The video explores approaches in dealing with the problem. It poses the question should our meth issue be a law and order issue or a health issue. The video sparked lots of great conversations between the students.
The follow-up activity was to write a blog post - if was the Prime minister of New Zealand I would solve the meth issue in New Zealand by......
They then had to predict the outcomes of taking this action.
I really enjoy teaching critical thinking skills. I think too much we consume ourselves with work production in secondary school and we pass over the discussions we can have and the directions discussion can take. I think the engagement of students is best when we get the students talking about a topic and I am very fortunate this is the approach we have taken in Health.
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