Unit Plan Template

Unit Author
Name
Grade Level
School Name
Unit Overview
Unit Title
Impact of drugs and alcohol abuse among high school students
Unit Summary
The purpose of this lesson plan is to investigate the variables that lead high school kids to begin abusing
substances like alcohol and drugs. In a similar vein, the plan for the unit focuses on the steps and procedures
that may be implemented to eradicate this pattern in high schools across the country. The lesson plan provides
information about the detrimental impacts that substance misuse and alcohol abuse have on high school
pupils, both in the long term and the short term.
Curriculum Links
The unit plan is mainly targetting the youths. Students at this level all around the United States are concerned
about the issue of substance misuse, specifically alcohol and drug abuse. Students of this age are either
adolescents themselves or are readily persuaded to engage in substance usage by their peers because of their
age. Students' bodies, emotions, and minds are all negatively impacted when drugs and alcohol are abused in
high school, and this has the potential to increase the number of students who drop out of school altogether.
Approximate Time Needed
The classes for this unit include two one hour classes per week. The classes should last for 3 months
Unit Foundation
NYS & National Health Education Standards
NYS Standards Met:
NYS P-12 Common Core Standards
NYS Learning Standards
National Standards Met:
Standard 1 – Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to
enhance health.
Met in Lessons 2 & 4
Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors
on health behaviors.
Met in Lessons 3 & 5
Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to
enhance health.
Met in Lessons 6 & 7
Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health
and avoid or reduce health risks.
Met in Lessons 8 & 9
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
Met in Lessons 10 & 11
Standard 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Met in Lessons 12 & 13
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce
health risks.
Met in Lessons 14, 15 & 16
Standard 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
Met in Lessons 17 & 18
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
 To understand the causes of alcohol consumption and drug abuse among the youths
 The student should be able to highlight the impact of alcohol consumption and drug abuse among the
youths
 By the end of the leasson, the students should be able to explain various strategies that can be used to
eradicate alcohol consumption and drug abuse the youth
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential What is the prevalence of alcohol consumption and drug abuse among the
Question youths?
1. What factors contribute to alcohol consumption and drug abuse among
Unit the youths?
Questions 2. What measures can be used to address alcohol consumption and drug
abuse among the youths?
What are the 6 Youth risks behaviors that are linked to alcohol and drug
WSCC Model
abuse?
Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline

Before project work begins Students work on projects After project work is
and complete tasks completed

  Quizzes   Homework   Rubrics

 Formative  Quizzes  Research projec
assessment  Exams  Exams
 Socrative  Classroom  Case study
assessment analysis
 Group work
 Summative
assesments
Assessment Summary
Assessments need to evaluate the skills, knowledge, or abilities that the instructor considers to be essential,
have a purpose that is aligned with the competencies that are being assessed, and give related evidence in
order to be a successful and fair evaluation tool. One of the assessments used in this unit is the diagnostic
assesment. Diagnostic assessments help benchmark student progress. Theassessments adopted here include
Short quizzes, Journal entries, Student interviews, Student reflections and Classroom discussions. Formative
assessment is also adopted in this unit. Formative assessments helps track how student knowledge is growing
and changing in the classroom in real-time. The assesment tools here include Portfolios, Group projects,
Progress reports, Class discussions, Entry and exit tickets and Short, regular quizze
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge
 Students should have prior knowledge on what drug abuse is
 Students should have necessary technological know-how for the online classes
 Students should be having good listening and writing skills
Instructional Procedures/Teaching-Learning Activities
As a component of the learning cycle that is utilised in this particular subject, having a game plan for what
information the students should acquire and how the knowledge should be evaluated is essential. The targeted
results of the teaching, the planning stage, and the assessment stage make up the three stages that comprise
the instructional procedure. During the stage of determining the desired instructional outcome, the instructor
will determine the subject standards and benchmarks that will be covered by the unit. After that, observable
and quantifiable learning outcomes are derived from the content standards. When this is done, the instructor
will have a blueprint of what she expects her students to know and comprehend, as well as an outline of which
curriculum-based standards her students will fulfil. During the planning stage, the teacher develops lesson
plans by determining which teaching and instructional tactics have shown to be successful in the past and
implementing those strategies into the lesson plans. The lesson plans are accompanied by appropriate
assessments, and the lessons themselves are carried out with the pupils. Assessments will be given to the
students in the final stage, and decisions will be made regarding whether or not the standards and the
intended learning outcomes have been fulfilled. This instructional procedure is interractive in that it is centered
on the needs of the students.
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

Students with special needs require close monitoring to ensure that they are
grasping the elements taught in classroom. To ensure the needs of the
students with special needs are met, there is the need t adjust the teaching
module. For these kind of students, there is extra time for study and
Students
consultation allocated. This ensures that the students and the teacher have a
with
close relationship. However, the learning objectives are not adjusted as the
Special
Needs students are also capable of achieving the set objectives with proper
education strategy. The special needs learners will however have modified
assignments which are mostly practical and engaging. This implies that the
tests are mostly oral. The students with special needs are also grouped
together to ensure that they are learning effectively.
 Contrary to the special needs students, there are also the gifted students. Gifted
students in this case also require close attention to ensure that they are comfortable
with the teaching module. The teaching plan for the gifted students is modified to
Gifted have more challenging tasks. The students are also allocated extra hours that are
Student optional. This strategy is mainly meant to challenge the learners. The gifted students
are mostly comfortable with teaching modules that challenge them. The gifted
students are also tasked with conducting research on topics of their choice as part of
challenging themselves.
ESL students are accomodated by ensuring that they have ample time to grasp the
key concepts taught in the lesson while at the same time learn the English language.
In this teaching module, this is ensured through creating a word wall with the most
ESL important terms. It will be helpful if the tutor provide models of finished homework
Student assignments and projects. The tutor also checks to see that the examinations and
tasks given to the students are written in clear, succinct language and are simple to
read. The tutors makes available a wide choice of reading materials, spanning a
number of reading levels, that cover themes covered in the curriculum.

Learning Experiences/Lesson Block Plan

#1. Lesson This lesson is mainly meant to establish the veracity of Lesson Title: Prevalence of drug abuse
Overview: the problem. This helps in establishing background among youths
knowledge to the learners on what they should expect Lesson Time: 2 hours
during the course.
Skills: Research skills Assessment: Quizz
Critical thinking Classroom assessment
Group work
Summative assesments
#2. Lesson This lesson is focused on establishig the root cause for Lesson Title: Factors causing drug abuse
Overview: the lesson topic. Through this lesson, the learners are among the youths and
able to learn factors that have led to most of the youths schoolgoing children
and schoolgoing children getting into drugs. Lesson Time: 2 hours
Skills: Analytical skills Assessment: Homework
Listening skills Quizzes
Research skills Exams
Socrative

#3. Lesson This lesson focuses on offering solution to the problem. Lesson Title: Strategies to eliminate drug
Overview: This lesson involves the first testing the learners to offer abuse among the youths and
some of the strategies that they believe could be schoolgoing children
effective in addressing drug abuse among the youths. Lesson Time: 2 hours
The proposals are evaluated and the final
recommendations compiled.
Skills: Listening skills Assessment: Rubrics
Research skills Research projec
Exams
Case study analysis

Materials and Resources Required For Unit

Printed Materials Textbooks, curriculum guide, story book, references, etc.

Supplies textbooks, worksheets, 3D models, charts, infographics

Internet Resources Online school library, PubMed

Other Resources Talks from experts such as nurses and doctors

Technology Use Computer, projector and zoom