Helping a Friend Just Say No!
Introduction | The Task |
Resources | The Process
| Learning Advice |
Conclusion
Introduction
Timmy has been your best friend since
kindergarten and has recently started hanging out with known drug users.
Yesterday he hinted that he was considering trying drugs. You are the only
person that he has told about his possible drug use. You decide it would be a
good idea to tell the teacher someone has confided in you that they are thinking
about trying drugs with their friends. Ask her to help you convince the student
drugs are bad by getting the students involved in learning the effects of drugs
on your body and by teaching assertive ways of saying no. Remember it is up to
you and your classmates to convince Timmy that drugs are bad.
The Task
Convince Timmy why he should not do drugs
by gathering all the information you can find about the effects of dangerous
drugs on your body.
- Teacher will assign children to
small groups of twos and threes and assign each group one drug to research.
- Students will go to websites provided
and each group will gather all the information they can find on that drug.
- Once information has been gathered
each group will work together to create an illustrative page or pages
to go into a class book about the effects of drugs on your body.
Remember you want to fill this book with
as many reasons as you can find to convince your friend not to do drugs.
Congratulations! You have just given your
friend a lot of information about why he should not do drugs, now you need to
teach him ways assertive ways of saying no.
- Students will make up short skits or
plays that will give examples of how to say no when offered drugs.
Resources
The Process
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Teacher will assign
students in small groups of two or three.
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Teacher will assign each
group a name of a drug and they will gather information
on how that drug effects your
body. ( we will focus on;
heroine, cocaine, crack, marijuana, and
meth.)
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Once information has been
gathered the class will work together to create an
illustrative page or pages that list the effects of
their drug and a catchy phrase or statement that goes
with their illustration.
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Once each group has
constructed their page or pages and the class has
constructed their page or pages, the class will get
together and create the front and back covers of their
book and select an appropriate title.
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Once the students have
completed they will give it to the teacher to laminate
and bind together.
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Now everybody gather
together and read your book. Let each group read
and explain their pages. then have an open discussion
about the information that you have just learned.
Task 2:
- Assign students to groups of three or four.
- Your teacher will make up index cards with
different situations that students might face in which
they will have to say no to drugs.
- Each group will be given a card and told to make
up a short skit or play showing the situation and a
solution to the problem.
- Next you will be allowed to practice your skit or
play in your own space in the room. Shh! Be very quiet,
you don't want everyone to see and hear your play until
it is performed.
- Lights! Camera! Action! Break a leg! This
is your last chance to convince Timmy that he can do the
right thing and tell those people NO!! Act out your
skit.
- Teacher have students discuss all of the award
winning performances and give their opinions of how they
might solves these problems. The more ideas Timmy gets
the more likely he is to say no.
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Learning Advice
Please stay with the resources on the
webQuest for your research, you will find all the information you need to
complete the assignment.
Make sure everyone participates in both of
the tasks, your friend is counting on you..
Conclusion
Dear
Friend,
I am so thankful that I have such a caring friend. You and all of my classmates
have convinced me that drugs are harmful to both your mind and body. There is no
way I will ever do any type of drugs. I told my so called new friends that they
were stupid thugs for doing drugs and to take a hike! I learned how to do that
by watching all of those cool skits in class. Thanks again!!!
Your Bestest buddy,
Timmy
Congratulations! You did it! You
saved your friend from a terrible life, full of poor health, social problems,
and possibly from a life in prison. Not only are you great friends but you are
very educated about how and why to say no to drugs.
This page written by
Allen and Suzette Bowen
Last updated:April 27, 2006
This page was adapted from
Bernie Dodge 's
WebQuest_Template1.html by
Tom March