Topic:Drug Abuse Problems in Greenbrier County: What Help and Prevention Is Available?
Resources:
- Blog Posting about Prescription Drug Abuse Rising Among Teens
- Local News Article about a local drug bust
- Prevention - Federal and State Officials talk to local school students about drugs.
- Youtube video with Senator Rockefeller discussing proposed bill for a solution to fighting prescription drug epidemic. I thought it was cool because Senator Rockefeller wanted "to hear from you" by twittering #stoprxdrugabusewv
- I followed the hastag on twitter and it was very neat to see the youth opinions on how to stop drug abuse: #stoprxdrugabusewv. I thought this could even be something that students could share there research and ideas on.
Lesson Plans:
- This site gives educators several lesson plans for teenagers about drug abuse education. Most of these have to do with raising awareness of what various drugs can do. There is one lesson plan that deals with researching articles on drug abuse (I would really use a variation on this lesson plan).
- Blogging (Blogger by google), and/or
- Digital Story (PhotoStory)
- Twitter: #stoprxdrugabusewv
I think your citizen journalism project is very well organized and thought out. However, this project would only be engaging for students in Greenbrier County. Teachers may be able to adapt your project to what their students need. Drugs are a problem in almost every county. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThis is very well thought out. I know that this is a problem in many counties - actually many states! I know that I have lost people to prescription drugs, as well as, heard of many cases. This is a great start! Great Job!
ReplyDeleteA great topic Sarah! I thought about tackling this one too. You might think about having your students interview people in recovery about their experience... I think you will find that they have powerful stories and will be able to reach your students in ways that others can't. I have several adult students that are in various stages of recovery (they never completely leave that term behind even if it's been years) and most are very open about sharing their experience and helping with prevention. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI agree this is a great topic! Drugs are a big problem, and this project should help the students understand the information better by doing the research themselves.
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