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Educating Students About Drug Use and Mental Health - Grade 10: Overview

Grade 10 Overview Expectation 1 T/L S 1 Exp 1 T/L S 2 2 3

Step 1: Identify the learning expectations:

1. Overall Expectation (Third expectation in the Healthy Living Strand):

  • Demonstrate understanding of the issues and coping strategies related to substance use and abuse.

2. Specific Learning Expectations:

Step 2: Connect the Achievement Level category to the learning expectations:
 

VERB

CATEGORY

1. describes

1a. Understands most of the required concepts and communicates these concepts with few errors using appropriate terminology.

2. applies

2. Understands and is able to communicate concepts. Applies most of the required skills. Actively participates, and uses correct terminology with few errors.

3. demonstrates

3. Understands and is able to communicate concepts clearly, using appropriate terminology with few errors.

 

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • show understanding of the different levels/categories of substance use
  • show understanding of the factors that can lead to substance dependence list/discuss the different physiological effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
  • show understanding and discuss in a meaningful way the sociological effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs demonstrate knowledge of the legal aspects of substance use and abuse demonstrate critical thinking skills related to legal situations/scenarios
  • show understanding of how the media influences their decision-making regarding the use of a product show understanding of different prevention and treatment strategies and outline when these could be used.

Step 3: Evidence of student learning will be identified and assessed by the students' ability to:

  • identify the different "categories" of drug use within in the drug use continuum
  • explain how an individual can progress through the different "categories" of drug use and what it means when a person is "dependent"
  • identify and explain the physiological effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs on various parts of the human body identify trends of student substance use
  • analyse and explain how their own beliefs and behaviour about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs are affected by different groups of people (e.g., peers, adults, media/famous figures)
  • identify key legal issues related to under-age drinking, impaired driving and the Tobacco Control Act
  • identify related consequences to legal situations regarding substance use and abuse
  • identify different strategies used by the media to influence consumers and then apply these same techniques in the development of a positive message.

Step 4: Develop/determine the assessment strategy/tool:

What will students do to demonstrate their learning?

  • complete work sheets
  • explain orally
  • participate in classroom discussions and activities
  • take part in small group work
  • complete homework assignments

Bold text between orange lines is an excerpt from Grade 10 Healthy Active Living Education Public Course Profile, Unit 3, Activity 5:

The teacher and students will gather evidence of the expectations through:

  • a formative self-assessment of worksheets reviewing the concept of dependence and factors affecting dependence using a simple checklist to indicate completion
  • a summative self-assessment using "co-operation" and "group interaction" parts of the social skills rubric (from the Grade 9 Course Profile) when doing group work during the drug effects on the body exercise
  • a summative evaluation of a written paragraph response analysing the impact of portrayal of substance use in the media, using a checklist
  • a summative evaluation of the pamphlet using a rubric
  • a summative self-assessment of use of the media technique in the pamphlet using parts of the same rubric

Step 5: Outline the teaching/learning strategies:

Follow links for the three lesson plans for Grade 10.

Additional Resources

There are some additional resources listed on this site. You may also check with your local school board, public health office or call the central information numbers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:

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