A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN HEALTH

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of one-hour lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Identify the different types of quackery;
B. Share some idea about quackery; and
C. Perform a role play showing the different types of quackery.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
A. TOPIC: different types of quackery
B. REFERENCE: P.E. AND HEALTH
C. MATERIALS: PowerPoint presentation, pictures, projector,
III. PROCEDURE:

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. Development of the lesson
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of attendance
B. Motivation
What health service you last avail of? (students will share his/her experience)

What health product did you last (students will share his/her experience)
purchase?

Class, I am going to show some

picture and I want you to share some
thoughts in the picture

Where do you often see this kind of

In magazines, newspapers, T.V. ads
picture?
The picture want us to buy the product
What message these pictures want to
they sell
convey?
Beauty product sir
What is being sold in this picture?
It will make your face soft and smooth
In this product, what does it
guarantee?
Yes/No
Will you buy it?

C. ACTIVITY:
On one half sheet of paper, I want
(students do the activity)
you to explain. What is quackery?

D. ABSTRACTION:
Today, we are going to tackle about
quackery.
Quackery is a promotion of fraudulent or
Do you have some idea about
ignorant medical practices.
quackery?
A quack is the fraudulent or ignorant
What is quack?
pretender for medical skills.
Correct, a person who pretends,
professionally or publicly, to have skill,
knowledge, qualification or
credentials they do not possess;
a charlatan or snake oil salesman.
Medical quackery
 What are the different types of
quackery?
Nutrition quackery
Good, what else?
Device quackery
And the last one is?

Correct, those are the different types

of quackery

Now, let me define the three (3)

different types of quackery.

Medical quackery- includes cure,

treatment, and remedies of various
health conditions that are drugless or
bloodless in nature.

Nutrition quackery- involves

promotion of foods, fads, and other
nutritional practices that are claimed
to be all natural

Device quackery- makes use of

miraculous gadgets (such as dials,
gauges, electrodes, magnet and
blinkers) that are believed to cure a
certain conditions.
(student share their thoughts)
What do you think are the reason why
quackery is rampant here in the
Philippines?

Thank you students for sharing your

ideas

Quackery thrives in the Philippines

probably because of the following
reasons:
 Quick and inexpensive cure
 Ignorance
 Fear of surgery or legitimate
medical treatment
 Effect of placebos
 Hypochondria patient

And that’s the end of our discussion

E. ANALYSIS: Quackery is a form of health fraud, in

Again, what is quackery? any advertisement, promotion, or sale of
product and services that have not
scientifically proven sale and effective

What do you call a person that Quack

performs quackery?

What are the three types of Medical, nutrition, and device quackery
quackery?

Good, thank you for listening class!

F. APPLICATION: (student do the instruction)

Now for your activity, please form
three groups and choose a leader.

Now, that you already have a group. I

 want you to share your own idea
about the topic we tackled earlier by a
role play.

Group 1, your topic is medical

quackery
Group 2, nutrition quackery (students do the activity)
Group 3, device quackery

Well done, give yourself a round of

applause for the success of your role
playing

IV. GENERALIZATION: (student who have been a victim of

Have you ever been a victim of a quackery share his/her experience)
quack?
No, sir!
Do you want to be a victim of a
quack?

Very good class!

V. EVALUATION:
Now, get one half sheet of paper.
Write one paragraph essay on how
can you protect your family and
yourself from quackery

VI. ASSIGNMENT:
What is the possible effect of
quackery on the person’s physical
and psychological wellbeing?