Alcoholism among children

Introduction

After a long and tiresome shift one can go to a pub and have a couple of drinks. What can be wrong with that? The thing is that adults often forget that children are watching closely and form their own opinion about the world judging by the behaviour of grown-ups. In the 21 century children start drinking alcohol at a very young age and the problem is becoming bigger.

Process

Surf the net and answer the following questions:

1) Drinking alcohol

What are the most and the least drinking countries?

What is "Legal drinking age"? When are people allowed to drink alcohol in Russia? In the USA? In UK?

How widespread is underage drinking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alc..

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/special-popul..

2) Alcoholism

What is alcoholism? What are the signs of it?

What tests are there that can help to recognise drinking problems?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism

http://alcoholism.about.com/od/tests/a/tests.htm

3) Underage Drinking

What are the main characteristics of underage drinking?

Point out main statistic results about where youth get alcohol and where youth drink it.

What are the main reasons for children to drink alcohol\ to start drinking alcohol?

Do you think that parent's influence has an effective result? Why? Why not? Answer according to statistics.

http://www.camy.org/factsheets/sheets/Characteristics_of_Underage_Drinking.html

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA67/AA67.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-of-teenage-drinking.html

http://samhsa.gov/underagedrinking/pdfs/why_children_start_drinking.pdf

http://www.centurycouncil.org/underage-drinking/what-youth-say-about-alcohol

http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/young_people_drugs_and_alcohol/Topic/4006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlVIyGo7II

Watch the video? What does it say to the society? What is your attitude to it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pjZc9lBD4&feature=youtu.be

What are the main consequences of underage drinking? Classify them (health, family, academic consequences and so on).

http://www.camy.org/factsheets/sheets/consequences_of_underage_drinking.html

http://www.samhsa.gov/

http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/237145.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=954o5i6fbj4

4)Prevention

 Why You Should Talk With Your Child About Alcohol

 Should parents forbid children akcohol or it should be like advise?

 When should you start talking to a child about alcohol?

 What You Can Do To Prevent Your Child From Drinking

 Why do you think getting a driver’s license may increase the risk of a child’s alcohol use?

 Why being involved in children’s lives and encouragment children’s growing independence should prevent him or her from drinking?

http://www.samhsa.gov/underagedrinking/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcPH-pnj0uE

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-1/5-14.htm

Project

Make your own community and family studies research project based on the information above and on the examples below. Make a presentation about the results of the survey. In your presentation include the general information about underage drinking.

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101116222948AAMfEv1

http://www.google.ru/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhtsa.gov%2Fpeople%2Finjury%2Falcohol%2Fcommunity%2520guides%2520html%2FPDFs%2FNP_Appen3.pdf&ei=nR5LUtLlPISl4AT4k4DoDw&usg=AFQjCNGjVjlfaFU8K4ltHHZajTORfrd2tA&bvm=bv.53371865,d.bGE&cad=rjt

Subject sampler

Education

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." - Carl W. Buechner

Can people live in Peace? Someone could say: Yes, we can! But it is so difficult because there are a lot of conflicts in our world. Conflict is a natural thing in our life, but is it natural for a school and should it be in a school? And what to do if you have such a situation? We’d like to discuss this topic.

1.      Conflicts between classmates.

http://www.lessonplanet.com/article/teacher-education/conflict-resolution-in-the-classroom

·        Do you agree with the author’s point of view that a conflict should be solved with the help of a teacher?

·        How do you think is it necessary to tell your opponent about your feelings?

2.      Conflicts between pupils and a teacher.

http://urbanallianceblog.blogspot.ru/2007/03/conflicts-between-teachers-and-students.html

·        What can be the reasons for a conflict?

·        How should a teacher and pupils behave in a conflict situation?

3.      Solution

http://www.hr.vt.edu/oea/conflictresolution/coworker-classmate.html

·        How does the author advice to behave in conflict situation?

·        What aspects described by the author did you use in your life?

4.      Conclusion

You have had the opportunity to explore some important aspects of conflicts in a school: conflicts between classmates, conflicts between pupils and a teacher, solution of conflicts.  We think conflicts may have place in a school as far as it’s a place where are a lot of people at the same time and their interests may clash. The main thing is try to behave in a correct way and try to solve it. People should be polite in any case to each other, to respect each other.

What do you think about this topic?

What do you usually do when you have a conflict situation?

What are the differences between the given advise and your usual behavior?

One more Small Treasure Hunt to do

School Education Web Treasure Hunt

School Education

Read the article and answer the questions following it

July 08, 2009

Would you send your child to Hogwarts?

 Well, with the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, thisseems a topical question. It's alsoone which I'm guessing many Harry Potter readers will have asked themselves over the years.Your kids may love the idea of going (all that excitement, albeit with perhaps rather too much death and destruction), but I'm not convinced I'd send my children to Hogwarts (that's if they turned out to be talented muggles). Not only is it too dangerous, but what on earth would they learn there?!

In this essay by Steve Vander Ark, the consensus seems very much to be no, don't educate your children with Harry and co.After all, as he writes,the children really don't learn much, and the teachers do not treat their students well.He's right, isn't he? I don't recall much maths, foreign languages (although, of course they're no longer compulsory at secondary school in the real worldeither) or PHSE. Surely Hermione would love to read some English literature, whether a little bit of Forster (I think this would tickle her fancy) or something more challenging (the metaphysical poets?). Instead she's stuck with potion making, fighting off evil and learning magic. Hermione, Harry and friends also come up against so many truly terrible teachers (would Dolores Umbridge or Severus Snape be licensed to teach?)

English teacher and blogger extraordinaire Dana Huff has written a very detailed post on this very subject. In it she discusses the merits (or otherwise) of the main Hogwarts teachers, from Snape and McGonagall to Hagrid and Sybill Trelawney. Not many, other than Lupin (who makes the top fivein my list of the most inspring teachers in films), and of course, Professor Dumbledore, are very inspiring. Mind you, Ms Huff is perhaps not as much of a fan of Dumbledore as others might be.She writes:

 "We are never given an assessment of Dumbledore’s teaching skills, but based on his relationship with the students, he was probably fairly good. I do wonder at his skill in selecting some of his staff, but he seems, in all, to be a fairly good administrator. He is not always as supportive of his faculty as he could be, but often that’s because the faculty member in question is being unreasonable (Snape, most of the time)."

What do you think? Is Hogwarts an appealing educational establishment? Maybe I'd have a different view if I was currently at school, but for the moment at least, I'm glad that my daughter is learning to spell (beautifully and noisily are on her latest list) rather than learn spells....

Related links:

The 25 best boarding school books

Dolores Umbridge makes number one - in the 15 worst teachers in the movies

The 15 most inspiring teachers in films

Which film adaptation of a book is your favourite?

Questions

What is the author’s attitude to education at Hogwarts?

Explain the expression “to give smb. considerable leeway” that Steve Vander Ark (essay by Steve Vander Ark) uses while giving the account of teaching and the curriculum at Hogwarts. http://dictionary.reference.com/ How does he describe the Hogwarts teachers’ treatment of students?

Is learning foreign languages compulsory at secondary school in Britain?

What is PHSE? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Listen to the interview with Dana Huff and answer the questions:

 1) What kind of school is Hogwarts?

2) Do the children at Hogwarts miss their parents?

3) Do the children at Hogwarts learn English and Maths?

4) Do they do exams at Hogwarts?

5) How long do they study at Hogwarts?

6) Do they go to University after Hogwarts?

7) How would Dana feel about sending her child to Hogwarts?

  Glühwein  Treasure Hunt 

Glühwein: The Warmth of Christmas

Glühwein (Glow wine in German) is a hot, spiced wine also known as mulled wine. Other Languages refer to it as Glög, Glintvein or Spiced Wine. It is a tasty drink that warms up the body in cold weather and is a popular treat at parties. In essence, the drink consists of wine and spices heated to just below boiling point before drinking.

Nowadays, Glühwein is a very famous hot drink in Germany during the 4 to 5 weeks before Christmas. It is served on all the Christmas Markets you can find in all cities. But you can also buy it cold in bottles in a supermarket or make some yourself. Last year, about 50 million litres had been consumed in Germany alone!

One of the most known mulled wines which is served in Scandinavian countries is the glogg. Even though you can find pre-made gloggs, many people prefer to prepare it themselves. You can find various recipes on how to prepare mulled wine.

The History of Glühwein

The roots of the Glühwein are not to be found in a dark kitchen of a medieval monastery or besides a camp fire of the ancient Germans. No, it was invented in ancient Rome. Roman citizen Marcus Gavius Apicius published the first recipe in his book “De re coquinaria – About Cooking” where he mentioned the “Conditum Paradoxum” for the first time.

During the Middle Ages, cold spiced wines were popular, e.g. Clairet or Hippocras. The ingredients were already similar to today’s Glühwein.

One of the first signs of fall in Germany are the open air market stalls serving hot spiced wine. Glühwein is popular at a Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market). The markets open in mid-December and sell ornaments, adventcalendars, springerle molds and other Christmas items. Every city and town has a Weinachtsmarkt; the Stuttgart Markt is open every evening, but a smaller city like Nürtingen has a Markt only on weekends and long Thursdays.

                                

                                                 Glühwein Web Treasure Hunt

For this assignment, you will first do some research about the topic of Glühwein. Then summarize and explain your research to your groupmates in a brief talk.

Answer the questions:

1. What are the main components in Glühwein?

http://thedaringkitchen.com/food-talk/glühwein-warmth-christmas

2. In which countries is Glühwein popular?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluhwein#Gl.C3.BChwein

3. What is etymology of the word "Glühwein"?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gluhwein

4. What can you use instead of the wine?

http://guides.wikinut.com/Gluhwein-Recipe-for-German-Mulled-Wine/21_zy4zx/

5. What is Glüwine according to Peter F May?

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art25534.asp

6. How do Scandinavians call Glühwine?

http://www.pichler.com.au/gluhwein.html

7. Which Glühwine styles can you name? What is the difference between them?

http://www.pichler.com.au/gluhwein.html

8. Can you buy the products of  Pichler Tiroler Gluhwein online?

http://www.pichler.com.au/shop.html

9. Glühwine is made from red wine with… Which spices?

http://germany-christmas-market.org.uk/christmas_shopping_guide.htm

10. What is the cost of Glühwein at a Christmas Market?

http://germany-christmas-market.org.uk/christmas_shopping_guide.htm

11. What does Christkindl Glühwein require before drinking?

http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=1854

12. What is adviced to add to your own Glühwein?

http://www.gluhwein.co.uk/gluhwein-recipe/gluhwein-a-simple-recipe/

13. How many minutes do you need to boil red wine? What heat do you need?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2irzU_iuECw&feature=related

14. Where in Europe this popular drink is often sold during cold season?

http://www.enjoyyourcooking.com/beverage-recipes/mulled-wine-gluehwein.html

15. What kind of wine is better according to the author of the recipe?

http://www.beautifulwomendating.com/gluhwein-recipe/

                                               

Here are some recipes how to cook Glühwine:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdf5gneg8Ug&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtt84wz9UWc&feature=related

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6298/gluhwein.aspx

http://www.christmas-baking.com/gluehwein.html

http://www.gluhweinmix.com/preparegluhwein.htm

http://www.berlinhairbaby.com/2010/10/mulled-wine-recipe-gluhwein.html

http://www.mulledwine.org/

http://notecook.com/drinks/history-of-gluhwein-and-how-to-make-it-yourself/

http://www.beautifulwomendating.com/gluhwein-recipe/

http://thedaringkitchen.com/food-talk/glühwein-warmth-christmas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gluhwein_2495

There's nothing better then a hot cop of spiced wine on a cold autumn day! It's especially lovely to drink outside at a market or as you're strolling through the forest (often little huts are set up in the forest selling Glühwein). In Germany it's easy to find ready-made mixes that you can just sprinkle into a pot of wine and then heat up on the stove, but making your own has an awesome pay off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsvZRMVXqDs