Grade 10
Overview
The grade 10 lessons were designed with current literature on brain development in mind. They examine risk taking behaviours among teenagers and ask students to create their own prevention strategies to reduce risks. The lessons encourage students to look at their short-term and long-term goals and think about how drug misuse may affect their future plans. In addition to cannabis, Lesson 5 examines the current opioid crisis and teaches students how to identify the risks and where to get help. Teachers are encouraged to review all lessons and use any or all of them in their classes.
Curriculum Expectations
Overall Expectations:
C1. - Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to healthy development;
C2. - Demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and living skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their personal health and well-being;
C3. - Demonstrate the ability to make connections that relate to health and well-being - how their choices and behaviours affect both themselves and others, and how factors in the world around them affect their own and others’ health and well-being.
Specific Expectations:
C1.2 - Demonstrate an understanding of impact of substance use and addictive behaviours on all aspects (e.g., physical, cognitive, spiritual, social, economic) of person’s health and well-being
C2.3 - Demonstrate the ability to analyse situations involving conflict with oneself or conflict with others and apply appropriate conflict resolution strategies;
C2.4 - Demonstrate ability (e.g., through role play, discussions, debates, analysis of hypothetical situations, case studies, scenarios) to apply adaptive, coping, and management skills (e.g., refusal, assertiveness, and persuasion skills; problem solving and stress-management skills; time management and organizational skills) to respond to challenging situations involving substance use, addictions, and related behaviours.
C3.3 - Identify public issues related to various addictions (e.g., alcohol, drugs, gambling, tobaccos) and analyze their impacts and the connections between these impacts locally, nationally, and internationally