ASSESSMENT
HEALTH EDUCATION - Substance Abuse (4)
HPE Lesson Plans - Health - KHE, 1HE, 2HE, 3HE, 4HE, 5HE
Safety | Mental, Social & Emotional Health | Substance Abuse & Disease Prevention | Growing Up Healthy
L1: Medicines Affect the Body| L2: Common Substances That Can Be Harmful | L3: How Tobacco Harms Body Systems | L4: How Alcohol Harms Body Systems | L5: Saying No to Alcohol & Tobacco | Assessment
Substance ABUSE
Assessment
See below for the following:
Standard(s), Essential Question(s), Big Idea(s)
LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA
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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY - Vocabulary
OPENING (Engage) - Main Idea | Why Learn This?
WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)
Quick Review Before Assessment
CLOSING (Evaluate)
Complete Unit 2 Assessment using your past lessons below as reference
Standard(s)
HE4.1a - recognize the relationship between healthy behavior and disease prevention
HE4.3a - identify the characteristics of valid health information, products, and services
HE4.3b - list resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information
HE4.5b - describe the possible consequences of an unhealthy decision and healthy alternatives when making a health-related decision
Essential Question(s)
Why isn't it wise to take another person's prescription medicine?
Why is it dangerous to buy medicines with a broken or missing safety seal?
How would you make sure that small children could not get at medicines?
Are there common substances that can be addictive?
Can caffeine and inhalants harm you?
Why might it be dangerous for someone who is pregnant to smoke?
What products contain tobacco/nicotine?
Do all other smoking tobacco products (cigars, pipe tobacco) have the same harmful effects as cigarettes?
Why is it dangerous for young people to drink alcohol?
Why is it important to speak up and say how you feel when you don't want to use tobacco or alcohol?
Tobacco and alcohol advertisers show tobacco and alcohol as glamorous, fun, and healthful. Is this true? Why or why not?
Big Idea(s)
Prescription medicines are meant to be taken only by the person for who they are prescribed. Unless you are a doctor or pharmacist, you can't be sure of the specific decisions that were involved in choosing a prescription medicine.
It is dangerous to buy medicines with a broken or missing safety seal because someone might have put something other than the medicine in the container.
Lock medicines in a medicine cabinet; put them on a high shelf in a locked container to make sure that small children can not get to medicines.
Some common substances, such as caffeine and over-the-counter medicines can be addictive.
Caffeine can cause feelings of nervousness, upset stomachs, an increased heart rate, troubles sleeping at night, and headaches and sleepiness when stopping the use of caffeine. Inhalants can cause lack of coordination, tiredness, headache, nausea, confusion, damage to skin, damage to lungs, damage to kidneys, damage to the liver, memory loss, serious illness, and in some cases, death.
It's dangerous for anyone to smoke, especially someone who is pregnant. Poisons affect the baby along with the mother, and because the baby is so small, the poisons have a much greater effect.
Tobacco/nicotine products include cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and vaping cartridges.
Other smoking tobacco products such as cigars and pipe tobacco have the same harmful effects as cigarettes because they produce tobacco smoke and they contain tar, nicotine, and other harmful substances.
It is dangerous for young people to drink alcohol because they have smaller bodies, so even one drink could give them a high blood alcohol level (BAL). Also, young people are likely to feel the effects of alcohol more strongly than adults.
It is important to speak up and say how you feel when you don't want to use tobacco or alcohol because others may assume you want to go along with their ideas if you remain silent; they may mistake silence for agreement.
It is not true when tobacco and alcohol advertisers show tobacco and alcohol as glamorous, fun, and healthful because tobacco and alcohol are both drugs that can cause addiction, illness, and death.
LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA
Lesson 1
I will recognize that medicines are drugs that help the body.
I will distinguish between prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
Lesson 2
I will recognize that some common substances, such as caffeine and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, can be addictive.
I will describe the harmful effects of caffeine and inhalants.
Lesson 3
I will recognize that some common substances, such as caffeine and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, can be addictive.
I will describe the harmful effects of caffeine and inhalants.
Lesson 4
I will describe alcohol and the harm it causes to body systems and behavior.
I will identify some effects of problem drinking.
Lesson 5
I will describe laws regarding alcohol and tobacco purchase and use by minors.
I will demonstrate strategies for refusing the use of alcohol and tobacco.
I will recognize truths behind misleading tobacco and alcohol advertising.
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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY
Vocabulary
addiction - the constant need or craving that makes a person use a drug even when s/he knows it is harmful
alcohol - a drug found in drinks such as beer and wine and in liquors such as vodka, gin, rum, and brandy
alcoholism - a disease in which a person is addicted to alcohol and cannot stop drinking without help
alcoholic - a person who suffers from the disease of alcoholism
blood alcohol level (BAL) - the amount of alcohol in a person's blood
caffeine - a drug found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and some soft drinks
cirrhosis - a liver disease that results from drinking too much alcohol
dose - the correct amount of the medicine that you should take every time you use it
drug - a substance other than food that changes the way the body works (all medicines are drugs, but NOT all drugs are medicines)
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) - also known as second-hand smoke, ETS can cause the same diseases in nonsmokers as smokers. ETS comes from burning cigarettes, pipes, or cigars and from smoke that is breathed out be smokers.
expiration date - tells you how long it is safe to take the medicine / medicine should not be used after this date
inhalants - substances containing dangerous poisons that give off fumes that when breathed in can cause brain damage, severe illness, and even death
intoxicated - being strongly affected by alcohol
medicine - a drug used to treat or cure a health problem
nicotine - a highly addictive substance that speeds up the nervous system. Being addicted to nicotine means that it is hare stop using it.
over-the-counter medicines - medicines adults can buy without prescriptions (also known as OTC medicines)
peer pressure - being influenced by friends to do something
pharmacists - people trained to prepare medicines
prescription - a doctor's order for a medicine (it has information such as the name of the medicine, how much you should take, and how often you should take it)
prescription medicines - medicines that an adult can buy only with a doctor's order (each prescription medicine is meant for just one person / never take another person's prescription medicine as this can be dangerous to your health)
side effects - unwanted changes in the body caused by a medicine (e.g. adult take aspirin to relieve pain or reduce fever, but a possible side effect of aspirin is an irritated or upset stomach)
tar - a dark, sticky material that coats the lungs and air passages of smokers. Tar buildup makes it hard for a smoker to breathe.
tobacco - the shredded brown material in cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and chewing tobacco that comes from the tobacco plant. All forms of tobacco contain an addictive chemical called nicotine.
OPENING (Engage)
Main Idea
Lesson 1
Medicines can be helpful if they are used properly.
Lesson 2
Common household products and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines can be harmful if they are misused.
Lesson 3
Tobacco/nicotine products contain many substances that harm the body.
Lesson 4
Alcohol is an addictive drug that can harm the body and mind.
Lesson 5
Knowing the facts about alcohol and tobacco can help prepare you to refuse them.
Why Learn This?
Lesson 1
Learning to use medicines safely will help you stay healthy.
Lesson 2
If you learn about the dangers of common substances, you are more likely to not misuse or abuse them, and unlikely to be harmed by them.
Lesson 3
Understanding that tobacco is a harmful drug can help you refuse to use it.
Lesson 4
Knowing the dangers of alcohol can help you refuse to use it.
Lesson 5
Saying no to alcohol and tobacco can help keep you safe and healthy.
RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
see below
DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials
Your Health: Teacher's Edition - Grade 4. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1999.
Technology
Chromebook
large video screens for whole-class viewing
sound system for sharing of audio