Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school before using it with students. The video is from YouTube, so it may be blocked.
Watch the video and read the text. (The video has captions if you watch it at the YouTube site, which you can do by selecting the YouTube logo under the video.)
Identify vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to your students to teach them before the activity.
Create questions for students to answer to focus their listening and reading. Photocopy or print if necessary.
How-To
Ask/brainstorm with students about medicine safety.
What are some dos and don'ts.
You can also open the lesson activity with an anecdote.
Go to the Web site shown above under Web Site Example.
Distribute the text and questions you have printed and photocopied for students.
Tell students that they are going to watch a video and read about medicine safety.
Teacher Tips
TheSafe Medication Use [www] page contains many other resources including Current Drug Safety Communications in English and Spanish.
At the main site, U.S. Food & Drug, if you scroll down you will find information of Food, Drugs, Medical Devices, Radiation-Emitting Products, Vaccines, Blood and Biologics, Animal and Veterinary, cosmetics and Tobacco Products
There are featured topics to explore as well.
More Ways
The FDA Office of Women’s Health (OWH) has developed free publications designed to give women timely health information in a clear, easy-to-read format. There are over 40 fact sheets that provide basic information-at-a-glance about a range of health issues like diabetes, heart disease, cosmetics, menopause, mammography, asthma, and safe medication use. There are also seven medication booklets that list all FDA-approved products for several common health conditions affecting women. The booklets give vital information such as brand and generic names, general side effects and warnings, and questions to ask your health care provider.
To find the printable materials, go to the Free Publications for Women page and select the link under View or Download Publications - English Publications [www]. You can also order free bulk copies of many of the fact sheets.
You can also assign students in groups/pairs to choose a reading, conduct research and report back to class in oral/written presentations.
Program Areas
ABE: Adult Basic Education
ESL: English as a Second Language
ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
ASE: High School Diploma
Levels
High
Intermediate High
Advanced
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Warm-up
Engagement
As pairs, have students discuss the following questions:
What medicines do people commonly use?
Why is it important to read medicine labels?
Why women's health topics are important in adulthood?
What problems can happen if medicines are used incorrectly?
After pair discussions students discuss as a class. The Teacher or a student,creates a chart of responses on the board.
Discuss vocabulary: (students can look up/share definitions)
prescription
side effects
dosage
pharmacist
expiration date
over-the-counter medicine
prevention
healthcare provider
Introduction
Engagement
Introduce the FDA Office of Women’s Health and explain that it provides free health information for women and families.
Examine the brochure Use Medicines Wisely. What are the guiding questions they recomment?
Ask questions.
Keep a list.
Follow directions
Safely store and throw out medicines.
What other points do they make?
Introduce the webpage: Medication Safety for Women Show the variety and depth given on each section. Instruct that as you demonstrate the webpage, student pairs should decide which area they want to explore more deeply.
Practice
Engagement Enhancement
Students will prepare a presentation to share what they learn at the webpage. As pairs, students go deeply into one of the four steps to avoid common medication mistakes Site Medication Safety for Women
Select a resource. Read and discuss it. Make a summary of the ideas to present. Create a presentation. Lead a discussion
Students can present their information through a Google slide or PowerPoint presentation. Include a final slide with questions to ask the class about the information presented. This should generate a discussion of the ideas.
Evaluation
Engagement Enhancement
The student pairs present their slides and assist in discussing what was learned.
CCR Anchor 1 - Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCR Anchor 2 - Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCR Anchor 4 - Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Writing
CCR Anchor 2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Language
CCR Anchor 4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
CCR Anchor 6 - Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the FDA website (www.fda.gov) — both text and graphics — are not copyrighted. They are in the public domain and may be republished, reprinted and otherwise used freely by anyone without the need to obtain permission from FDA. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the source is appreciated but not required.
