Daily Focus: Effects of Alcohol on Oneself and Unborn Baby

Lesson Plan: Unit: Alcohol Materials Needed: ppalcoholeffects, ppalcoholtruefalse, True False signs, Optional: DVD Alcohol True Stories hosted by Matt Damon; website The Drink Wheel; materials for FAS experiment (baby, bag of water, clear bowl; food coloring) Daily focus: effects of alcohol on oneself and unborn baby Objective: I will investigate the effects of alcohol. 9.ATOD1.6: I will summarize the consequences of alcohol use during pregnancy 9.ATOD2.2: I will demonstrate strategies for avoiding binge drinking 9.ATOD2.1: I will identify ways to avoid riding in the car or other risky behaviors with someone who is under the influence Essential Question: How does low, medium, and high doses of alcohol affect a person? Students will know: how alcohol affects the body, decision making, and an unborn child Students will be able to: develop techniques to turn down alcohol

Writing: script, what would you do? Inquiry: Why do 50% of teens under the age of 21 drink to get drunk? With so much knowledge on the effects of alcohol, why do people drink and drive? Collaboration: with partner/team, write script/role play, What would you do? Reading: “Just One Drink,” scenarios, facts and statistics, What would you do? story

Class Agenda: Warm-up:  True/False Game o Students will take an educated guess by holding up the True/False sign  Reading “Just One Drink”  Class Discussion Introduction to topic:  Video Clip: We thought we were invincible… a. Class discussion: legal consequences Facilitated Instruction:  Teacher Role: Notes: What is a drink & How does alcohol affect me  Student Role: Website: The Drink Wheel (individuals put in amount, age, etc.) o Ask individual students to create a drinking scenario to put in Drink Wheel  Teacher Role: Discussion: Effects on the body  Teacher and Student Role: Binge Drinking  Teacher Role: What is the problem? o Optional : Video Clip: Alcohol True Stories  Student Role: The Decision….The conclusion activity  Student Role: Ways to Turn down a Drink (writing script with partner/role play)  Teacher Role: Notes: Signs of Alcohol poisoning and What would you do  Teacher Role: Notes: FAS  Student Role: If time, What would you do? o With partner, write ending of story embedded critical thinking questions Closure: Read stories to class to summarize effects of alcohol

Summative Assessment: What would you do? stories

Lesson Plan Reflection: include information regarding alcohol use in other countries and cultures

21st Century Skills Use of technology Reading and Writing Critical Thinking Skills Communication and Collaboration Real life application Taking Care of Health Differentiation Depth and complexity questioning Appeals to visual learner through video clips, pictures, and real life scenarios Appeals to hands on learners through True False “hold up” cards PP highlights key points for the struggling learner Strategic pairing of classmates allows for leadership of teacher role and learner during writing prompt