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Here are two lesson plans that
can be used on their own or as a supplement to showing your class segments of
the film Voice of the Victims: True
Stories of Ecstasy and Ketamine, which is available at www.VoiceOfTheVictims.com.
If you have comments or suggestions for additional teacher resources,
please email us at Info@VoiceOfTheVictims.com.
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the Victims in their classes report that the student involvement it generates is
unlike anything they’ve seen from other drug education programs.
Here’s what Randy Barnhill, a high school football coach and health teacher
from Mountain Home, Arkansas, said of his classroom experience with the film:
"I just showed Cathy's segment
of the video to my students, and they were so moved. There wasn't a
dry eye in the class! They were begging me to show them the other
Voice of the Victims stories."
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Downloads:
Cathy's
Prom Flier
Cathy’s Pledge
Voice of the Victims Flier
Fact or Fiction
Ecstasy
Stats fact sheet
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Study Guide One
If you
have the Young Adults
edition of Voice of the Victims: True
Stories of Ecstasy and Ketamine:
Download and print copies of “Cathy’s Prom” flier,
“Cathy’s Pledge” card, “Ecstasy Stats” fact sheet and “Voice of the
Victims” flier for your class. Just
click the icons on this page.
“Cathy’s Story,” Part 1, Chapter 5
on the DVD. (11 minutes)
Summary Points: Add
your own summary points to these:
Cathy had taken Ecstasy before and was OK, but not this time.
Cathy didn’t take “bad Ecstasy;” surely several of the other
37 kids who took Ecstasy took the same type of pills, but none of them had ill
effects.
Cathy didn’t “overdose;” she took two pills, as did several
others.
There were some warning signs, like headache, but no one knows if
she could have been saved if she’d gone to the hospital then.
Ask
Do you ever feel something like this can’t happen to you, that
you’ll just be fine?
Have you heard that Ecstasy is safe, or it’s safe if you use it
in a certain way?
Play
“It Won’t Happen To Me,” Part 2, Chapter 2 on
the DVD (1 minute)
“What’s With These Cute Little Pills?” Part 2,
Chapter 7 on the DVD (2 minutes)
Discussion: Let
class share their thoughts and feelings about Cathy’s story and the risks
involved with designer drug use. Hand
out:
“Fact or Fiction” fact sheet
“Ecstasy Stats” fact sheet
Hand out: Hand
out Cathy’s Prom flier and explain Cathy’s Pledge program, hand out pledge
cards, and encourage students to take the pledge.
Encourage them to visit www.CathysProm.com
to e-mail Cathy’s family, and forward the pledge to their friends.
Give them the “Voice of the Victims” fliers as a take-home.
Study
Guide Two
If
you don't have the
Young Adults edition of Voice of the Victims: True Stories of Ecstasy
& Ketamine
Download and print copies of “Cathy’s Prom” flier,
“Cathy’s Pledge” card, “Ecstasy Stats” fact sheet and “Voice of the
Victims” flier for your class. Just
click the icons on this page.
Role
Play for students: Select one student to be the “parent” and another
to be a “teen” who does not want to use drugs.
Have the “parent” try to start a conversation with the “teen”
about using Ecstasy or other drugs. Ask,
“How would you approach him/her? What
would you say? How would you
work to keep the lines of communication open?”
Repeat role-playing with one student being the parent and another being a
child who periodically uses Ecstasy and other drugs, wishes to continue to
do so, and wants to hide it from the parent.
Ask the same questions.
Discussion Questions:
Divide class into groups of four to eight.
Give groups 10 minutes to answer each question and then discuss
individual group answers with class. Use
the “Fact or Fiction” and “Ecstasy Stats” fact sheets as a supplement.
Why
do you think teens and adults choose to use Ecstasy?
What
have you heard about the drug and its effects on the body?
Have
you heard about the dangerous and unhealthy effects mentioned in the fact sheet?
What
would you rather do to heighten your senses and get a burst of energy:
take Ecstasy, or do some natural activities, like sky-diving?
How
would you approach a friend who had a drug problem?
Hand out: Hand out Cathy’s
Prom flier and explain Cathy’s Pledge program, hand out pledge cards, and
encourage students to take the pledge.
Encourage them to visit www.CathysProm.com
to e-mail Cathy’s family, and forward the pledge to their friends.
Give them the “Voice of the Victims” fliers as a take-home.
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