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This easy to use workbook of lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets and games, provides engaging activities for 11 to 18 year-olds

This easy to use workbook of lesson plans, PowerPoints, worksheets and games, provides engaging activities for 11 to 18 year-olds

Four lessons to be delivered at age 12-14  (Year 8 or 9 / S1 or S2)
with two top up lessons at age 13-15  (Year 9 or 10 / S3 or S4)

This guide gives you tips on how to stay safe and drink responsibly if you choose to drink, plus advice on what to do and where to go for help and support if things go wrong.

This session of icebreaker and baseline activities is important to help you assess the knowledge, experience and behaviour of your class when you introduce alcohol as a topic. A model PowerPoint lesson and guidance is included at the start of this chapter.

Teacher notes for all activities in the Assessing Knowledge chapter of the teacher workbook

From the teacher workbook

Teacher notes for all activities in the Units and guidelines chapter of the teacher workbook

PowerPoint to go with Model Lesson 1 – Assessing Knowledge

Do you know how many young people drink regularly in the UK and around the world?

Do you know how many young people drink regularly in the UK and around the world?

In Scotland, what percentage of 13 year-olds have tried alcohol?
In Scotland, how many 15 year-olds will have consumed alcohol in the past  Are young people in Scotland drinking more or less than 10 years ago?

Talk about alcohol – fact or fiction activity

Test your knowledge of alcohol with this quiz

Emoji true or false quiz – 10 questions on Alcohol

Emoji true or false quiz – Answer sheet for the 10 questions on Alcohol

Why to people choose to drink or not drink alcohol

Why people choose to drink or not drink alcohol  – answer sheet

What is a unit and how much is too much?

What is a unit and how much is too much?

What is a unit and how much is too much?

What is Spiking? How to prevent it and what to do if your drink is spiked

Considering the short and long term effects of alcohol on the body and the effects of alcohol misuse on and individuals, their friends and family and the wider community

This selection of activities is important to help students to understand that similar drinks can contain different concentrations of alcohol.

Teacher notes for activities included in the Alcohol and its effects (physical and social) chapter of the Teacher workbook

How the amount of alcohol consumed can result in different outcomes

How the amount of alcohol consumed can result in different outcomes

Blank worksheet

How alcohol effects different parts and functions of the body – simple version

Discover how alcohol affects different parts and functions of the body

Some of the potential consequences of alcohol consumption, plus times when alcohol should be avoided.

Number of drinks sheet to be used with the consequences grid

When alcohol is swallowed, how does it affect the body in the short term?

When someone swallows alcohol, it travels to the stomach and small intestine.

In this activity, you will be looking at the impact of alcohol in the community and on individuals, and then holding a debate on the subject in class.

Anna fell out with her friends after drunkenly kissing her best friend’s ex-boyfriend at a party. She shares how an evening of drinking alcohol led to a series of events that have significantly changed her attitude to drinking.

As pupils get older, it is important that they understand the possible long term consequences of breaking the law.

Teacher notes for all activities in the Alcohol and the Law chapter of the teacher workbook

This selection of activities is important to help students to understand the effect alcohol has on the body, including the short term and long term physical effects and the social implications.

There are strict legal limits for the maximum amount of alcohol that can be in a person’s blood when they drive

1. Why might a parent allow their child to taste some alcohol even if they aren’t allowed to buy it themselves until they’re 18?
2. Why do you think the law says that people under 18 can’t buy alcohol from shops, off-licences and supermarkets?

Laws relating to the sale of and consumption of alcohol for those under 18

Laws relating to the purchase and consumption of alcohol for those under 18.

From the teacher workbook

Teacher notes for all activities in the Staying safe chapter of the teacher workbook

This selection of activities is important to help students to understand fully the laws relating to alcohol and the consequences of breaking these.

‘Just a few drinks’ four short films on the physical, social and medical effects of too much alcohol on the immature body.

What do young people feel to be a successful/unsuccessful party?

Here are three situations. Read them in your groups and decide together how you would answer the questions below.

18 year old Jordan drank over half a bottle of neat brandy when he was 16 and it nearly killed him. At the time, he set out just wanting to enjoy himself, but after his experience with alcohol, his attitude to drinking has changed significantly.

Alan tells how an evening of drinking alcohol led to a sequence of events that changed his life. At the time, he set out just wanting to have a good time, but after his experience with alcohol, his attitude to drinking has changed significantly.

These resources and methods can be used at any point – to start a session, to assess how much students have learnt or as a special project such as designing a campaign.

Teacher notes for all activities in the Recap and Reflect chapter of the teacher workbook

Used in the Recap and reflect lesson plan

Test your knowledge of alcohol with this quiz

Everyone needs to know the facts about alcohol, so they can make sensible decisions for themselves now and in the future. But what is the best way to communicate those facts?

From the teacher workbook

Fact sheet on the effect and consequences of mixing drink or drug with driving

An explanation of a range of preventable alcohol-related birth defects caused as
a direct result of drinking alcohol when pregnant.

The potential effects of mixing legal and illegal drugs with alcohol

10 ‘True’ or ‘False’ questions on alcohol for 16+

Answers to the 10 emoji alcohol quiz 16+ questions

Most 16 – 24 year-olds go out and get drunk most weekends – fact or fiction? Teenagers are drinking more than 10 years ago – true or false? Britain is the binge drinking capital of Europe – right or wrong?

Help and support around alcohol, drugs, gambling and gaming dependence, rape and sexual assault, domestic abuse support and mental health

“Nuggets” captures the ebb and flow of addiction. It’s shows how addiction impacts lives.

Quiz questions and the accompanying answers for 16+

How to drink moderately, looking out for friends and the importance of planning how to get home safely. Parties, holidays with friends and festivals, and what to do in an emergency

Advice on what do do is someone is ill from drinking or in a medical emergency

We’ve put together some tips to help older teenagers and young adults stay safer and in control if they choose to drink alcohol.

There are 13 multiple choice questions coming.
See how much you REALLY know about alcohol!

When it comes to knowing ourselves, we all reckon we know who we are. But do we?

It’s 6pm. The 18th birthday party is just starting. Go to the bar, have a drink, but remember to pace yourself with other activities and food.

What happens when someone has a drink?

Explore whether the likelihood of certain outcomes increases or decreases with the level of drinking/ intoxication and how this might be different for different individuals.