Activities:
Read and complete the guided note taker for following sections:
15-1, pages 374-375; guided note taker, page 175
15-2, pages 380-385; guided note taker, pages 178-180
15-3, pages 386-391; guided note taker, pages 181-185
15-4, pages 392-394; guided note taker, pages 186-187
16-1, pages 400-403; guided note taker, pages 188-189
16-2, pages 406-409; guided note taker, pages 192-194
16-3, pages 410-416; guided note taker, pages 195-198
16-4, pages 417-420; guided note taker, pages 199-201
17-1, pages 426-432; guided note taker, pages 202-205
17-2, pages 434-437; guided note taker, pages 206-207
17-3, pages 440-447; guided note taker, pages 210-213
17-4, pages 448-452; guided note taker, pages 214-216
Complete Building Health Skills
Developing Refusal Skills, pages 378-379; worksheet 176-177
Intervening to Help a Friend, pages 438-439; worksheet 208-209
Videos
Drinking Dangers
Bing Drinking
Addiction and the Brain
Alcohol and Sex: A Prescription for Bad Choices
Tackling Tobacco
Truth About Smoking
Smoking: Truth or Dare
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts
Truth or Dare About Drugs
The Risks of Drug Abuse
Rushing, Crashing, Dying
Think Twice: Marijuana and Cancer
Learning Guide
Health
Unit 4: Substance Use
Essential Questions:
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What are the effects of alcoholism on families and society?
What are refusal skills and how do they affect your decision making process concerning substance abuse?
How do family, friends, and personal factors influence your decisions about drugs?
What is the difference between a depressant and a stimulant?
What are the signs of possible drug abuse?
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Students will identify how alcohol acts as a depressant in the body. (1.12.6)
Students will identify three major factors that influence underage drinking. (1.12.1, 1.12.11, 4.12.3,
5.12.3)
Students will analyze the effects of intoxication on the four body systems. (1.12.6)
Students will outline four factors that affect blood alcohol concentration. (1.12.6, 5.12.3)
Students will explain three life threatening effects of intoxication. (1.12.1, 1.12.6)
Students will identify and explain how the body is damaged by long term alcohol use. (1.12.1,
1.12.6)
Students will describe the three stages of alcoholism. (1.12.1)
Students will identify what changes can occur in the brain with repeated use of alcohol. (1.12.6)
Students will list in order three steps taken during recovery from alcoholism. (1.12.6, 3.12.1,
3.12.2, 5.12.2)
Students will explain how they could utilize refusal skills to help them avoid pressure situations
which involve alcohol use. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.4, 4.12.1, 4.12.3, 5.12.2, 5.12.3)
Students will explain the three factors that influence teen’s decisions about tobacco use. (1.12.1,
1.12.6)
Students will identify the various types of tobacco products and explain how nicotine affects the
body. (1.12.12, 3.12.1)
Students will analyze the dangerous substances in tobacco and explain the long term health risks of
tobacco use. (1.12.8, 3.12.1)
Students will identify the long-term risks of exposure to secondhand smoke, including risks to
unborn babies. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 1.12.11, 7.12.1, 7.12.4, 7.12.7, 7.12.7, 8.12.2)
Students will explain how they could utilize refusal skills to help them avoid pressure situations
which involve tobacco use. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.4, 4.12.1, 4.12.3, 5.12.2, 5.12.3)
Students will identify personal and societal benefits of not smoking. (1.12.1, 1.12.11, 7.12.7)
Students will distinguish between drug use, misuse, and abuse. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 2.12.5, 3.12.1,
4.12.3, 5.12.2, 5.12.3)
Students will describe psychoactive drugs and how the brain’s reward pathway is affected by drug
use. (1.12.6, 5.12.2)
Students will summarize the risks of drug misuse and abuse. (1.12.6, 5.12.2, 7.12.4)
Students will evaluate how family, friends, and personal factors influence decisions about drugs.
(1.12.1, 1.12.8, 1.12.11, 2.12.4, 4.12.3, 5.12.2, 5.12.4, 7.12.1)
Students will compare the effects of depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens on the body.
(1.12.6, 7.12.1)
Students will describe the effects of marijuana. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 4.12.3, 5.12.2)
Students will describe the effects of club drugs, inhalants, and steroids. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 1.12.9,
2.12.1))
Students will give examples of behavioral, physical, and social signs of drug abuse. (1.12.1, 1.12.6,
2.12.2, 5.12.2, 7.12.4)
Students will identify and analyze treatment options for those recovering from drug abuse. (1.12.1,
2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.4, 3.12.1, 3.12.2)
Students will explain how they could utilize refusal skills to help them avoid pressure situations
which involve drug use. (1.12.1, 1.12.6, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.4, 4.12.1, 4.12.3, 5.12.2, 5.12.3)
Key Vocabulary:
drug
intoxication
blackout
blood alcohol concentration
hangover
overdose
binge drinking
fetal alcohol syndrome
cirrhosis
alcoholism
tolerance
dependence
addiction
reverse tolerance
detoxification
withdrawal
rehabilitation
nicotine
hookah
smokeless tobacco
stimulant
tar
carcinogen
carbon monoxide
chronic bronchitis
emphysema
leukoplakia
mainstream smoke
sidestream smoke
secondhand smoke
drug misuse
psychoactive drug
drug antagonism
drug synergism
depressant
hallucinogen
marijuana
club drugs
inhalant
inhibition
Created by: J. Minifie, S. Quilling, S. Dilley,
M. Harris, E. Been