Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.3B Grade 6 CPI 3

 

Standard: 2.3 - Drugs & Medicine

 

Strand: B - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  3 - The student will describe how the use and abuse of alcohol impacts behavior and contributes to the incidence of illness and injuries.

 

Grade: 6

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        COORDINATION - Select a volunteer to read a short story or poem to the class. Most of the students will be able to understand the passage. Now have the volunteer place a marshmallow in his/her mouth and read aloud the same passage. Ask students to comment on the differences in the readings. Relate this as an example of how a person who drinks too much alcohol might sound. Pairs repeat the exercise and discuss the results. Continuing in pairs, students write a brief description of how the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs affects muscle control and coordination. Each pair shares their description with the entire class. Use a whip around, pass option activity to create a class list of activities that might be altered if an individual is under the influence.