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Cities Crack Down on Raves

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore personal health issues. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Cities Crack Down on Raves", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on...
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Journalism: Underage Drinking

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars research underage drinking and read a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association about the issue. They interview experts on substance abuse and liquor store owners about their policies. Students publish...
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Substance Use, or Abuse?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify the medicinal benefits, and ill effects, of a variety of controlled substances. They determine whether or not they think hallucinogens should be researched for possible medicinal purposes.
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Prescription Stimulants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study ADHD and how prescription drugs can help.  In this behavior therapy and drug abuse lesson students read articles and complete a worksheet. 
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Prescription Pain Medication: What You Need to Know

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The national epidemic of opioid addiction is making its way into high school populations. Educate the young scholars in your class about the ways prescription opioids can both block pain and deliver large amounts of dopamine that make it...
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Taking Pills Isn't the Answer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore performance-related drug use. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Taking Pills Isn't the Answer", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity...
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Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine the issue of performance enhancing drugs. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?", respond to discussion questions regarding the...
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Once a fact, always a truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover there are many sources of accurate and inaccurate information. They use newspapers and, in small groups, develop a statement explaining why they believe the article is accurate or inaccurate.
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Health And Life Skills Outcomes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use skills that are directly related to alcohol, tobacco and other drug choices (e.g., refusal skills, decision making, stress reduction skills)
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Drug Addition Is a Disease. So What Do WE Do About It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students make predictions about the success rate for treatment of addiction compared with treatment for other chronic diseases. They evaluate case studies of individuals with different diseases to compare and contrast how the diseases...
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Someone in the Class - Children of Alcoholics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze addiction in families.  In this children of alcoholics lesson students answer questions, complete an activity and play a game. 
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Medical Marijuana - Legitimate Use Or Legalized Abuse?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, discuss opinions about medical marijuana use. They form their own opinion about the U.S Supreme Court case involving this issue.
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Risk Taking Behaviors

For Teachers 10th
Sophomores can be sometimes wise and sometimes foolish. The same can be said for their behaviors. After watching a presentation about risk taking behaviors, class members discuss the presentation in small groups, and then complete a...
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Methamphetamine: A Threatening Scourge on Teens, Families, and Communities

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine how methamphetamine alters the brain and the facts about it.  In this brain chemical addiction  lesson students read articles on methamphetamine and take a quiz. 
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Children of Alcoholics Group

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify characteristics of alcoholism, resources available to them and their family within the community and school, and look at strategies to help them increase safety and anger management strategies too.
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The Chocolate War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners scrutinize the story, "The chocolate War" by Robert Cormier for examples of nonconformity in the face of power. The nature of the relationship between students in the story is compared to the associations of the reader.
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Birth Control By Law? - Legislative Hearing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a mock legislature. In this American justice system lesson, students follow the provided steps to participate in a simulation that requires them to debate a proposal for mandatory birth control for substance abusers.
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Biology: Humans as Organisms

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine body systems. In this biology activity, students explore the roles of different body systems and discover the effects of smoking, drugs, alcohol, exercise, and good nutrition on human body systems.
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Making Choices about Tobacco Use

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine the dangers associated with smoking. In groups, they discuss what it means to be addicted to a drug and how the media influences our decisions. After watching excerpts of films, they identify the use of smoking and the...
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Under the Influence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the effects of teen drinking. In this personal health lesson plan, students research alcohol's effect on the teen brain. Students discuss their findings about the alcohol-brain connection and create brain maps.
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Identifying an Author's Purpose

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners read, "Research Shows TV PSAs Effective In Reducing Teen Marijuana Use", discuss the article with questions imbedded in the lesson and write their own PSA.
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Substance Use and Its Effect on Behavior

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a lesson which causes them to think about substance use and afford them an opportunity to use their resistence skills for avoiding potentially harmful situations.
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The human barometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the story: 9-year-old girl dies on railway line. They engage in the 'Human Barometer': Collect a range of names of dangerous activities from the class. For example: skateboarding, waterskiing, bungee jumping, climbing,...
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The Kids are All-Right

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore alcohol abuse. For this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "The Kids are All Right", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the content...

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