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Learning activity 4: Alcohol

CORE CONCEPT POINTS TO NOTE WHAT YOU NEED
Children see or hear about alcohol use and misuse. Explain to the children that it is - Magazines containing
Advertisements present alcohol positively. It is taking excess alcohol and not advertisements, pictures or
important that children have an opportunity to drinking small amounts that stories about alcohol
cause the problem for adults.
- Paper
clarify some of the issues about alcohol. Make sufficient copies - Scissors
of Resource G and cut up - Glue

SUGGESTED SUCCESS CRITERIA a set for each group. - Dangers of Drinking Cards
We will talk about the effects of alcohol and the (Resource G)

media’s influence. WHAT TO DO
We will classify, compare and evaluate information. - Collage
- Alcohol and the Media
- Diamond Ranking

Collage

Divide the children into groups of two or three. Distribute paper, - What image of alcohol do you see in the collages?
scissors, glue and magazines to each group. Ask them to cut out Is it a positive/negative image? Why?
pictures and words associated with alcoholic drinks and to make a - Who takes alcohol? What age group does it appeal to most?
collage of these. Place all of the collages together either on the floor - When do they consume alcohol?
or on a wall space and invite the children to look at the completed - What effect is the alcohol having on any persons included
collages. Next, ask the children to say what springs to mind when in the collages?
they view the full picture of the collage. Talk about any differences - Do you know anything about alcohol that isn’t shown
and/or similarities between their own collage and those of other in the collages?
groups. Use the following questions to prompt discussion: