Tobacco Teaching Resources :: 433

University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Nicotine

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site learn about the dangers and effects associated with tobacco use and nicotine. Read about how nicotine effects the body and brain and how a nicotine addiction is very difficult to break.

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Curated OER

Kids Health: Smoking Stinks

For Students 3rd - 8th

This four-page article provides general information on cigarettes, nicotine, and smoking by providing simple responses to questions such as "Why Are Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco So Bad for You?" and "What Happens When a Kid Tries...

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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Mouth Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th

Discover the dangers of smokeless tobacco while reading this Why? Files article.

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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Smoking Prevention Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Study facts about tobacco and smoking, survey peers' attitudes about experiences with smoking and create a schoolwide smoking prevention campaign.

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Cbc News: A Legal History of Smoking in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th

Follow this almost 20 year timeline of Tobacco Laws introduced and enforced in Canada.

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Health and Fitness: Health Quests: Stop Substance Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th

Spread the word about the risks of tobacco and drug abuse and learn basic HTML at the same time. Use the links provided by this site to learn facts about addiction.

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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Tobacco

For Students 9th - 10th

The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.

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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Britain in the New World: The Growth of the Tobacco Trade

For Students 5th - 8th

Many colonists came to Jamestown to find gold. Read about what finally brought money into the colony, and what John Rolfe's role was in that. Read about who the workers were who provided the labor for this new money source.

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Action on Smoking and Health: Information and Resources

For Students 9th - 10th

Find out about the health implications of cigarette use and other tobacco-related research. Includes smoking fact sheets, current statistics of tobacco use, legal information, visual resources, and details about the tobacco industry.

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United States History: Ch. 3 Sec. 1: The Southern Colonies [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A chapter from a history text that looks at the development of the Southern Colonies. It discusses the Southern agricultural economy that relied on slave labor, tobacco as a cash crop, Southern society, indentured servitude, Bacon's...

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Action on Smoking and Health

For Students 9th - 10th

Established as a campaign to eliminate the epidemic of smoking, the Action on Smoking and Health aims to develop awareness about the use of tobacco, and reduce tobacco related diseases.

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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

A 16-page history of the establishment and growth of the colony of Jamestown. Covers the early challenges, the starving time, the Virginia Company, the conflict with Powhatan, the beginnings of the tobacco economy, the introduction of...

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National Institutes of Health

U.s. Dept of Health and Human Services: Cancer and the Environment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Document provides information on the causes and nature of cancer and particularly the substances in the environment that are known to cause or may cause cancer in humans such as tobacco, ultraviolet radiation, pesticides, and metals.

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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: The Last Auction

For Students 9th - 10th

Interactive experience that allows students to walk through a small, farming town in South Carolina, and see its transition from a tobacco farming community and a textile based economy to a new economy. Witness the residents' struggles...

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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

An extensive collection of resources for learning about the colony of Jamestown. Includes essays, lesson plans, biographies, the economics of tobacco, information about laws, leadership, and a culminating project where students design a...

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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Early Industries in Virginia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Discusses the many enterprises undertaken by the colonists in Virginia to try to make a profit. They were not successful until they began to grow tobacco.

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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Information, activities, and games pertaining to the respiratory system, including more specific topics like lung health and wellness, air pollution, and tobacco.

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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 7 12 Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website ?Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System? for grades seven through twelve from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...

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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 4th - 7th

This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades four through six from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...

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