Standard of Learning

10.5  The student will evaluate how different types of behaviors impact the family and community. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the benefits of volunteering;
2. the outcome of drinking and driving;
3. the effects of using acts of violence to settle disputes;
4. the need for organized efforts to address community health and wellness issues;
5. the responsibilities of citizens to promote the health and wellness goals of the community;
6. the value of positive role models;
7. the negative influence of teenage drug and alcohol use on younger members of the community.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will evaluate the behaviors listed under Key Concepts/Skills a-g to determine how they positively or negatively impact the community.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• evaluate each of the key concepts/skills to determine if it has a positive or a negative connotation.
• discuss what the community would be like without the services of volunteers.
• describe how a community might react after a drinking and driving incident.
• identify organizations/agencies that try to combat drinking and driving.
• describe how a community might react to the use of violence to settle a dispute.
• identify organizations/agencies that are responsible for reducing violence.
• identify other community health issues that can be addressed through collaboration of various organizations or agencies.
• describe why is it important for citizens to promote community health goals. (so each member of a community can enjoy a healthy, productive life)
• define a role model. (someone whose behavior is copied, someone young people look up to, etc.)
• identify characteristics of positive role models. (admired person, good character, someone who gives unselfishly, etc.)
• describe the impact of teenage drug and alcohol use on the family and community.
• identify how the use of drug and alcohol might effect younger members of the family and community.

Sample Lessons

Alcohol and Driving: When to Say NO
Grades 10-12
Students investigate how drinking alcoholic beverages affects the blood alcohol concentration (BAC). They then explore how gender, body weight, metabolism, and drinking patterns change BAC. Finally, students watch driving simulations in a Web-based activity and consider how mental and physical functions are impaired by drinking alcohol.
http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/alcohol/guide/lesson5.htm
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Free

Dark Highways
Grades 10-12
(Two 45min lessons) This two part lesson aims at showing the students why they should not drink and drive. In addition to arming the students with information about alcohol's effect on the body, the lesson plan outlines two hands-on activities that need to be completed.
http://www.homepage.montana.edu/Education/DarkHighways.pdf
Sponsor: Montana PBS
Free

The Risks of Driving While Intoxicated
Grades 6-12
In this lesson, students simulate the effects of alcohol on their vision and motor skills. Then, after doing additional research on the dangers of driving while intoxicated, students create an educational activity that might convince a particular target audience not to use alcohol and/or drink and drive.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010508tuesday.html
Sponsor: The New York Times
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Center for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov
• Virginia Department of Health - http://www.vdh.state.va.us
• Volunteer Directory - http://www.planetedu.com/category/volunteer
• World Health – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (health & fitness 9-12)

Assessment Idea

The student will:

• give examples of movie stars, sports figures, politicians, and other prominent individuals who could be considered positive role models.
• discuss how being a positive role model can inspire others.
• analyze the benefits of volunteerism.
• evaluate organized efforts in their community to address health problems.

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