For your project:

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND INCLUDE THE INFORMATION BELOW THE QUESTIONS:

1. How do a reach my goal of remaining substance free? 
2. How can I say “no” and still keep my friends?

•  Knows the effects of alcohol or marijuana use - Describe the physiological (physical), psychological (mental), behavioral and societal effects of using alcohol and marijuana
• Analyzes the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on behaviors and decisions related to alcohol, marijuana, and other substance use/non-use
• Knows the consequences for using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (Family rules, school policies, and federal laws regarding ATOD)
• Develop a plan to make the goal of being “substance free” a reality during middle and high school years
• Knows where and how to locate resources to support the abuser or his/her friends and family (Explain the effects that drug dependency has on family and friends.). (Access school and community resources to support the abuser or his/her friends and family.)
• Practices ways to stay drug free (Demonstrate good decision-making strategies, including healthy alternatives)

  BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS:

  Key Vocabulary: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Consequence

  Denial Dependence Drug Goal setting Marijuana

  Physical dependency Psychological dependency Tolerance Withdrawal

  Websites:

  www.fda.gov

  www.nida.nih.gov

  www.usp.org

  www.drugfreeamerica.org

  www.freevibe.com

  www.kidshealth.org

Create a Multimedia Presentation

With your partner make a video, podcast or use Power Point, PhotoStory, HyperStudio, TimeLiner, Front Page or another editor to create a Multimedia Presentation or Web Page on your findings. We will start discussing project possibilities next week.

Remember your focus is on substance abuse prevention and goal setting!

Check out these great resources for staying safe online!

Read Time to Heal pages 172 – 181 and Looking Forward: Setting and Achieving Goals pages 160 – 171. Complete the worksheet.

Think about how you can use this information to achieve your goals. 

Resnick, Hank. Changes.Ohio: Quest International, 1988.

Our first unit will be Substance Abuse Prevention & Goal Setting.

For homework fill in the chart attached:  

• In column 1 list 3 goals that you have for yourself
• In column 2 list 3 things that you can do to help you achieve that goal.
• In column 3 list 3 things that could prevent you from achieving that goal

NOTE: all 18 items must be unique. You may not use the same one twice!

Key Vocabulary:

Addiction

Alcohol

Alcoholism

Consequence

Denial

Dependence

Drug

Goal setting

Marijuana

Physical dependency

Psychological dependency

Tolerance

Withdrawal

Follow the directions on the first slide. Click on the attachment, and then save the template. 

Due Thursday, March 20, 2008

Class Blog

Teachers and students in the West Hartford community now have the opportunity to participate in the blogging world.

Look over the links on the left. Here you will discover how to navigate the site to find helpful links and places to post your comments and assignments.

By Wednesday January 11, 2006 please respond to the Alcohol and Advertising discussion topic.

There is an optional discussion post area available now.

This week students will be choosing a health topic to research for their final project. A list of resources will be compiled by students in the course of their work. What makes this project particularly exciting is that students also choose the format for presentation. Some students are making Jeopardy style games, others are using Squares or Millionaire templates and some are choosing FrontPage to create web pages! 

• Which topic did you choose?
• Give a brief reason why you chose that topic
• List 2 valid sources of information on that topic and explain why
• What technology tool are you using to present your work?