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1. FAMILY MAN DRIVES DRUNK
AND KILLS FAMILY
REAL WORLD PROBLEMS
BY DEAN BERRY, ED. D. 1

2. THE PROBLEM
Eric Jones is a father of three children, and he works two jobs to
support his family. Over the years, Eric has developed a habit of
drinking too much and too often. During the last year, he has
driven while under the influence many times but has never been
arrested for drunk driving. On a Friday evening in May, Eric is
drunk and unable to stop when he suddenly sees a car stopped
at a signal. He rear ends the car and kills a young family of four.
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3. PAIR SHARE
Meet in pairs
or small
groups and
discuss the 3

4. THINK& DISCUSS
•Did Eric know he was a danger to
others by driving drunk?
•Is Eric guilty of a felony?
•How can we keep drunk drivers off
the road?
•What would be a fair punishment
for Eric?
•If this was your family, what would
you want done?
•Are our current laws adequate to
reduce drunk driving?
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5. REPORT BACK TO CLASS
SHARE YOUR IDEAS
.
1. Let’s summarize possible
answers to our questions.
2. Include these ideas in your
notes.
3. You may choose to use a
graphic organizer. 5

6. CLASS DISCUSSION
STUDY THE FOLLOWING GRAPHS
AND CHARTS AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS

7. WHICH FOUR STATES HAVE THE HIGHEST
ALCOHOL RELATED TRAFFIC DEATHS?

8. WHAT IS THE TREND IN ALCOHOL RELATED
HIGHWAY DEATHS FROM 2001 TO 2010?
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY DEATHS WERE
REPORTED IN 2010?

9. ACCORDING TO THIS CHART, WHEN DO
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CRASHES
OCCUR?

10. PREPARE TO RESEARCH THE ISSUES
•Now it is time to research various points of
view and legal positions. Include any court
cases or rulings that may lend support to
your position.

11. RESEARCH
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
• 1. Analyze national statistics on drunk driving.
How bad is the problem?
• 2. Why do we have so many deaths from drunk
driving? What factors contribute to high drunk
driving rates?
• What do most courts do about drunk driving when
fatalities are involved?
• What impact do drunk driving convictions have on
the drunk driver’s own family?
• What programs seem to work best to reduce drunk

12. USE THE FOLLOWING INTERNET SOURCES TO
GATHER INFORMATION ON YOUR RESEARCH
TOPIC.
See the PowerPoint
version of this unit
in order to quickly
access hyperlinked
sources.

13. RESEARCH NOTES
•Collect a minimum of 2-3 pages of notes
•Gather information that will enable you to write
a short two page essay

14. WRONG WAY DRIVER KILLS 6 IN DIAMOND
BAR
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdVO
zR2i8cQ

15. DRUNK DRIVER KILLS FRIEND 2 MIN
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kPVZdO1BPMM

16. TRIBUTE TO DRUNK DRIVING FATALITIES
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J
_rjnx_OebY

17. DRIVER KILLS 2 CHILDREN GETS LIFE IN
PRISON
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y
1R5q3iz5jU

18. ACCUSED DRUNK DRIVER KILLS 3 AND
BLAMES OTHERS 2 MIN
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c
0PefVDGcKw

19. COMMON CORE STANDARDS
As you conduct your research, use
the following to review and analyze
your sources.

20. EVALUATE AND VERIFY
RESEARCH SOURCES
• Internet sources will vary greatly in accuracy and
reliability
• Consider the expertise and reputation of each website
• Compare facts and information of different internet
sources
• Select information that is supported on several reliable
websites
• Question or refute information that lacks consistent support

21. USE THE FOLLOWING INTERNET SOURCES TO
GATHER INFORMATION ON YOUR RESEARCH
TOPIC.
See the PowerPoint version of this
unit in order to quickly access
hyperlinked sources.

22. DRUNK DRIVING STATISTICS
•http://responsibility.org
/drunk-driving/drunk-
driving-fatalities-
national-statistics

23. DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUNK DRIVER?
•http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/
13/us/texas-sxsw-crash/

24. DRUNK DRIVER FACES LIFE IN PRISON
•http://www.nydailynews.com/new
s/crime/alleged-drunken-driver-
killed-4-south-southwest-
festival-faces-20-additional-
charges-article-1.1742069

25. THE FACTS ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING
•http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehi
clesafety/impaired_driving/imp
aired-drv_factsheet.html

26. WEALTHY TEENAGER GETS PROBATION FOR
KILLING FOUR PEOPLE WHILE DRIVING
DRUNK
•http://www.wmctv.com/story/
24207729/boy-16-who-
killed-4-people-drunk-
driving-sentenced-to-

27. RICH KID GETS AWAY WITH KILLING FOUR DRIVING
DRUNK
•http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/
12/12/the-affluenza-defense-
judge-rules-rich-kids-rich-kid-
ness-makes-him-not-liable-for-
deadly-drunk-driving-accident/

28. DRUNK DRIVING FACTS
•http://dui.lifetips.com//cat/61
352/drunk-driving-facts-
stats/index.html

29. TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD WOMAN KILLS
SIX DRIVING DRUNK WITH 2ND DUI
•http://www.latimes.com/local/lan
ow/la-me-ln-wrong-way-crash-
dui-
20140210,0,1282000.story#axzz
2xr1HmWqf

30. LEGAL ISSUES WITH KILLING
PEOPLE WHILE DRIVING DRUNK
•http://www.macelaw.com/
Articles/Murder-when-
drinking-and-driving.shtml

31. DRUNK DRIVER GETS 61 YEARS IN
PRISON FOR KILLING POPULAR TEACHER
•http://www.newson6.com/stor
y/24983440/driver-sentenced-
in-dui-wreck-that-killed-
tulsa-teacher

32. PREPARE TO
WRITE
USING YOUR RESEARCH
NOTES
•What can we do to make our
highways safe from drunk
drivers?
•What kind of punishment is fair
when a family is killed by a
drunk driver?
•Explain your argument by giving
reasons with supporting details.
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33. DEVELOP A WRITING PLAN
• Determine what your main point
will be, and write a topic sentence
that provides focus for your essay.
• Choose several main ideas that
support your topic sentence.
• Sort your information into
supporting details with facts and
examples. 33

34. Organize your
ideas and prepare
to write an essay
about the issue.

35. ORGANIZE
•Review all of your notes from
the group discussion.
•Select the most important
ideas.
•Choose facts and examples
to support each important
idea
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36. DETAILS MUST SUPPORT
THE MAIN IDEAS
Provide specific facts,
examples, and reasons
for each main idea in the
body of your essay

37. ESSAY FORMAT
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Essay-Case 12
Introduction
Clear statement of main
idea
Body
3 supporting reasons with
details
and examples
Conclusion
Review your main idea and
summarize your best
reasons

38. PREPARE TO WRITE
•Write a five paragraph
essay about the issue.
•As you write your
rough draft, it will be
very important to use
special words that
enable you to
transition smoothly
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39. TRANSITION WORDS
As you view
these words,
select the
words that
help you make
transitions
smoothly from
one idea to the
next.
•as a result
•such as
•for example
•nevertheless
•for that
reason
•finally
•at this time
•therefore
•furthermore
•in addition
•in conclusion
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40. WRITE THE ROUGH
DRAFT
Use the Five
Paragraph format
that includes an
Introductory
Paragraph, Body,
and Conclusion

41. PAIR SHARE
EDITING
Work in pairs to edit
and improve your
essay. Read each
other’s essays “out
loud” and offer
specific suggestions
for improvement.

42. REVIEW, EDIT, AND REWRITE
1. Re-read your essay several times.
2. How can you improve your sentences to communicate
more clearly?
3. Are your main ideas supported by examples and
details?
4. Exchange papers with another student and read each
other’s essay out loud.
5. Make final corrections and write the final draft of your
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43. FINAL
DRAFT
Use what you
have learned from
your review
process and write
your final draft.

44. BRING YOUR COMPLETED PAPER
TO THE NEXT CLASS SESSION.
The next step will
be to present your
ideas to your small
group for review
and analysis.
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45. MEET IN SMALL GROUPS TO CROSS EXAMINE STUDENTS AS THEY
PRESENT THEIR PAPERS
• Analyze solutions and evidence presented by group members.
• Ask challenging questions when group members present their positions. Look
for evidence that is sufficient to support clear, logical arguments.
• Ask group members to defend the credibility and reliability of their
sources.

46. SHARE YOUR IDEAS
WITH THE GROUP
During this evaluation phase, class members will
share ideas, analyze arguments, and review the
main issues of the problem. Students will be
prepared to participate by contributing their ideas
and supporting evidence.
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47. DEFEND YOUR POSITION
As you present your paper to your group,
clearly state your position on the issue and
review the main points of your argument. Be
sure to cite specific facts and examples that
support each point you are making. Include
evidence that substantiates all claims.
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