Healthy Choices Awareness
Understanding Healthy Choices
This lesson is designed to help 5th-grade students understand the importance of making healthy choices, particularly in the context of drug awareness. Students will explore the impact of drugs on health and learn strategies to make informed decisions. This lesson is important as it equips students with the knowledge and skills to make safe and responsible choices, fostering a sense of personal responsibility and awareness.
Discussion Questions, Exit Ticket, Pens and Paper, Decision-Making Scenarios, and Video: Addiction & the Brain - For Kids!
Step 1
Introduction
5 minutes
- Start with a brief discussion on what students know about healthy choices and why they are important.
- Introduce the topic of drug awareness, emphasizing the importance of making informed and healthy choices.
Step 2
Video Viewing
4 minutes
Step 3
Decision-Making Activity
11 minutes
- Divide students into small groups.
- Provide each group with a decision-making scenario related to drug awareness and healthy choices.
- Have students role-play the scenario, making decisions and discussing the outcomes.
- Encourage them to think about the consequences of different choices and how they affect their health and well-being.
Step 4
Class Discussion
5 minutes
- Bring the class back together.
- Have each group share their scenario and the decisions they made.
- Discuss the different healthy choices and their potential impacts on health and life.
Step 5
Closure and Exit Ticket
5 minutes
- Summarize the key points of the lesson, reinforcing the importance of making healthy choices.
- Distribute the exit ticket for students to complete, assessing their understanding.
- Collect the exit tickets to evaluate their grasp of the lesson's concepts.
