A Learning Website for Middle School Students

Just Say No!

An Alcohol Awareness Website

For Grades 8-12

Project Links

Project Directions

Find a partner to work with.
Select one of the projects listed below.
Then explore the links listed above. Take good notes as you do so. Be well informed so you can inform others.
Begin work on designing your project.
Share your completed project with others in your community.

Project Choices

Alcohol Awareness Posters
Create a series of poster board size posters for teenagers illustrating the dangers and the consequences of their using alcohol.
With permission, display your posters at City Hall, in stores at the mall, and/or in a trophy case at the high school and middle school.
Bookmark
Create a list called 'How To Say No To Alcohol!'
Using this list, design a bookmark.
Take your bookmark to your city's library, to your high school's library and to your middle school's library.
See if these librarians are willing to duplicate and distribute this bookmark.
Guest Speaker(s)
Arrange for an expert guest speaker or a panel of expert guest speakers to come in to your class to partake in an interview or a panel discussion about some aspect of teen drinking.
It will be your team's responsibility to take care of all the arrangements, including designing the questions that will be asked during the interview or panel discussion.
Letter To The Parents
Dear Mom & Dad...
Write an open letter to parents informing them about teenagers & alcohol.
Here are some areas you might want to cover in this letter:

What can parents do to help prevent their son or daughter from ever drinking?
What are the signs? How would they know if their son or daughter has a drinking problem?
What can they do if their son or daughter has a drinking problem?
What would happen to mom & dad if they are found serving alcohol in their home at a party to minors?
What does the law say?

Once written, read your letter out loud to your classmates.
See if they have any additional suggestions.
If needed, revise.
Then send your letter to Dear Abby and to your town's newspaper for publication.
Medical Awareness Chart
Create a medical awareness chart illustrating what alcohol does to your body.
Visit some of the family doctors in your community.
See if these doctors are willing to duplicate and distribute this medical information chart to their teen patients.
Newspaper Editorial
Write an editorial for teenagers about the law and how it affects underage drinkers.
Publish it in your school's newspaper or ask your city's newspaper editor to publish it.
Radio Ad
Create a 60 second radio commercial for teenagers about the myths that surround alcohol.
Tape it, have your classmates critique it, retape if necessary, then make arrangements with a local radio station to air it.
School Assembly
Design an agenda for a school assembly about teenagers & what you think they need to know about alcohol.
Set up a meeting with your teacher and the principal of your school.
See if they will approve & support your agenda.
If they approve, get to work setting up this assembly.
Skit
MaryJo says no to drinking.
Her boyfriend, Jeff, does not share this philosophy and tends to drink too much whenever he can.
They are both 16 and at a party.
Jeff is drunk and he wants to go home, now.
They are 30 minutes away from home.
Jeff will be driving because it's his car and no one drives his car but him.
He is creating a very loud scene as he drags MaryJo towards the door.
Your Challenge
Design a skit in which you show your viewers three possible endings.
Perform this skit for your classmates and/or for the students attending the school assembly (see point #8).
Have your viewers vote on the solution they thought was best.
Make sure you ask them why they voted the way they did.
Sobriety Resource Fact Sheet
Design a Public Service Sobriety Resource Fact Sheet.
State where you can go for help if you are a teenager with an alcohol problem and describe the kind of help you would get.
Publish this sheet in your school's newspaper and ask your city's newspaper editor to publish it.
Survey
Design a 10-15 question true/false, one word answer survey to find out what the students in your school know about teenagers & alcohol.
Example Questions:
True or False . . . Alcohol-related car crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in the United States
___________ . . . How many alcoholic drinks have you had in the last 30 days?
Ask your teacher to administer your survey anonymously & randomly to 5 students. Critique the results of these 5 completed surveys to identify where you need to revise your survey.
Once revised, have one of your school counselors administer your survey anonymously & randomly to 40 students in your school building.
Analyze the completed surveys. Then publish the results in your school newspaper with your insights & recommendations.
TV Ad
Create a 60 second TV commercial for teenagers about the dangers of drinking & driving.
Tape it, have your classmates critique it, retape if necessary, then make arrangements with your city's cable TV station to air it.

Dear Parents and Educators....
For the safety of all children, it is highly recommended that "Internet Time" be a shared experience. You are encouraged to explore and enjoy this site with your child or with your students. Please note that I am not responsible for any inappropriate sites or advertisements that may appear at the links listed above as I have no control over what the authors of those websites might post in the future.

© Joan Marie Brown
Mrs. Brown, a Technology Educator, is the author of this website.
Created April 1997, updated September 2006.
This website is hosted by Wayne RESA.

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