Characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and Rehabilitation.
Subject : Social Studies
Topic :
Characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and
Rehabilitation.
Class : Primary 5
Term : Third Term
Week : Week 8
Previous Knowledge : Pupils have previous knowledge of
that have been taught in their former lessons and classes
Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson , pupils should be able to
1.State the characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and Rehabilitation.
2. list commonly abused drugs and identify them by
their street names
3. list some characteristics of abusers of alcohol,
tobacco and cannabis
Methods Of Teaching
- Discussion
- Explanation
- Dramatization
- Dialogue
- Story telling
- Questions and Answers
- Role Modelling
Instructional Materials
- Wall Charts
- Pictures
- Online materials
- Textbooks
- Scheme of work
- Workbooks
Content
Characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and
Rehabilitation.
1 Alcohol –
a) Aggressiveness – An aggressive person is someone who is easily provoked.
He gets angry easily and does not listen to people’s explanation. He sticks
to his own argument and he is ready to fight if his point is not taken.
b) Slow speech – A drunk person will not be fluent in speech. He would turn to
an artificial stammered.
c) Hallucination – This is when someone talks to himself with an imagination
that something is real without it being so. If you see somebody who talks to
himself on the street or road, it may be as a result of over-indulgence in
alcohol.
d) Loss of balance – People who abuse alcohol will always stagger on the
road. Their hands and body will be shaking. They will not be able to
maintain their balance.
e) Disobedience – People who abuse alcohol will always be disobedient. A
disobedient person is someone who does not listen to instruction. He will
always be rude to people including those who are older than him.
2 Tobacco –
An example of tobacco is cigarette.
People who abuse tobacco can be identified with the following:
a) Bad smell – They smell badly of tobacco, to the discomfort of those who
stay near them. People always run away from them due to such smell.
b) Discoloration of lips – The lips of abusers of tobacco are usually dark.
c) Burnt/dark finger – Tobacco smokers oftentimes get their fingers burnt.
d) Incessant coughing – The lungs of abusers of tobacco are usually dirty due
to constant inhaling of smoke. This usually leads to blockage in their air
pipes and then incessant coughing.
e) Lack of appetite – This is lack of feeling for hunger. The person will not like
to eat even when he is hungry.
3 Cannabis – This is commonly known as marijuana. The street names are
‘igbo’, stone, weed, ‘ganja’, and Indian hemp.
People who abuse cannabis can be recognised through the following
behaviours:
a) Undue excitement – They feel unnecessarily happy even where they are
supposed to show signs of sadness.
b) False source of confidence – They feel ‘high’ and above everyone. They
talk with pride. They usually demonstrate high level of arrogance.
c) Bad odour – Just like tobacco abusers, cannabis abusers also smell badly.
d) Dirty teeth – Their teeth are always dirty and sometimes black.
4 Cocaine
a) People who take cocaine usually find it difficult to sleep even though they
feel sleepy.
b) They also find it difficult to eat and stay calm.
c) They may also have tremors and convulsion. Tremors are unintended
movement or shaking of one or more parts of the body while convulsion is
when a person’s body shakes rapidly or uncontrollably.
Presentation
The topic is presented step by step
Step 1 : He revises the previous topics
Step 2 : The class teacher introduces the new topic
Step 3 : The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own contributions and he or she corrects them when the needs arise
Evaluation
Assessment & Evaluation:
State the characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and Rehabilitation.
2. list commonly abused drugs and identify them by
their street names
3. list some characteristics of abusers of alcohol,
tobacco and cannabis
Exercise
A Choose from the best answers for the following questions.
1 Apart from curing sickness, drugs are also taken to ________________________.
A prevent sickness B bring sickness into the body
C contact sickness from others
2 Taking too much of a drug than is required is called __________________.
A drug insult B drug abuse C drug trafficking
3 Drugs which we take from a doctor’s prescription is _________________ way of
taking drug.
A proper B improper C immoral
4 When we take drugs carelessly it is called ______________ way of taking drugs.
A improper B proper C immodest
5 Examples of professional medical practitioners are nurses, doctors and ______.
A carpenters B pharmacists C accountants
6 Improper ways of collecting and using drugs are those from friends, visitors
and ____________.
A doctors B nurses C drug hawkers
7 Paracetamol and Panadol are examples of __________.
A pain relievers B stimulants C pain inducers
8 The street name for pain reliever drugs is ____________.
A kaikai B karaole C ganja
9 Examples of stimulant drugs are kolanut, cocaine and _________________.
A paracetamol B caffeine C tom tom
10 Drugs that give more energy and make people more awake are called
________________.
A stimulants B pain relievers C antibiotics
Conclusion
The class teacher gives out a short note and he or she goes round to do the necessary marking .
Assignment
Please kindly prepare for the next lesson by reading about
Prevention of drug abuse
