BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before teaching this lesson, it is recommended that teachers and instructors review the following:
- The Facts. Your Future. Curriculum Approach
- The Facts. Your Future. Lesson 1 Scope and Sequence
- The Facts. Your Future. Substance Use and Abuse Curriculum Teacher Guide
- The Facts. Your Future. Drug Facts for Teachers
An outline of Lesson 1: Defining Choices is provided below and includes a downloadable Instructor Guide and supplemental activities to complete the lesson.
Lesson 1: Defining Choices
In Lesson 1, participants will learn the facts about opioids and other drugs, their associated risks, and their use among Florida teens. The facts will be used to dispel myths such as everyone is doing it. Instead, teens will learn that most high school students do not use substances such as opioids and alcohol. Additionally, participants will gain an understanding of the influences in their
lives and how they impact their decision-making as it relates to substance use. Using this information, participants will begin building the skills needed to help them refuse opioids and other drugs.
Instructor Guide
The Instructor Guide provides a detailed lesson plan and instructor script for all of Lesson 1.
Downloadable Instructor Guide
Lesson 1.1: Introduction
Lesson 1.2: The Facts
In this section, participants will complete a pre-survey to assess what they currently know about teen drug and alcohol use, review the facts and risks associated with drug use, and learn how these facts establish the foundation for refusal skills.
Lesson 1.3: Influences
In this section, participants will learn that in addition to knowing the facts, there are other factors that impact our decisions, known as influences. Participants will consider the influences in their life and examine their impact on the decisions they make.
What Influences You? Worksheet
Lesson 1.4: Defining Choices
In this section, participants will practice applying what they have learned so far to the decision-making process. They will learn to assess both the short- and long-term impacts of their decisions and how this assessment can determine whether the choice they are facing is a defining one.