Drug Education – Different Between Drug Misuse and Drug Abuse (Primary 4)

 

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 11

PRIMARY 4 

THEME: PATHOGENS, DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – DRUG USE, DRUG MISUSE AND DRUG ABUSE (Primary 4)

TOPIC – DRUG EDUCATION 

LEARNING AREA 

 Different Between Drug Misuse and Drug Abuse

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to:

differentiate between drug misuse and drug abuse.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

charts showing various drugs.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

Relevant links:

Third Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Note for Physical and Health Education Primary 4 Primary 5 and Primary 6 Links

Scheme of Work Third Term Physical and Health Education Basic 4

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION

A drug is any substance that can change the activities of the body.

Some of these substances can make us sleepy, excited, awake or take away pains.

There are drug that capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior.

Drug use is normally used according to doctor’s prescription.

 

THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN DRUG MISUSE AND DRUG ABUSE 

Drug misuse is the wrong used of drug.

Mostly without doctor’s prescription or ignorantly, not understand the use of such drugs.

These drugs are sometimes used for wrong reasons.

For example, people double dosages recommended by the doctors and nurses in order to get well quickly.

 

While

 

Drug abuse is the misuse of drugs to get self drive.

Drugs used this ways are not prescribed by doctors, nurses or pharmacists.

For example, the drug mostly abuse are alcohol, coffee, kola nut, etc.

 

 

LESSON TWO – REVISION AND WEEK 11 ASSESSMENT (TEST) 

As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Differentiates between drug misuse and drug abuse;

Pupil’s Activities – Differentiate between drug misuse and drug abuse.

3. Questions and answers;

Pupil’s Activities – Listen, ask and answer questions.

 

CONCLUSION

  • To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

differentiate between drug misuse and drug abuse.