Source of Drugs Supply and Drug Trafficking (Primary 6)

SOCIAL STUDIES 

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 6

THEME: DRUG EDUCATION

PREVIOUS LESSON – Mode of Drugs Use and Consequences – Effects of Normal and Excessive Use of Drugs (Primary 6)

TOPIC – SOURCES OF DRUG SUPPLY – TRAFFICKING 

1. Meaning OF Legitimate drugs, Drug tracking and Drug pushing

2. Sources of Drugs Supply

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

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

1. Identify the registered and unregistered sources of drugs.

2. Explain drug trafficking and drug pushing.

3. List the characteristics of persons that abuse – heroine, cocaine and sedative drugs.

4. List three primary sources of of helps for those with drug abuse problems.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils are required to already have learned effects of normal and excessive use of drugs.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS        

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Sample of 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 link – Third Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Note for Social Studies Primary 4 Primary 5 and Primary 6 Links

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION

The source of drug supply are numerous and everywhere. Both registered and unregistered are supplied inside commercial buses and at motor parks.

They are also supplied at restaurants, beer parlors, hotels, club house, patient medicine stores, clinics, hospitals, pharmaceutical stores, supermarkets as well as those who go about on foot selling these drug (hawkers).

Drug trafficking is one of the supply of drugs.

MEANING OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

Drug trafficking is an illegal production, distribution and sales of illegal drugs.

 

MEANING OF – 

LEGITIMATE DRUGS are registered and approved drugs.

DRUG TRAFFICKING are sales and distribution of illegal drugs.

DRUG PUSHING are selling of dangerous drugs in unregistered establishment.

REASONS FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS

1. Poverty

2. Ignorance

3. Greed,

4. Unemployment

5. Bad company

6. Corruption

7. High demand

8. Indiscipline

LESSON TWO – DANGERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

1. Bad image for the country

2. Imprisonment

3. Death penalty in some cases

4. Affects national security

5. Negative impact on the economy

6. Increase in crime and violence

7. Destroy the lives of the youth

SOURCES OF DRUGS SUPPLY 

Registered Drugs

1. Pharmaceutical industries

2. Hospitals

3. Patient and medicine stores

4. Clinics, etc.

 

Unregistered Drugs

1. Cultivated and uncultivated vegetation

2. Traditional medicine establishment

3. Herb sellers

4. Beer parlor

6. Motor parks

7. Hawkers

8. Hotels

9. Club houses

10. Roadside hawkers

11. Itinerant peddlers

REVISION AND WEEK 3 LESSON ASSESSMENT 

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. Discusses legitimate drug, drug trafficking and drug pushing;

Pupil’s Activities – Differentiate between legitimate drug, drug trafficking and drug pushing.

3. Enumerates and discusses registered and unregistered sources of drugs;

Pupil’s Activities – Differentiate between registered and unregistered drugs.

 

 CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson (Identification of Abuses).

• Next Lesson – Identification of Abusers, Their Treatment and Rehabilitation (Primary 6)

• Assignment – Find out the major sources of drugs in locality and group them into registered and unregistered drugs.

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupils to –

1. Explain the meaning of legitimate drugs, drug trafficking and drug pushing.

2. Identify 3 sources of registered and unregistered sources of drug supply.

3. State 5 reasons for drug trafficking.

4. Mention 5 dangers of drug trafficking.