Alcohol Lesson Guide
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Alcohol Use & Abuse
The following are instructional tools, resources, and example lesson plans of how to effectively teach students about alcohol use and abuse while encouraging students to make healthy lifestyle choices and to avoid the negative effects of alcohol.
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Students will able to differentiate between alcohol use and abuse
Students will understand the consequences of binge drinking & alcohol poisoning
Students will recognize the negative effects of alcohol abuse
Day 1: Alcohol Use & Abuse: What is the difference?
Do Now: Is there a difference between alcohol use and abuse? Why or why not?
Activity:
Discuss in in person or on-line format student’s thoughts. Have them explain their answers.
Consider both sides and why someone may be able to use alcohol while others may abuse it.
Brainstorm what students may think are negative effects of alcohol use and how they may know someone is abusing it.
* Stress the importance of understand how dangerous binge drinking can be and is most often what happens when teens abuse alcohol.
Discuss the negative effects of alcohol use and abuse. Have students create a chart of the organs that get damaged, how they get damaged, and how it impacts personality and decision making.
Provide students with scenarios explaining the difference between use and abuse and consider fast it can change from use to abuse in a short amount of time.
Day 2: Alcohol and Song Lyrics
Do Now: Think about songs you’ve heard on the radio. Do you think they make alcohol seem like a good idea? Why or why not?
Activity:
Discuss in in person or on-line format student’s thoughts. Have them explain their answers.
Students can be split into small groups or work individually depends on class set up.
Brainstorm a list of songs that discuss alcohol use.
Students will research the lyrics using their own devices and write down the lyrics.
Students will analyze the lyrics and write a reaction.
Reactions and lyrics should will be shared and discussed.
Challenge students to find one song that portrays alcohol in a negative way and not to use it.
*Discuss why they think celebrities glamourize it and how to change the public opinion on it.
Day 3: Alcohol and Athletes
Do Now: Can you think of athletes who abused alcohol? What happened to them?
Activity:
Discuss in in person or on-line format student’s thoughts. Have them explain their answers.
Students can be split into small groups or work individually depends on class set up.
Brainstorm a list current or past athlete who have abused alcohol.
Students will research what happened to them: Did their careers fail? Did they get alcohol poisoning? Did they move on to other drugs? Are they still alive?
Students will discuss the outcomes of the athletes they found in their research.
Students will relate what they found to their friends and if they are athletes themselves. How could alcohol impact their life choices and how well they play?
*Discuss why they think celebrities glamourize it and how to change the public opinion on it.
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This TeenHealthFX lesson guide correlates with the following National Health Education Standards:
1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
2. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors on health behaviors.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health.
4. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
8. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
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