Title of Lesson

A 10^th Grade WebQuest

Jessica Luca

Introduction:

You have noticed that many of your peers have started to abuse drugs and alcohol. Though you realize that this is dangerous, you are not sure how to convey these to your schoolmates. You come to the conclusion that an expert is needed, but who could you find that they would listen to… How about you?

Task

In this project you will become the expert. You will need to research several different aspect of drug and alcohol abuse and create a presentation of the consequences that would be suitable to show your peers. Your presentation will need to include information on your drug of choice that must cover:

What feelings the drug creates in a user

A definition of the drug

Side effects and dangers of the drug including overdose, addiction etc.

Legal consequences that could arise from being caught with the drug or under the effects of that drug

Process of overcoming addiction including local resources

In Addition, you need to find a real world example of the consequences of this drug; this can be a news article or narrative.

As part of this task you must include information listed above, visual aids (this could include power point, overheads, posters etc.), and a brochure or newsletter with facts and statistics that are interesting and informative.

Process

In groups of 3-4 will be assigned one of the following drugs:

Ecstasy

Cocaine

Alcohol

Marijuana

Crystal-Meth

Using the resources provided (you are welcome to find your own as well, but please let me know if you do so that I can approve the site), you will research the drug you were assigned. Once you have all of the research needed you will create an entertaining and informational presentation that would be part of a presentation suited for your peers.

Please remember that you will be presenting this as an expert, so professionalism is a must. Drug abuse is a serious subject, with serious consequences I expect you to create a serious presentation. Also don’t forget to cite all sources used.

Resources

Drug abuse:

www.nida.nih.gov

www.dare.com

www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/

Laws:

www.colorado-dui.com/parts/dui.html

http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/ohr/adad/2cewg.htm

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

Evaluation

Multimedia Project : Gambling With Life



Teacher Name: Jessica Luca


Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Requirements	All requirements are met and exceeded.	All requirements are met.	One requirement was not completely met.	More than one requirement was not completely met.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presenation content.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Sources	Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format.	Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format.	Source information collected for graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format.	Very little or no source information was collected.
Workload	The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members.	The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.	The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.	The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.

Conclusion

So now you are an expert, and more over you have helped to educate your peers about a growing problem in the United States. Now use this information to guide your decision making, to help you stay on track so you can worry more about what to do with your future then if you’ll have one!

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