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A Question of Sport

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students explore the controversy surrounding performance-enhancing drugs. In this current events lesson, students discuss the prevalence of drug use in the sports world and create poetry about sports. Older students may design a brochure...
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After Ben Johnson: The Dubin Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create interview questions that could be posed to gather necessary information about the use of performance-enhancing drugs. They role-play a mock inquiry using the interview questions.
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Breaking News English: UK Doctors' Drink/Drug Problem

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "UK Doctors' Drink/Drug Problem," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Kate Moss Axed over Drug Scandal

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Axed over Drug Scandal," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Cloned Dogs in Training to Sniff for Drugs

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Cloned Dogs in Training to Sniff for Drugs," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Influencing Factors

For Students 5th - 9th
In this personal health graphic organizer worksheet, students identify 9 factors that influence attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.
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Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students 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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Teaching Tolerance

Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the impact of the war on drugs in a thought-provoking lesson for high school academics. Young historians delve into the world of the criminal justice system and the racial disparity that occurs in the US. The resource provides...
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Police patrol the city's garbage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers debate the pros and cons of police searching the trash of suspected drug dealers. Students collect background information, and high schoolers interview city officials and garbage collectors. Students develop a strategic...
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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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Marijuana: Help Someone Kick the Habit

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define substance abuse, assess how they and their friends have been affected by marijuana, evaluate how pot users are hurting themselves, and explore how teens can stay away from or stop smoking pot.
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Price Controls: Prescribed Drugs in North America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the nature of price controls, the impact of maximum prices below the equilibrium level on a market, the effect it can have on other markets, the requirements for effective price discrimination in a market, and the price...
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Substance Abuse Influences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students role play peer pressure situations and decision-making using cookies. They assess their own influences and reactions to the role play.
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“Read All About It”: Primary Source Reading in “Chronicling America”

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Can investigative journalism become too sensationalistic and accusatory, or is it vital for the survival of a democracy? Middle schoolers analyze primary source documents from early 20th-century newspapers as well as Theodore Roosevelt's...
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Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Almost 600,000 Americans are arrested each year for marijuana possession. Pupils decide if marijuana should be legalized for recreational use after reading state-by-state laws and the top pro and con arguments. The resource also includes...
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New Rules for Sunscreens

For Students 8th - 10th
What are UVB and UVB rays, and why isn't my sunscreen good enough? Kids find out all the newest information regarding sunscreen and skin cancer as they read this New York Times article. They read the article then answer eight related...
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Journalism: Ritalin Abuse

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct research and interviews to examine abuses of Ritalin to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. They interview doctors and students and collect contact information to include in a sidebar.
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Psychological Disorders

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Sparknotes provides this 10-question interactive quiz on psychological disorders. It includes questions on drug addiction, OCD, post-traumatic stress, antisocial behavior, schizophrenia, and more.
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Organizer
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Causes and Effects: European Discovery of the Americas

For Students 5th - 8th
Get your scholars examining short and long-term causes and effects of the European discovery of the Americas. This graphic organizer is simple and easy to understand: learners fill in long and short-term causes of the discovery, then...
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Take Me Out of the Ballgame

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their own views on cheating. They explore the history of cheating in baseball by reading and discussing the article "Cheating Matters (Sometimes)." They create proposals for an exhibit that documents and explains the...
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American Media: Addicted to Scandal?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine media coverage of George W. Bush's refusal to answer questions regarding past illegal drug usage in the 1999 campaign. They consider the role of rumor, scandal, audience and relevance in political media coverage.
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White Collar Crime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss difference between crimes of deceit versus crimes of violence, define white-collar crime, and examine far reach of white collar crime laws. Students then analyze what differences exist between rationales for punishing...
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The Alternative Fix

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the history of the government's involvement in medicine. They examine the popularity of alternative medicine in today's society and the dangers that some alternative medicines may pose. Students research the...
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Is Our Community Influenced by the Opioid Epidemic?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Opioid abuse is becoming a national crisis, but combating the influence of opioids requires examining the ways it affects individual communities. A thorough teacher guide provides step-by-step instructions about implementing an...

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