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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Contemplating Nature vs. Nurture
Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a instructional activity that encourages...
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The House That Drugs Built
Students evaluate the effects of drug use on behavior, appearance and the ability to contribute to society. In this drug education lesson students analyze the relationship between drug use and injury, violence and criminal activity.
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Someone in the Class - Children of Alcoholics
High schoolers analyze addiction in families. In this children of alcoholics lesson plan students answer questions, complete an activity and play a game.
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Analyzing Media Messages
Telling young people to just say no can be difficult in a world that inundates them with messages to just say yes. A lesson on media messages encourages teenagers to analyze song lyrics and advertisements that mention drugs and/or...
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Under the Influence
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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No Call for Alcohol
Young scholars discuss the effects of alcohol on the human body. In groups, they role-play making an argument for them not to drink. They write their own fictional situation involving drugs or alcohol and other groups practice it using a...
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Sex And Alcohol: A Risky Mix
Learners examine the reasons people use alcohol and discuss the negative things that can happen when mixing sex and alcohol. In this activity on risky behavior, students explore the ways in which they can reduce the risks involved when...
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Making Good Decisions: Drug and Alcohol Reports
Young scholars identify the effects and consequences of using and abusing alcohol and drugs. In this drug education instructional activity, students watch a video about underage drinking. Young scholars research an assigned drug and...
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Anti-drug Shock Tactics
Students evaluate the effectiveness of 'shock tactics' to discourage drug abuse. They view a video about the death of a 21-year-old heroin addict. In small groups they discuss the video and complete comment sheet.
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Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Commitment to Recovery
Recovery from substance addiction is an ongoing process. The final lesson in a series about painkiller abuse and addiction prompts learners to research various recovery options before writing a short story about a character who is going...
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Ready, Set, Go for Good Health: My Future--Setting Goals
Students recall significant personal life events and identify future goals
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Addiction
Students warn others about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. In this personal health lesson, students research the effects of addiction and share their findings with their classmates. Students then create posters or songs that...
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The Dangers of Marijuana
In this marijuana word search, students find words warning of the dangers of smoking marijuana. They explore terms such as hallucinations, inhibitions, paranoia and other negative aspects of the drug. There are approximately 33 words...
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Heart 2: Changing Lifestyles and Heart Health
Students examine and evaluate changes in diet and lifestyle from prehistoric to modern times and how these differences have spurred the development (and better treatment) of heart disease.
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No Title
Sixth graders explore, analyze and explain self concept and five ways that alcohol harms the body. They assess the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease, and other health problems.
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Effects of Drugs and Alcohol
Students examine how drugs and alcohol impair athletic performance They discuss the reduction in aerobic activity through drug use and discover what is most affected by abuse. In their journals they write about how maintaining...
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Alcoholic Advertisements
Alcohol is a powerful depressant drug. Over time heavy drinking can lead to severe health problems. This lesson shows how advertisements for alcoholic beverages entice people to buy their product by using wealthy people, or happy people...
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Drug Free
Students demonstrate the ability to put a border around a text. They insert Word Art and a Text Box. Pupils are reminded that each year they spend a week focusing on being drug free. Students discuss ways that they can influence others...
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Effects of Alcohol Use
Fifth graders identify short and long term effects of alcohol use. In this effects of alcohol lesson plan, 5th graders participate in activities to understand what it feels like to have alcohol in their system. With the teacher they make...
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Drinking and Driving
Students select resources relating to alcohol relate dissues of drinking and driving. They explain the dangers of mixing drinking and driving. Students discuss the dangaer of drinking and driving using notes from Internet investigations....
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The Dangers of Crack and Cocaine
For this health related worksheet, students discuss and analyze why people shouldn't use crack or cocaine and then complete a word search containing forty five words associated with the dangers of crack and cocaine.
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Lesson 3 - Marijuana
It's never too early to talk to your young grade schoolers about the dangers of marijuana. Here's a short instructional activity to discuss some basic information about what happens to the body and the brain when someone smokes...
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Fatal Accident
Eleventh graders explore, examine and study the impact of personal decisions on the safety and health of self and others. They assess how to evaluate individual coping skills to manage life-changing events. Each student defines and...
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Use, Misuse or Abuse?
Learners discuss drug use situations to determine misuse or abuse and then use scenarios to help assess harmful effects of drug misuse and abuse.
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