Lesson 8: Tobacco

Looking at the risks of smoking and beginning to understand the benefits of being a non-smoker.

Learning objective

  • To begin to understand the risks of smoking and the benefits of being a non-smoker.

Statutory guidance

Pupils should know:

  • The facts about legal and illegal harmful substances and associated risks, including smoking, alcohol use and drug-taking

Success criteria

Non-statutory guidance

Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should focus just on the benefits of being a non-smoker. Children who have a member of their family who smokes may need additional support.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Give the opportunity to think in more detail about how they might try and persuade someone to give up smoking. Make sure they understand that people probably know the long term health risks and therefore there may be other things that would influence them more, for example, the money they would save.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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