• General Informmation
  • Title: Adderall Side Effects,
  • Producer: Michaela McGee, Sean Halpin
  • Year: 2015
  • Length:11:01
  • Rating: PG
    • This film offers a variety of information about Adderall and how kids are commonly using and misusing the drug. It goes into how easy it is for anyone to get a hold of Adderall even if they don’t have a prescription. Most importantly, it talks about how dangerous the drug can be if you are taking it if you haven’t been checked to see if it is safe for you to take.
    • Review
    • The documentary discusses the college culture of Adderall and how easily it is for anyone to obtain. There is an interview from a student who is guilty of felony sale of a narcotic from selling Adderall on campus. The film also talks about how high the prevalence of Adderall and other similar drugs are. However, even kids with descriptions are at a risk for misuse as well. An example the film shows is crushing up slow release Adderall so you get all the effect right away by putting it into a powder form.
    • Film Clip
      • Press play and watch until 1:36
      • https://youtu.be/O33R5z7ESiI?t=3m50s

• Core Integration:
  • This topic could be integrated into every core topic because in every class there is the risk for abusing and misusing drugs like Adderall. Teaching kids to not share their personal prescriptions and to follow their doses would be key information that every core classroom teacher should speak on.
• Standards:
  • NHES Standards

Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.

Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

 

Learning objectives: -Student’s will understand the importance of complying with prescriptions and not taking/sharing prescriptions.

-Student’s will be aware of the dangers associated with drugs that are known to be cognitive enhancers.

-Student’s will gain perspective on how common these types of drugs are used improperly

 

 

General Curriculum Standards

• ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.B
  Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.

 

6^th Grade Common Core Standards

2. Popular Film

 

General Information:

• • Title: Limitless
  • Producer: Leslie Dixon
  • Year: 2011
  • Length: 105 mins
  • Rating: PG-13

 

General Description

• The movie Limitless is about a man who is struggling to get his life in order and when he takes this pill that allows you to access all 100% of your brain it changes his life. The pill gives him powers and makes him a whole new person with limitless capabilities
•  Review
  • The film addresses the health topic of safe medicine use with the prevalence of kid’s taking cognitive enhancers to help them with school.
    • • Press play and watch until 1:10https://youtu.be/7WpImvsYl98?t=1s

• Core Integration:
  • You could integrate this into English class by having student’s write a paper on the movie. The prompt could be a hypothetical discussion on if a pill like this was available would you allow for the population to have access to it. A fun, engaging prompt for 6^th graders. Following up with a discussion on the dangers of using these drugs improperly and how to avoid abusing drugs after the movie. Talking about the rise in these drugs and the reasons for the rise with factors like pressure and stress.

• The prompt could be a hypothetical discussion on if a pill like this was available would you allow for the population to have access to it. A fun, engaging prompt for middle schoolers.

• Standards:
  • NHES Standards

• Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
• Standard 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
• Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Learning Objectives: -Student’s will understand how new these drugs are and how limited some of the research is on these cognitive enhancing drugs.

-Student’s will gain perspective on how these drugs may seem healthy and harmless but how they have harmful side effects as well.

-Student’s may begin to think about the long term effects over medicion.

• • General Curriculum Standards

• ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5
  Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
  Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
• ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.B
  Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.