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Term: 1st Term

Week: 7

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Social Studies

Topic:-       Drug abuse

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Explain the meaning of drug abuse
  2. Enumerate the forms of drug abuse
  3. State the reasons for drug abuse
  4. State the methods of drug abuse
  5. Discuss the consequences of drug abuse
  6. Discuss ways of discouraging drug abuse

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on group behaviour

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She explains the meaning, forms and reasons for drug abuse

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further discusses the methods, consequences and ways of discouraging drug abuse

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

DRUG ABUSE

Drug is any substance taken into the body for its stimulating effect

Drugs or substance abuse is the wrong use of a drug by self without any

medical prescription

 

FORMS OF DRUG ABUSE

  1. Taking any medication not prescribed by a medical doctor
  2. taking fake, expired and wrong doses
  3. smoking excess cigarettes at a time
  4. getting drunk
  5. frequently taking substances like coffee, pain-killers, sedative drugs etc
  6. taking narcotics and hard drugs such as heroin, cannabis, cocaine etc

 

REASONS FOR DRUG ABUSE

  1. availability
  2. Curiosity
  3. Pleasure
  4. emotional problems
  5. low self esteem
  6. celebrations
  7. media promotions
  8. social pressure
  9. dependence
  10. previous use

 

METHODS OF DRUG ABUSE

  1. swallowing
  2. inhalation
  3. snorting
  4. injecting
  5. suppositories

 

CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE

On the individual

  1. puts the mind in confusion
  2. reduces right reasoning ability
  3. causes depression
  4. damages important body organs
  5. causes stress and emotional pain
  6. makes slave of the individual
  7. can lead into serious mental problems
  8. it can lead to addiction and dependence
  9. it can bring about unemployment and poverty
  10. it can cause an exhibition of negative behaviours

 

On the community

  1. increase in crime rate
  2. increase in mentally derailed people
  3. reduced working population
  4. high rate of domestic violence and death
  5. increased family and social problems
  6. speedy spread of infectious diseases

 

On the nation

  1. increase in health problems
  2. disruption of family life
  3. Increase on poverty rate
  4. low national economic productivity
  5. increase in crime rate

On the international community

  1. discourages cooperation among countries
  2. affects global economics
  3. increase the spread of global health problems
  4. encourages money laundering activities
  5. hinders development in various sectors of the world’s economy
  6. it encourages international criminal activities like terrorism, human

trafficking etc

 

WAYS OF DISCOURAGING DRUG ABUSE

  1. choosing good friends
  2. forming drug-free clubs
  3. acquiring and exhibiting positive coping skills such as assertiveness,

refusal/resistance skills, problem-solving skills, communication skills,

decision-making skills, social skills, etc

  1. constructive use of one’s time
  2. living a balanced lifestyle
  3. avoiding risk factors
  4. government laws on drug abuse should be more severe

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of drug abuse

  1. State the forms of drug abuse
  2. Give reasons for drug abuse
  3. Outline methods of drug abuse
  4. What are the consequences of drug abuse
  5. on the individual
  6. on the family
  7. on the nation
  8. on the international community
  9. Discuss ways we can discourage drug abuse

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively