Prevention of drug abuse

Subject : Social Studies

Topic :

Prevention of drug abuse

Class : Primary 5

Term :  Third Term

Week : Week 9

Previous Knowledge : Pupils have previous knowledge of

Characteristics of drug abusers, their treatment and

that have been taught in their former lessons and classes

Behavioural Objectives : At the end of the lesson , pupils should be able to

1 list behaviours that promote physical, mental and social well-being in people.

2 mention some life skills that are needed for maintaining positive healthy

behaviours.

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 

Prevention of drug abuse

Drug abuse as the act of handling or using drugs wrongly

There are many ways of preventing drug abuse. One of the ways is by engaging

in behaviours that promote our physical, mental and social well-being.

A state of physical well-being is a good or satisfactory condition of life that is full

of good health, happiness and prosperity. It also means that someone is healthy,

physically strong and free from feeling weak. Mental well-being on the other hand

is a state in which an individual realises that his or her own abilities can cope with

normal stresses of life, can work productively and are able to contribute to the

development of his or her community.

Mental well-being involves being happy, being content with what you have,

having self-esteem, self-confidence and having good relationship with people

around you.

Social well-being is the ability to easily get along with other people. This involves

how a person communicates, interacts and socialises with other people.

Behaviours that promote physical, mental and social well-being

1 Stress reduction – One of the reasons why people engage in drug abuse is

stress. Some drug abusers believe that when they are under tension, they can

use drugs to ‘cool down’. For example, to those who smoke, smoking is the

best way to cool down tension. However, this is not true because smoking will

add more to their problem.

The importance of exercise to the body are:

a) It combats unhealthy conditions, and diseases.

b) It improves people’s mood and makes them feel better.

c) It boosts one’s energy.

d) It promotes better sleep.

e) It can be fun and a way of engaging in activities that can make someone

feel happy.

2 Positive and good relationship with peers

3 Eat a balanced diet . A balanced diet is a diet that contains all the classes of

food in appropriate proportions. Balanced diet makes us healthy. It also helps

our body to prevent any diseases that may attack us. The food we eat can be

divided into three groups.

– Energy-giving food

– Body-building food

– Body-protecting food

If we eat enough energy-giving food, we may not need any drug to give

us energy. If we also eat enough body-building and body-protecting foods,

we may not need any drugs for building our body. In the long run, we would

be free from drug abuse.

4 Accept discipline from your parents and teachers

5 Young people should live honest lives, work hard and be content with what

they have

.6 Young people should join religious organisations, where they would be taught

how to pray and behave well.

7 Those who have the time can learn new skills.

Life coping skills that are needed for positive, healthy

behaviours

The following are some of the skills and how to maintain them:

1 Choosing good friends: People say show me your friends and I will tell you the

kind of person you are. The kinds of friends we keep determine the type of

behaviuor we exhibit. It is good to avoid bad friends. Bad friends will influence

us into doing what is bad including indulging in hard drugs. For us to keep

good friends, we also need to be honest and faithful in our dealings. This will

make people to trust and rely on us.

2 Establish acceptable measures of discipline: Parents and guardians should

make the acceptable forms of behaviors in the community known to their

children. They should also tell them the punishment for various offences and

how to avoid them.

3 Contentment: This is a state of being satisfied with whatever one has. Children

should be content with whatever they have for them not be lured into drug

abuse.

4 Be courageous: Parents should teach their children how to show courage in

defending their beliefs. They should be taught how to resist peer pressure.

5 Learn how to work hard: With hard work, it is very easy for a person to succeed.

It is good to work hard. It is not good to look for crooked means to success.

6 Self-reliance: This is the ability to work alone, without anybody’s help, and

achieve results. Being self-reliant improves self-confidence and the ability to

take decisions of your own. With this, we can easily say NO! to drug abuse or

peer pressure

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:

1 list behaviours that promote physical, mental and social well-being in people.

2 mention some life skills that are needed for maintaining positive healthy

behaviours.

Exercise

A Choose the best answers for the following questions.

1 We must abstain from drug abuse because of _____________ substances

contained in most of the drugs.

A harmful B sweet C bitter

2 One strategy of preventing drug abuse is engaging in behaviours that our

mental well-being ______________.

A promote B disturb C flatter

3 A good or satisfactory condition of life that is full of health, happiness and

prosperity is called ____________.

A physical well-being B spiritual well-being

C social well-being

4 When an individual realises his own abilities and can contribute to his

community, it is called ______________.

A mental well-being B spiritual well-being C social well-being

5 When an individual is able to get along with other people in the society it is

called ______________.

A mental well-being B social well-being C physical well-being

6 Engaging in body exercise reduces ______________.

A hunger B stress C play

7 We should listen to our parents’ advice because they ______________ more

than we do.

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

Pollution