KSPN Curriculum - Everybody's Doing It: An Inside Look at Substance Abuse

Core Values: Healthy Living and Personal Responsibility

Students will explore topics related to substance abuse issues among teenagers.
They will identify the damaging effect of substance abuse and produce public service announcements that promote healthy living and personal responsibility.

How many students in your school are using illegal drugs?

How many suffer from a substance abuse problem?

Sometimes it seems like everybody is doing it, but according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the illicit use of drugs among teens has actually decreased in recent years. The statistics seem to suggest that the education and awareness programs have begun to impact young people making better decisions regarding drugs.

In this learning activity, students will become part of the solution as they work cooperatively to create a public service announcement (PSA). They will identify a serious issue related to substance abuse among teens. They will research this issue and develop an ad campaign designed to persuade teens to make responsible decisions regarding illegal drug use. They will evaluate their own finished PSA as well as peer-review their classmates’ PSAs. Finished PSA’s will be aired on KSPN