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Drug Education

Lesson 01

 

 

Lesson length 60 minutes

Module or Unit Drugs

Lesson Intention

 

In this lesson, students are learning to:

 

  1. Students will examine the short and long term effects of smoking.

  2. Students will reflect on cigarette trends and consider the personal interpersonal and societal influences on decision making.

 

 

Personal Objectives

 

My objectives for my professional development are:

 

  1. Confidence

  2. Class Management

  3. Time Management

 

 

Success Criteria

 

Students who are achieving the learning intention will be able to:

 

  1. Students can explain a range of short and long terms effects on wellbeing.  

  2. Students can explain influences and can develop a range of strategies to reduce the harm associated with smoking.

 

 

Entry Assessment

 

This lesson is based on the students having the following prior knowledge

Students have been given an introductory class on some of the drugs, and their classes and classifications. The students are given a sense of potential determinants on health. Students are now required to analyse how smoking in specific can be influenced by personal, interpersonal and societal factors and how the wellbeing of this individual can be impacted short to long term.

 

Equipment and resources required

Internet

Powerpoint

 

Lesson Flow

Time

Teacher Activity

Student Activity and Teaching Points &

 

 

1. Introductory Activities

Discuss what we talked about last  lesson

  

State learning intention

 

What’s in a cigarette?

 

We’re only learning about a few times of drugs, and these will be central to your exam.

 

4000 chemicals etc (see powerpoint)

 

 

2. Content Development

 

Talk about impacts of smoking short term and long term

 

What makes cigarettes so addictive?

Why not just ban cigarettes?

 

How it harms your body

 

Etv Documentary on “why we love cigarettes”

 

What’s in a cigarette?

 

Think of smoking as a domino effect if something goes wrong. If one dimension of wellbeing is affected it is likely others will entail.

(class discussion)

-Health

-Financial impact on yourself and others

priorities, sacrifices.

-Impact on others (health)

-can impact sporting performance

-Start to rely on smoking as a coping mechanism

 

Students in their groups are to discuss critically why or why not.

 

Specifically show the image and body map

 

 

3. Lesson Closure

 

Talk about smoking and how it can impact an individual.

 

Long term it can impact health significantly and it can impact others differently.

 

Remember the domino analogy

if one falls then others are affected which can then perpetuate a larger problem.

 

 Lesson 02

Lesson length: 60 Minutes

Module or Unit Drugs

 

Lesson Intention

 

In this lesson, students are learning to:

 

  1. Students will examine the short and long term effects of smoking.

  2. Students will reflect on cigarette trends and consider the personal interpersonal and societal influences on decision making.

 

 

Personal Objectives

 

My objectives for my professional development are:

 

  1. Confidence

  2. Class Management

  3. Time Management

 

 

Success Criteria

 

Students who are achieving the learning intention will be able to:

 

  1. Students can explain a range of short and long terms effects on wellbeing.

  2. Students can explain influences and can develop a range of strategies to reduce the harm associated with smoking.

 

 

Entry Assessment

 

This lesson is based on the students having the following prior knowledge

Students have explored the impacts of short term and long term health detriments on communities, families and individuals. Going further, students will learn about the history and growth of tobacco/cigarettes via the video “we love cigarettes”. The video will help broaden their perspective on this specific drug clarifying many misconceptions they may carry with them.

 

Equipment and resources required

Internet

Powerpoint

Youtube

 

 

1. Introductory Activities

 

Allude to the previous lesson.

 

Focusing on influence

 

What did we discuss in the previous lesson? (ask students/get them to discuss in groups)

-The impacts short term and long term

:adrenaline received from smoking

:easy access to pleasure, can be controlled at any given time.

:coping mechanism for war

:Domino effect

:Financial detriments

:perpetuating the acceptance to other family members and communities

-can increase crankiness/mood swings -placebo effects

 

-The implications of banning tobacco

:how it impacts society (revenue)

:genuine addicted individuals will still find means

:Potential black market, no taxing.

:Gateway drugs could be enforced

 

How about the history from the previous video?

-formed a culture

-was used as a currency

-perpetuated income

-created movements in development

-Paid for slaves

-Gave motivation and means to many citizens

 

 

 

2. Content Development

 

In groups discuss potential influences that may start smoking in youth.

Interpersonal

personal

societal

 

Attempt to draw answers from the class

 

Finish the end of the video

 

-Peer pressure

-Family members

-Advertisements

-Facebook

-Acceptance culture: trends (in various societies; movies and cigars;

-Stress

-Stereotypes

-Social cues (shisha lounges,vape nation)

-role models like movie actors smoking

 

Pause on specific moments and highlight potential examples for exam.

 

 

3. Lesson Closure

Refer to learning intention

 

Reiterate points made in video
link to potential exam questions

-Scenarios will be given try to stay within the parameters of the paragraphs and overall situation

-Draw links and connections to other well being factors.

Drugs

 

 

This is a power point resource for Drugs

Smoking

 

This is a power point resource for Smoking (Cigarettes)

© 2018 by Karl Rodrigo Heap

EDCURRIC 431

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