Detailed Lesson Plan in

(MAPEH) Health

I. Objectives:
1. Identify the types of quackery.
2. Complete the table by giving examples of medical, nutrition, and device
quackery.
3. Appreciate the knowledge about quackery.

II. Learning Task

Subject Matter: Quackery
Reference: PE and Health Grade 10 Learning Module, page 216-218.
Materials: Projector, Laptop
Strategy: Collaborative Learning

III. Procedure
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNER’S ACTIVITY
A. Preparatory Activities
1. Warm up Drills
Good Morning Class? Good Morning Sir!
How are you today? We’re fine Sir!
May I request __to lead the prayer. (A student will lead a prayer)
a. Prayer
b. Checking Attendance
Who is absent today?
2. Motivation
Ask some student:
What health services did you last avail of? (Student will share his/her
experience.)
What health product did you last (Student will share his/her
purchase? experience.)
Class, I am going to show you a poster (Students will study the pictures)
and I want you to study the picture.
 Where do you often see these kind of In the magazines, newspaper,
posters/pictures? TV ads.
What message do these posters want to The posters want us to buy and
convey? use the product.
What is being sold in the first poster? A Whitening product.
What is being sold in the second poster? A slimming product.
What is being sold in the third poster? A Beauty product, Facial product.
On these products, what does it guarantee? It makes you beautiful and
slimmer.
Will you buy it? Yes/No
Why do you want to buy the product? Ask a student who answer Yes.
What is your reason for declining the Ask a student who answer No.
product?
Thank you for all your answer.

B. Development Activities
1. Presentation (Power Point Presentation)

Consumers receive health information,

products,and services from various
sources, thus individuals may be prone to
frauds. An example of which is Quackery.

Do you know what quackery is? (Students will raise their hands
Thank you for your answer. and share their ideas.)

Quackery is a form of health fraud, is any

advertisement, promotion, or sale of
products and services that have not been
scientifically proven safe and effective. It is
being operated by a Quack.

What is a Quack? (Students will raise their hands

Thank you for your answer. and share their ideas.)

A Quack is an individual that has little or no

Professional qualifications to practice
medicine.
He/ She also pretentiously uses
meaningless medical jargon and relies on
scare tactics, paranoid accusations, and
quick fixes.

There are three major characteristics of

health quackery.
• First, it is a Big business. A huge amount
of money is spent on fraudulent heath
products and services.
• Second, it multiplies and spreads fast.
• Lastly, it thrives on individual who are
diagnosed with illnesses that are known
to have no cure.

2. Lesson Proper
a. Activity
I will let you see these three posters (Students will study the picture)
and I want you to study in order to
identify the three forms of quackery.

Any idea what are the three forms of No Sir!!

quackery?
Okay, I have three words here in a paper (Choose three students to do this
to give you. activity.)
These are the three forms of quackery.
The Medical Quackery, Nutrition
Quackery, and Device Quackery.
What you are going to do is poster where
 it belongs.

Thank you student. Very good!! You are

all correct.

b. Analysis In the powerpoint presentation,

Now we know the three forms of the students will read the
Quackery. Let us read the definition to meanings of the three forms of
fully understand what these are. quackery.

 Medical Quackery- induces cures,

treatments, and remedies of various
health conditions that are drugless or
bloodless in nature.
 Nutrition Quackery-involves promotion
of food ads and other nutritional
practices that claim to be all-natural.
These are believed to have beneficial
properties of multiple plants in one
product.
 Device Quackery- makes use of
miraculous gadgets (such as gauges,
electrodes, magnets and blinkers) that
are believed to cure certain conditions.
What do you think are the reasons why (Students will raise their hands
quackery is rampant/ uncontrolled in the and share their ideas.)
Philippines?
Thank you students for sharing your ideas.

Quackery thrives in the Philippines

probably because of the following reason.
 The Quick and Inexpensive Cure
 Ignorance
 Fear of Surgery or Legitimate
Medical Treatment
 Effect of Placebos
 Hypochondria Patients

c. Abstraction
So we have discussed everything about
quackery. Again, what is Quackery?
Quackery is a form of health
fraud, is any advertisement,
promotion, or sale of products
and services that have not been
scientifically proven safe and
effective.
 What do you call to person who performs
Quackery? Quack!

What are three types of Quackery? Medical, Nutrition and Device

Quackery.
Very Good!! Thank you for listening.

d. Application
Now, let’s have a group activity. Please
form into three groups by counting and
choose a leader.
(Group the student and then distribute
materials to be used)
Group leaders please read the
instruction of the activity.
Medical Device Nutrition

Well done students! All your answers

are correct! Now you have an idea of
what are the examples of Medical,
Nutrition and Device Quackery.

Have you ever been a victim of a (Students who have been a

Quack? victim of quack will share his/her
What type of quackery do you easily idea.)
for?
Do you want to be a victim of Quack? No Sir!!

If you don’t want to be a victim, how do

you detect quackery?
 False Credentials
 Immediate Result
 Sales Pitch (phrases such as
Miracle, Magic, Secret Remedy
etc.)
 And many more.

IV. Evaluation
On a ¼ sheet of paper. Write an essay on how can you protect your family
and yourself from quackery?
V. Assignment
What are the possible dangers of quackery to a person’s physical and
psychological well-being?
INSTRUCTION
Give at least three examples of Medical Quackery. Write
your examples on the board. Do this activity in five
minutes and choose a representative to discuss in front of
the class.

INSTRUCTION
Give at least three examples of Nutrition Quackery. Write
your examples on the board. Do this activity in five
minutes and choose a representative to discuss in front of
the class.

INSTRUCTION
Give at least three examples of Device Quackery. Write
your examples on the board. Do this activity in five
minutes and choose a representative to discuss in front of
the class.

Medical
ex: ALBULARYO, FAITH HEALERS, MANGHIHILOT
Nutrition
ex: OVERSPENDING OF SUPPLEMENTARY VATAMINS,
SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS, PLACEBOS.
Device
ex: Cooper Bracelet, Electric Toothbrush, Vibrating Belts for
weight loss.