Alignment with National Standards:

Alignment with National Standards:	Lesson			Bonus Worksheet
	1	2	3	1	2	3	4	5	6
Reading/Writing (NCTE/IRA)
Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves…to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment.
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.
Science/Personal Health (NRC/NSES)
Personal health
Science and technology in society
Risks and benefits
Form and function
Structure and function in living systems
Regulation and behavior
Skills aligned with this program:
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Persuasive Writing
Art
Math
Graphing
Diagram-Reading

Alignment with The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking:

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking identifies six goals for the nation to reduce the number of underage drinkers and prevent children and adolescents from beginning to drink.

The six goals are:

GOAL 1: Foster changes in American society that facilitate healthy adolescent development and that help prevent and reduce underage drinking.

GOAL 2: Engage parents, schools, communities, all levels of government, all social systems that interface with youth, and youth themselves, in a coordinated national effort to prevent and reduce drinking and its consequences.

GOAL 3: Promote an understanding of underage alcohol consumption in the context of human development and maturation that takes into account individual adolescent characteristics as well as environmental, ethnic, cultural, and gender differences.

GOAL 4: Conduct additional research on adolescent alcohol use and its relationship to development.

GOAL 5: Work to improve public health surveillance on underage drinking and on population-based risk factors for this behavior.

GOAL 6: Work to ensure that policies at all levels are consistent with the national goal of preventing and reducing underage alcohol consumption.

The lessons and worksheets in the Reach Out Now program align with Goals 1, 2, and 3.

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Worksheets Answer Key:

Asessment Quiz: What Do You Know About Alcohol? 1.True; 2. False; 3. True; 4. True; 5. True; 6. False; 7. False; 8. True

Worksheet 1: Alcohol and Your Brain 1. Cerebral Cortex; 2. Hippocampus; 3. It can shut down the medulla, which controls involuntary processes, such as maintaining body temperature and breathing.

Worksheet 2: Alcohol and Your Body 1. a; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b

Worksheet 3: Making Smart Choices

1. Answers may vary but may include that the effect on your brain that makes you less inhibited also impairs your ability to think clearly. You may make decisions without thinking about the consequences. You may do something that you would later regret.
2. Answers may vary but may include that drinking alcohol can slow your reflexes and blur your vision, making driving very dangerous. Sally should not get into the car if her sister or any other friends who were drinking are driving.

Critical Thinking: Answers may vary but should include that young people may be more affected by alcohol than older people because their brains are still developing and their bodies are smaller.

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