Drugs, Alcohol, And Addiction Unit - 1486 Words

Drug, Alcohol, and Addiction Unit Lesson One: Introduction to Alcohol Learning Objective: By the end of the lesson the students should have a good grasp on the fact that when you put alcohol in your body you can’t do things you normally would be able to do. Activity: Dollar Bill Jump Concept: When you are under the influence of some drugs, you have the belief that you can accomplish certain tasks when in reality you can’t. This activity sounds so easy that everyone thinks they could do it. However, when they try, they find the task to be impossible for most and tough for all. Materials: †¢ A dollar bill †¢ A roll of masking tape Activity: 1. For the classroom demonstration, choose one person to come up in front of the class. 2. Place†¦show more content†¦3. Does the impaired person know that he can’t do certain activities like drive a car? 4. Would we do things while impaired that normally we would not do? 5. How can we help a friend when he is impaired but doesn’t know it? Lesson Two: Introduction to Tobacco Learning Objective: By the end of this lesson students will be able to understand how smoking and tobacco effects our lungs and our ability to breath comfortably. Activity: Jogging in Place Concept: When a person smokes a cigarette he is inhaling tar into his lungs. The lungs have tiny sacs called â€Å"alveoli†. These sacs allow the breathing process to work. Some of the tar that makes its way into the lungs becomes deposited in these tiny air sacs. Two things can occur. First, the sacs can become filled up with tar and cease to function. Second, the air sacs can fill up with tar and burst. Either way, it reduces the ability of your lungs to do their job. When this occurs, you experience a shortness of breath. When it becomes severe, it is called emphysema. But you don’t have to have to have emphysema to have reduced breathing capacity. This can occur just a short time after you start smoking. Here is a fun fact, the tar that is used in cigarettes is the same tar that is used to make asphalt roads. If you were to smoke one pack of cigarettes per day for a year, you would be inhaling the equivalent of a quart jar of tar into your lungs per year. Materials: †¢ One drinking straw for each