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Alcohol and Drug Awareness
Students will learn facts about drugs and alcohol and practice handling peer pressure.



Primary Learning Outcomes
How do can I resist peer pressure? What are some different ways to say no?

Additional Learning Outcomes


Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 6
Guidance
C. Career Planning
9
Topic: Skills to make decisions.
Standard: Describe personal beliefs and attitudes. Describe how career development is a continuous process with series of choices. Identify possible outcomes of decisions. Describe school courses related to personal, educational, and occupational interests. Describe how the expectations of others affect career planning. Identify advantages and disadvantages of various secondary and postsecondary programs for the attainment of career goals. Identify the requirements for secondary and postsecondary programs.

Grade: 6
Health
Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs
1
Topic: Policy and Law
Standard: Examines school rules, system policies, and local, state, and federal laws regulating purchase, sale, use, and possession of alcohol, tobacco products, and other drugs.

2
Topic: Effects
Standard: Analyzes the impact of the use of alcohol, tobacco products, and other drugs on the individual, family, and community.

3
Topic: Consequences
Standard: Recognizes and assesses the effects that alcohol and other drugs could have on individuals operating vehicles and other equipment, including the consequences of riding or being with someone under the influence.

4
Topic: Risk Factors
Standard: Assesses personal risk factors (e.g., heredity, family and peer drug use, and academic failure) and protective factors (e.g., positive adult models, coping skills, knowledge of resources, and self-sufficiency) for drug use.


Procedures/Activities


Step:  1 Duration: 30 min.
Have students study the “Alcoholism” and “Something to Think About” handouts. Summarize the information and provide any additional relevant information.

Attachments for Step 1
Title: FileName: Alcoholism.doc
Description: Print and copy for each student.
Title: FileName: Something to Think About.doc
Description: Print and copy for each student.

Step:  2 Duration: 30 min.
Role-play situations in which one player wants another player to experiment with drugs. Have students respond in the way that is most natural to them, selecting refusals from the list provided (“Ways to Just Say No”).

Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: Ways to Just Say No.doc
Description: Print and copy for each student.




Materials and Equipment
“Alcoholism,” “Something to Think About,” and “Ways to Just Say No” activity sheets


Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration
one class period

Technology Connection



Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be evaluated.
Extension
Remediation
Accommodation
For students with exceptional needs, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to enhance student participation and learning? Each area below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations.

Non-readers     Physical Impairments     Sensory Impairments     Attention/Behavior

Each disability below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations specific for that disability.

    Autism
    Deaf - Blind
    Deaf/Hard of Hearing
    Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
    Mild Intellectual Disability
    Orthopedic Impairment
    Other Health Impairment
        Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
        Tourette Syndrome
    Significant Development Delay
    Specific Learning Disability
    Speech - Language Impairment
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Visual Impairment

Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of this lesson plan.