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Alcohol: Grades 9-12 Lesson PlanAlcohol: Grades 9-12 Lesson Plan
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Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Health
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Duration
1 hr
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Year
2016
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Alcohol: Grades 9-12

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This Alcohol: Grades 9-12 lesson plan also includes:
  • Tricks of the Trade (.pdf)
  • Alcohol
  • Binge Drinking
  • Dealing With Addiction
  • Peer Pressure
  • Coping When a Parent Has an Alcohol or Drug Problem
  • School Counselors
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Two activities ask high schoolers to consider the role of alcohol culture in their lives. First, groups analyze the types of appeals used in newspaper ads for alcoholic drinks and compare those images with what they have observed. Individuals then consider ways to deal with alcohol-related peer pressure.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

addiction, drug addiction, peer pressure, alcohol abuse, alcohol use, drinking and driving, advertising, propaganda, propaganda techniques, persuasive techniques

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Divide the class into seven groups, assign each group a different article to analyze, and have them report their findings to the whole class
  • Research the support programs available on campus and in the community including safe ride programs, and post the information in the classroom
  • Ask class members to bring in copies of old newspapers and magazines

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies of the "Tricks of the Trade" worksheet
  • Part of the Health Problems series of lessons designed for high schoolers

Pros

  • The activities ask learners to consider the effects of the alcohol culture as presented in the media

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.4 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.5 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.4

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