Youth Making Choices: Gambling Prevention Program

Unit 2: What Is Gambling?Whole Class Discussion• Presentation of fact sheets• Summation of results• Discussion led by teacher to introduce generalizations, see TeacherResources 2, 3, 4• Discussion about some of the stereotypes people have around gambling.What are the dangers of such stereotypes?ConnectionsAfL: Fact Sheets, OralPresentation, AnecdotalCommentsConsolidation and Connection> Helping students demonstrate what they have learned> Providing opportunities for consolidation and reflectionWhole Class Debrief• There are a number of risk factors that can lead to gambling and thatindividuals must be aware of in order to reduce the chances of developinga problem.• If an individual is going to gamble, he or she needs to be informed andeducated and constantly reflecting and “checking in” with him- or herself.• One must stay alert re: self, family and peers.• The teacher leads a discussion of the 5 Ws of gambling (who, what, when,where, why)Individual RAFT Assignments• The RAFT assignments are differentiated based on student intelligencepreferences. RAFT assignments can be done independently, or inpairs or groups in class or out of class. In all cases students require anunderstanding of the aspects of a RAFT topic, and rubrics need to besupplied for all topic possibilities.AfL or AoL: Strategy/Assessment ToolAfL: AnecdotalCommentsAfL: RAFT TasksDifferentiated Instruction Teaching/Learning ExamplesRole Audience Format Topic1 SurveycompanyTeenagers Questionnaire Create a fact-and-fictionquestionnaire to gather informationabout the level of understandingregarding gambling among thestudent population in your school.2 Playwright Teenagers Script Create scenarios, based on theinformation that was learned inthis session, that show the manyconsequences arising as a result ofgambling in a family or community.3 GraphicartistAdult Poster Create a poster to illustrate one ofthe 5 Ws of gambling.4 Rap artist Adult RadioinfomercialCreate a rap for a radio infomercialthat alerts teenagers to the riskfactors associated with gambling.Youth Making Choices: Gambling Prevention Programwww.ProblemGambling.ca2.5