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Drug Awareness
A Public Service Announcement
Essential Question: Can we, as students, make a difference in the fight against drugs?
Objective: Students will work individually to collect information and write a paper on a drug topic. They will then work collaboratively to create a class presentation in the form of a brochure, newsletter, or slide show. After presentations each group will choose to brainstorm an idea for a public service announcement on drug awareness, either in the form of a poster or a commercial.
Lesson:
Partners in Grime is a unit designed to make students more aware of the facts versus the myths of drug use. They will then be better prepared to make tough decisions in their future.
Day 1: Students begin this Drug Awareness Unit by using a Thinking Map to describe their previous knowledge of drugs. In the large circle, the students are instructed to write terminology they have heard and in the outer square, they must write down effects of drug use. Using a slide show and newsletter, not only to illustrate, but also to explain the project, the teacher will then introduce the Partners in Grime unit to the class. The students are given the newsletter to take home for their parents to sign so that they will be informed as to the importance of the project.
Day 2-3: Research requirements are given to each student in the form of a rubric. Each student should have 5 pages of notes from 5 different sources: 2 from the internet (from a list provided), 2 from books (borrowed from the library), and 1 other (brochure, interview, newspaper, movie, etc.) Each source must be sited correctly.
Day 4-5: Papers are to be typed in the lab. The Drug Paper Requirements page gives specific instructions for them to follow while typing their paper. They must insert pictures applicable to the topic and include a work cited page. See also Drug Paper Rubric. (I gathered electronic pictures from various sources and they were able to
A Public Service Announcement
Essential Question: Can we, as students, make a difference in the fight against drugs?
Objective: Students will work individually to collect information and write a paper on a drug topic. They will then work collaboratively to create a class presentation in the form of a brochure, newsletter, or slide show. After presentations each group will choose to brainstorm an idea for a public service announcement on drug awareness, either in the form of a poster or a commercial.
Lesson:
Partners in Grime is a unit designed to make students more aware of the facts versus the myths of drug use. They will then be better prepared to make tough decisions in their future.
Day 1: Students begin this Drug Awareness Unit by using a Thinking Map to describe their previous knowledge of drugs. In the large circle, the students are instructed to write terminology they have heard and in the outer square, they must write down effects of drug use. Using a slide show and newsletter, not only to illustrate, but also to explain the project, the teacher will then introduce the Partners in Grime unit to the class. The students are given the newsletter to take home for their parents to sign so that they will be informed as to the importance of the project.
Day 2-3: Research requirements are given to each student in the form of a rubric. Each student should have 5 pages of notes from 5 different sources: 2 from the internet (from a list provided), 2 from books (borrowed from the library), and 1 other (brochure, interview, newspaper, movie, etc.) Each source must be sited correctly.
Day 4-5: Papers are to be typed in the lab. The Drug Paper Requirements page gives specific instructions for them to follow while typing their paper. They must insert pictures applicable to the topic and include a work cited page. See also Drug Paper Rubric. (I gathered electronic pictures from various sources and they were able to