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Methodology
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1. Substance Use and Abuse
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a. What are substances and substance abuse?
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Using a brainstorm map, students (alone or in pairs) complete a list of types of legal and illegal substances, including as many names for them as possible. Define stimulants, depressants, narcotics and inhalants, and classify brainstorm.
Give a substance abuse pre-test with True and False questions, and asking for student impressions for why people use drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.
Note on dangers of substance abuse, why people begin using substances, and how this affects health. Stress that using substances is always a choice, and the job of this course is to give you the reasons for why it is a bad choice for your health and future.
Complete a self-inventory on substance use, and then respond to questions based on the score.
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Worksheet for brainstorming; see Glencoe Health p. 573-599
Substance Abuse What do you Know? pre-test worksheet
Glencoe Health, p. 574-579
Worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 573, 597
Worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 527
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b. Tobacco
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Complete a self-inventory on tobacco use, and then respond to questions based on the score.
Review a sheet of Tobacco Facts.
Take notes on benefits of being a non-smoker, and effects of smoking on the body (respiratory, circulatory systems, cancers and pregnancy). Discuss active ingredients in tobacco (nicotine and its effects) as well as toxins (added and already present) . Discuss other forms of tobacco use and their effects.
Find two pieces of tobacco advertising, and alter the image and/or text of the advertisement to persuade people to not want to use the product. Write several sentences explaining what negative aspect of tobacco use each modification is designed to show.
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Description sheet of Tobacco Facts made up from Glencoe Health p. 530, 532, and 534.
Glencoe Health p. 533-538.
Tobacco Subvertising assignment sheet; magazines, or websites with tobacco ads
worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 549 and 569
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c. Alcohol & Alcoholism
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Complete a self-inventory on alcohol use, and then respond to questions based on the score.
Complete a brainstorm map (alone or in pairs) on the forms and types of alcohol beverages, and how and where it is consumed, including a variety of names used for different beverages.
Review a sheet of alcohol facts and myths.
Take notes on why young people drink, the effects of alcohol on the body, drinking and driving, and fetal alcohol syndrome
Show Working it out: A family discusses drinking.
Discuss two perspectives on consuming alcohol: binge versus responsible/moderated drinking. On a worksheet and through class discussion students develop reasons for why choosing to drink at 14yrs in this community is not a good choice.
Take notes on alcoholism (the alcoholic, signs of alcohol abuse, stages of alcoholism, effects on the family and community).
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Worksheet for brainstorming
Description sheet of Alcohol Facts made up from Glencoe Health p. 551, 552 553, 556,
Glencoe Health , p. 552-561
video
worksheet on Drinking Alcohol where students develop reasons
Glencoe Health, p. 562-566
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d. Solvents and inhalants
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Complete a brainstorm map (alone or in pairs) on the forms and types of solvents and inhalants.
Show A Hit for Mike about a 12-year-old boy who is addicted to sniffing.
Take a short note (or draw a diagram) on the effects of sniffing on different parts of the body.
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Worksheet for brainstorming
video
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e. Other (psychoactive) drugs
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Present students with a can of cola, and invite someone to "do" a psychoactive drug. Discuss health effects of caffeine (stomach pains, restlessness, nervous, sleepy, sick), and list products that have caffeine. Explain that most of us are already addicted to it, and how better we will feel if we reduce our consumption.
Discuss health effects of several psychoactive drugs with class (cocaine, heroin, LSD, and caffeine). Complete an organizer with health effects, forms of drug, and what it does.
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Cola, and other products with caffeine (chocolate, tea, coffee, cold medicine)
Psychoactive Drugs organizer; Glencoe Health, p. 573-591
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f. Strategies for preventing substance abuse
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Read a description sheet on How to Say No (to alcohol and drugs). Working in pairs, students create dramatizations of real-world situations where drinking, smoking, and illegal drug use is occurring. These scripts must show evidence of strategies for preventing substance abuse. The pair will then present their skit to the class.
Students receive a series of case studies of teenage students who have used tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs, and are asked to help the students out of substance abuse situations.
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Saying No Skits assignment sheet; description sheet containing Refusal Skills from Glencoe Health, p. 558, 589
Case studies retyped from Glencoe Health p. 542, 564, 587
Assignment sheet, Redesigning Product Labels; cigarette package to fold up
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g. Keep the Circle Strong
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To prepare for Keep the Circle Strong Week, use what has been learned about substances to create TWO products for the school competition:
(1) Redesigning product labels. For a pack of cigarettes, or a bottle/can of alcohol, create a giant paper cigarette pack or bottle with a label that is designed to show the effects of that product on your health. Also create a warning message to appear on these products.
(2) One page connected series of paragraphs, typed. Explains how and why a particular substance of the student's choice should be avoided.
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Assignment sheet Keep the Circle Strong Essay
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h. Topic quiz
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A paper and pencil quiz on substances, and substance abuse, assessing mostly knowledge expectations.
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2. Nutrition
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a. What is good nutrition?
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Complete a self-inventory on nutrition and then respond to questions based on the score.
Complete an oral Food Fact or Fiction pre-test.
Complete an assignment requiring examination of the display of several nutrition posters, and the food guides and then draw conclusions.
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Worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 95, 127, 131, and 157
Pre-test
Food guide pamphlets, nutrition poster display, Food Guide and Poster Analysis worksheet
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b. Nutrition and shopping
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Ask students to keep a careful record of what they eat for one whole day.
Perform a nutrition scavenger hunt in the local stores, which asks students to evaluate the nutritional value of foods they like, and do comparison shopping. Also, several questions requiring interpretation of scavenger hunt.
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Diet Audit Record Sheet worksheet
Nutrition Scavenger Hunt assignment sheet
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c. Diet audit
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Analysis of what was eaten for one day. Determine nutritional values of what was eaten, and assess whether food consumed represents an appropriate split of calories from fat, protein, carbohydrates, dietary fibre, and saturated fats. Answer reflection questions, and plan an ideal diet.
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Diet Audit assignment sheet, with Diet Audit Writeup worksheet; copies of nutritional tables Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods
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d. Eating disorders
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Discuss and read an information sheet on dieting, and eating disorders.
Complete a case study on a teenage girl coping with anorexia nervosa.
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description sheet from Glencoe Health p. 140, 142, and 144.
from Glencoe Health, p. 143
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e. Topic quiz
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A paper and pencil quiz on nutrition and eating disorders, assessing mostly knowledge expectations.
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| 3. Adolescence |
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Complete a self-inventory on changes during adolescence, and then respond to questions based on the score.
Take a short note on changes in the male and female body during puberty.
Read a chapter from Healthwise entitled "Your changing body, your changing feelings." Answer questions in a worksheet package.
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Worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 477 and 489
Healthwise Teacher's Resource, p. 56
Photocopies of Healthwise p. 186-203; questions worksheet
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4. Human Reproduction
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Read a chapter from Healthwise on the male and female reproductive system, and use the information to complete a matching matrix on reproductive parts and their functions.
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photocopies of Healthwise p. 196-202; matching matrix (Healthwise Teacher's Resource BLM #17)
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5. Sexuality and Decision-Making
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a. Choosing sex
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Discuss the case for abstinence. What does it mean? What are the advantages? What do the statistics say? How do you say "no"? Summarize this in a short note.
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Glencoe Health p. 484-487
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b. Birth control and disease prevention
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Invite a nurse from the Nursing Station to discuss healthy sexuality, birth control, and disease prevention. Using sample contraceptives (condoms, pill packages, spermicides, and diaphragm etc.) discuss how each is used, advantages and disadvantages, and the risks of other methods (withdrawal, natural methods)
Provide fact sheets on condom usage, effectiveness of birth control methods, and a chapter from Healthwise on birth control. Respond to questions on birth control from that chapter, including creating an organizer on types of birth control.
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Nurse; contraceptives samples
various fact sheets; photocopies of Healthwise p. 212-219; Birth Control Package Questions worksheet
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c. Sexually transmitted diseases
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Discuss how STDs affect adolescents, "the silent epidemic", and what can happen if you get an STD. Emphasize that abstinence is the only sure way to avoid STDs. Condoms can reduce the risk, but are not certain. Summarize this in a short note.
Provide a chapter from Healthwise on sexually transmitted diseases, and complete an organizer on the diseases (how you are infected, symptoms, and effects of disease).
Discuss the particular risks of AIDS/HIV. Show a short video on AIDS (HIV/AIDS support strengthens unity)
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Glencoe Health p. 642-644
Sexually Transmitted Diseases organizer
video
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5. Relationships
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a. Healthy relationships
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Complete a self-inventory on peer relationships, and then respond to questions based on the score.
Read a chapter from Lifestyle 3 on relationships and dating. Discuss peer pressure, and how everyone develops at their own schedule. Write replies to two of the letters included in the margins using the questions given to help you.
Discuss negative peer pressure, types of manipulation, and how to resist peer pressure. Take a short note on this.
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worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 297 and 311
photocopies of Lifestyles 3 p. 41-51
Glencoe Health p. 305-308
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b. Unhealthy relationships
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Read a package on relationship violence including a questionnaire on dating abuse. Complete questionnaire. Discuss elements of package.
Show the video Love Taps, and answer questions on the behaviour of the two main characters, one of whom is controlling the other in an unhealthy way.
Show the video A Love That Kills about relationship violence that lead to death.
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Relationship violence information package
video; Love Taps Video Questions worksheet
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6. Managing Conflict
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Complete a self-inventory on managing conflict, and then respond to questions based on the score.
Discuss types of conflict, and warning signs of conflict. Take a short note on this.
Provide an information sheet on conflict resolution. In pairs do a conflict role play in which pairs attempt to solve a conflict.
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Worksheet based on Glencoe Health p. 318 and 335
Glencoe Health p. 316-319
Information sheet from Glencoe Health p. 322; Conflicts Role Playing worksheet from Relationships and Communications Activities, p. 104
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7. Several Topic Quiz
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A paper and pencil quiz on adolescence, human reproduction, sexuality, relationships, and conflict assessing all areas of the achievement chart
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