These guidelines are for in-service and pre-service teachers. If you are College of Education faculty member click here for College of Education Real Life Issues Curriculum Infusion Guidelines.

The format below will help you write a Real Life Issues Curriculum Infusion lesson plan for your k-12 class. Use the worksheet and sample lesson plans. They are excellent tools to help you produce a CI lesson plan for your class.

To download a k-12 lesson plan worksheet click here.
For Incorporation of Evidence Based Strategies & Examples of Instructional Activities click here.

GRADE LEVEL
Kindergarten – High School

SUBJECT
Examples: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, etc.

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS
Describe which Illinois Learning Standard (ILS) you will follow.
Link for specific ILS in your subject area: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/

OBJECTIVES
To infuse real life issues prevention into your subject lesson.

1. What is the subject objective of this lesson?
   
   
Define what students should know and be able to do in this subject area
as a result of your lesson.


2. 2.) What is the prevention objective of this lesson?
   
   Indicate which real life area(s) will be addressed.
   Indicate what the students are expected to learn from this lesson.
   Include any change in knowledge, skills, and attitude you anticipate.

EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION STRATEGY(IES)
In what ways will this lesson encourage substance abuse, bullying, violence, social ostracism, and/or HIV/AIDS prevention? For Example: Will it encourage prevention by…

• Correcting misperceptions of Norms


• Increasing perceptions of Personal Risk


• Life skills training


• Promoting pro-social norms


• Connecting to community prevention efforts


• Combination of the above

Click here for more information on Evidence Based Prevention Strategies.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Are their materials and/or resources that you will need to bring in as a part of your instructional strategy?

TIME FRAMES
Will your prevention lesson be taught in a concentrated block or spread over the course?

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES/ ACTIVITIES
Describe the active learning instructional methods. How do you plan to encourage active student participation?
Be specific about assignments, reading, papers, movies, simulations, case studies, role plays, debates, discussions topics, small group activities, etc.

ASSESSMENT
What techniques or forms of assessment will you use to evaluate the effectiveness of this lesson?

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