AOD Sub Topic Alcohol By Hannah Allison ContentSub

AOD Sub Topic: Alcohol By: Hannah Allison

Content/Sub Descriptors for Middle School • 2. Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of AOD use – 2. 3. signs of behaviors of AOD use – 2. 4. effects of binge drinking – 2. 9 relationships between AOD use and sexual behavior • 3. Positive and Negative Influences on AOD use – 3. 1 pressure to use – 3. 4 peer influences

Content/Sub Descriptors for High School • 2. Short-term and Long-term Effects of AOD Use – 2. 3 effects of binge drinking (MS) – 2. 9 relationships between AOD use and violence – 2. 10 relationships between AOD use and sexual behavior (MS) • 3. Positive and Negative Influences on AOD Use – 3. 1 pressure to use (MS) – 3. 4 peer influences (MS)

Demonstrations/Experiments • Provides strong visual experiences for the students • Instruction should be offered in exciting and imaginative • Helps students understand progressions and processes that lead to an end result • Can be showcased by teachers, students, and guest speakers

Advantages • Demonstrations and Experiments get the class up and moving • Can reach out to multiple types of learners through auditory, visual, and sensory methods • Can be exciting and imaginative

Disadvantages • It may be hard to keep all of your students on task during certain experiments and demonstrations • If something goes wrong with a demonstration or experiment you may lose focus of the class • These types of activities may take up more time and need more preparation than traditional lecture

Materials and Management • • • Music (You. Tube) Open space Cups Water Paper towels

KWL (Know-Wonder-Learn) • Assessing Prior Knowledge; Exploring New Content • Using handouts or posters, students write what they “K” know or think about a topic and then add any questions they “W” wonder about or want to have answered • As an ending activity, the students complete the “L” segment to record any new concepts that they have learned • Offers a visual demonstration of the three-point process of assessing prior knowledge

Advantages • Gets students thinking critically about the topic • Provides evidence that they took something away from the unit and learned / grew • Easy way to have a built in instant activity for the first day of a new unit.

Disadvantages • What if the students know nothing about the subject? • They may feel disheartened • The papers need to be kept the entire unit so there may be a risk of students or teacher losing them • If students are not paying attention or are stubborn they have a risk of not learn anything

Materials and Management • • Pre-printed sheets of K-W-L Pencils Surface to write on Peer involvement

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