional stress often drive substance abuse, and how inexperience contributes to reckless driving. Content is written in clear, explanatory paragraphs suitable for direct study or use as a model answer. This project helps learners understand the causes and consequences of risky youth behaviour, a central Term 3 Life Orientation theme.

The following document, LO Term 3 Project.pdf, is the full document.

Term 3 Content Brief

Grade Life Orientation Term 3 Project on Youth Risky Behaviour PDF 9p452b

“Youth risky behaviour refers to actions or decisions made by adolescents and young adults that have the potential to result in negative consequences or harm.” “Substance abuse refers to the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among young people.” “Peer pressure is the influence that individuals within a social group… exert on one another to adopt certain behaviors, attitudes, or values to fit in.”
Life Orientation project introduction defining youth risky behaviour, describing two types (substance abuse and reckless driving), and two contributing factors (peer pressure and media influence).
Define youth risky behaviour; distinguish substance abuse from reckless driving as types of risky behaviour; explain the role of peer pressure and media influence in youth risk behaviour.
Subject Life Orientation
Curriculum South African (CAPS)

Grade Life Orientation Term 3 Project on Youth Risky Behaviour PDF 9p452b