VOCABULARY :

• Alcoholism Glossary - A glossary of terms associated with alcohol, alcoholism and recovery. (alcoholism.about.com)

• Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Glossary of Terms (medicinenet.com)

• Glossary - Alcohol: Problems and Solutions - Glossary of alcohol-related words and terms with pronunciation guides for many.
  (potsdam.edu)

• ALCOHOL VOCABULARY (chs.fuhsd.org)
  ex : "Alcoholism - Physical and psychological dependence on alcohol."

CLIPARTS :

Drinking (winthrop.edu)	Drunk	Drinking (fotosearch.com)
Dangers of alcohol (fr.inmagine.com)		Alcohol Effects (thelivercentre.com.au)

FACTS :

• Romanian street sign warns drivers of 'drunk pedestrians'
  "Street signs warning Romanian drivers to be careful of drunken pedestrians lying on roads were erected by road safety chiefs worried about the "despairing" levels of accidents."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Powers to curb underage drinking come into force
  "New powers aimed at tackling the problem of under-age drinking in England and Wales have come into force."
  (BBC)

• Binge drinking comes to France
  "Long considered a public problem in Britain, binge drinking is now on the rise among young people in France."
  (BBC News)

  

• Fact Sheet & Talking Points
  "Underage Drinking. Adult Consequences.
  Campaign Targets Underage Drinkers and Parents Who Provide Alcohol"
  (nhtsa.dot.gov)
  
  

• Binge drinking 'damages memory'
  "Binge drinking teenagers are still at risk of absent-mindedness and forgetfulness days later, a study says."
  (BBC)

• Children & alcohol: Britain's deadly cocktail
  "Figures show a 40 per cent rise in the number of under-age drinkers in treatment in just one year - and experts say that hard-living celebrities are bad role models."
  (independent.co.uk)

• Alcohol and Drink Spiking (essex.police.uk)
  
  

• Legal Age - Young people (essex.police.uk)
  "AGE 14 : You can go to the pub, but you cannot drink or buy alcohol
  AGE 16 : You can drink wine or beer with a meal in a restaurant
  AGE 18 : You can buy alcohol / You can drink alcohol in a pub / You can hold a licence to sell alcohol..."

• Legal drinking age (Wikipedia)
  1 Africa 2 Americas 3 Asia 4 Europe 5 Oceania 6 General references 7 Specific references

• World Drinking Map (drinkingmap.com)

  

• Europe drinking age (blogsimages.skynet.be)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Binge drinking as a percentage of all drinking (euro.who.int)
  
  

• Neuroscience For Kids (faculty.washington.edu)
  The Path of Alcohol in the body
  Effects of Alcohol : In low doses / In medium doses / In high doses
  Effects of Alcohol on the Nervous System
  Drinking and Driving Don't Mix
  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  References and further information
  
  

• Alcohol's Effects (mckinley.uiuc.edu)

• What's Your Poison ? Alcohol - 10 things you didn't know (abc.net.au)

• Alcohol and safer drinking - Know your limits (spired.com)

  

• Alcohol-related deaths double, report shows (guardian.co.uk)

• Alcohol-related deaths 'rising' (BBC)

  

• List of deaths through alcohol (Wikipedia)
  ex : Dylan Thomas - Truman Capote - Raymond Chandler - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Ernest Hemingway - O. Henry - Jack Kerouac - Edgar Allan Poe -
  James Grover Thurber...

• Alcoholism (Wikipedia)
  1 Definitions and terminology 1.1 Medical definitions 1.2 Terminology
  2 Etymology
  3 Epidemiology
  4 Identification and diagnosis 4.1 Screening 4.2 Genetic predisposition testing 4.3 DSM diagnosis 4.4 Urine and blood tests
  5 Effects 5.1 Social effects 5.2 Alcohol withdrawal
  6 Treatments 6.1 Effectiveness 6.2 Detoxification 6.3 Group therapy and psychotherapy 6.4 Rationing and moderation 6.5 Medications
  7 Societal impact 7.1 Stereotypes
  8 In Film and Literature 8.1 Politics and public health
  9 See also
  10 References
  11 Further reading
  12 External links

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES :

• Alcohol Quiz - The True or False Alcohol Quiz (driving.co.uk)
  
  

• Alcohol Abuse Screening Quiz - 20 questions (alcoholism.about.com)

• Alcohol Quiz - 20 questions (hsc.wvu.edu)

LESSON PLANS :

• Google software to stop drunken e-mails - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  

• Alcohol Abuse Lesson Plans (teach-nology.com)

• Binge drinking deaths double in 15 years - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

• Study says alcohol more harmful than marijuana (Breaking News English)
  - a lesson plan
  THE ARTICLE - WARM-UPS - BEFORE READING / LISTENING - WHILE READING / LISTENING -
  LISTENING - AFTER READING / LISTENING - DISCUSSION - SPEAKING - LANGUAGE - HOMEWORK
  
  

WEBQUESTS :

• Alcohol and Other Drugs - a webquest (academics.uww.edu)
  "This webquest has been designed to provide information about alcohol and other drugs. You will explore five main drugs that may effect you in some way throughout your life...
  Groups will explore the assigned drug on the links provided. Once they have looked through the sites they will answer a Guide Worksheet. The groups will then create a poster demonstrating what they have learned about their assigned drug. The group will then be responsible for presenting their poster and information to the class."
  
  

• Webquests on Addictions - Alcohol and Drugs (safehealthyschools.org)

INTERACTIVE GAMES :

• You make me sick - A great educational game from the BBC (avec son)
  
  

GAMES TO PRINT :

• Alcohol Puzzzles (edhelper.com)

CARTOONS :

• I see you've been talking to the plants again! (cartoonstock.com)	Hi Honey, I'm home! (cartoonstock.com)	Binge drinking (cartoonstock.com)
  He's very good with the grandchildren. (cartoonstock.com)	I'm not selling you alcohol (cartoonstock.com)	Alcoholics Anonymous (bifsniff.com)
  Underage Drinking Cartoons (cartoonstock.com)	Alcohol and safer drinking - Know your limits (spired.com)	Would you mind blowing into this bag sir ? (cartoonstock.com)

SONGS :

• Alcoholic by Starsailor (sing365.com)
  "Daddy was an alcoholic
  But your mother kept it all inside"
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

VIDEOS :

• Underage drinking - the facts (guardian.co.uk)
  "Gary Stannet, director of Positive Futures, discusses the findings of his group's survey of 11-19 year olds which reveals 42% started drinking when they were 13 or younger."

CINEMA :

• Films like "Days of Wine and Roses", "My Name is Bill W.", "Arthur", "Leaving Las Vegas", and "The Lost Weekend",
  chronicle similar stories of alcoholism. (Wikipedia)