Scenarios
Scenario 1—Sebastian
Setting: Sebastian is overweight and lying on the couch watching TV. He is eating from a bag of
chips. He is a sixth grader. A large soda is visible on the table. His mom comes in the living room.
Mom:
It is a beautiful day outside today. I see your friends are skateboarding in the park across
Sebastian:
Mom:
Sebastian:
Mom:
Sebastian:
Mom:
Sebastian:
the street. Why don’t you join them?
(Doesn’t answer because he is watching a TV show.)
Sebastian!
What?
I was saying that it is a beautiful day outside and you should join your friends.
What are they doing?
Riding their skateboards.
Nah. (Sebastian goes back to watching TV.)
Scenario 2—Katy
Setting: Two teenagers are going to the movies and standing in line to get snacks. Katy is thin and
active. She is with a friend, Shelly.
Katy:
(to the movie theater employee at the snack counter) I’ll have a large buttered popcorn
and a large soda. Oh, and a medium bag of candy.
Employee: OK, I’ll get that for you. (to Shelly) And what would you like?
Shelly:
I’ll have a bottle of water and a small bag of popcorn—no butter please. (to Katy) You
must be hungry! My mom has to watch what she eats because she has diabetes—and she
has us all eating healthier. That’s why I’m only getting water and a small popcorn.
Katy:
Yeah, I should eat better, too. My brother was just diagnosed with diabetes.
Shelly:
Since diabetes runs in our families, do you think that means we will get it, too?
Scenario 3—Sarah
Setting: Sarah is at a birthday party with friends and is talking with Ben. Sarah has just been
diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Sarah:
This is a fun party! I especially liked the basketball game we all played—that was fun!
Ben:
Yeah, that was fun. I really liked beating your team.
Sarah:
I can’t wait to eat a piece of that yummy birthday cake!
Ben:
I thought you had diabetes—you can’t eat foods with sugar! My mom has diabetes, and
she got it because she ate too much sugar.
Scenario 4—Derick
Setting: Derick is a young teenager (and football player) with diabetes. He is carrying a clear bag
that has a bottle of medicine and a blood glucose meter inside. He knocks on the door to the
school nurse’s office. Raymond and Chris call out to Derick as he is entering the nurse’s office.
Raymond: Hey man, you sick?
Derick:
I have diabetes. So I have to keep my medicine in the nurse’s office—no big deal.
Chris:
Does the medicine make you better—so you won’t have diabetes?
Field Test: Grades 6–7, Lesson 1: Engage
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Master 1.1: Scenarios
Scenario Follow-Up
Scenario 1—Sebastian
Sebastian is in sixth grade and is overweight. He is watching TV, eating a bag of chips, and does
not want to go outside and skateboard with his friends.
What do you think? Identify any health problems that you can think of that this teenager might
have in the future if he continues this behavior.
Scenario 2—Katy
Shelly says to Katy: “Since diabetes runs in our families, do you think that means we will get it,
too?”
What do you think? How would you answer her question?
Scenario 3—Sarah
Sarah has type 2 diabetes. Ben has just told her that she cannot eat a piece of birthday cake because
it has a lot of sugar. He also said his mom got diabetes because she ate too much sugar.
What do you think? Explain why you either agree or disagree with what Ben says.
Scenario 4—Derick
Chris asks Derick, “Does the medicine make you better—so you won’t have diabetes?”
What do you think? How would you respond to this question?
Field Test: Grades 6–7, Lesson 1: Engage
© 2012 BSCS.
Master 1.2: Scenarios Follow-up