A Handful of Pills

Photo Prompts

Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Critical thinking is an important skill for analyzing issues and judging their validity.

Look at a photo of a person's hand holding many multicolored pills. What does the image represent? Does it have positive or negative connotations? Let your students be the judge!

Discuss the photo in class with your students. Describe the photo or determine its meaning together.

You may want to teach some of the suggested vocabulary below. Please note that these tasks build on each other, so doing them in order is helpful.

Focus

topic-based
writing
speaking
critical thinking
health & safety

Vocabulary

medication
pharmaceuticals
industry
mental health
solution
widespread
reliance
cocktail
phenomenon
ailment
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