Alcohol - 12 form time activities
24 Resources available for download in this module
12 brilliant activities on the topic of alcohol. Run them in sequence for a whole term or cherry pick to suit your needs.
Includes worksheets, student activities and web links. Ideal for key stage 4, but also suitable for key stage 3.
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Below are the lessons in this topic. Click ‘View these lessons’ to download resources
Why study alcohol?
An introduction to the topic of alcohol awareness. How much is one unit? How many units are recommended? Students understand why units are used as a way of measuring alcohol consumption.
Brands and marketing
Using a worksheet, students test their knowledge about alcoholic brands and drinks. This can then be developed into a class display.
Acting drunk
An ideal end of term fun activity with a serious theme. Get students up and about in class imitating the effects that alcohol would have on them.
How alcohol affects the body
Students are given a particular part of the body to feature in a public health campaign about alcohol abuse. They have to create an advert using the information in the PowerPoint presentation.
Alcohol abuse and young people
Using a case study, students consider how alcohol can affect the lives of young people.
Public health priorities
What does the government see as the main issues relating to alcohol abuse and why? Students consider what their priorities would be.
Binge drinking scenarios
Students consider a range of scenarios and what the costs of binge drinking may be.
Binge drinking and young people
How does the media represent young people and binge drinking? In this activity students design an ad campaign which warns young people about binge drinking.
Units and guidelines
The government has launched a new set of guidelines about young people and alcohol. In this activity students are introduced to units and the new guidelines.
What happens when you drink?
This activity uses NHS information about the cumulative effects of alcohol. How would you feel after one drink? How would you feel after 10?
More about the Alcohol Form Time Activities
As we approach the end of the each round of exams, it will be apparent that some students have coped better than others with the exam stress. Some of those who haven’t coped as well, may be turning to alcohol to help.
A recent survey by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation concluded that while being around family members who drank was a significant influence on teenage alcohol use, the strongest influence on teenage drinking was having friends who drank alcohol.
Help students understand the effects of alcohol use by using this series of form time activities in your tutor time. The module had been divided into 12 individual lessons so that each element can be the focus for each session. This also means that if you have a requirement to tackle a particular topic, you can choose the relevant one and the lesson is ready to use.