Nemours KidsHealth
Smoking: Grades K-2
Students navigate websites to discover the reasons not to smoke. For this smoking lesson plan, students research and answer questions about the bad effects of smoking.
Nemours KidsHealth
Smoking: Grades 3-5
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking. In this smoking instructional activity, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
Curated OER
One Plus One Makes You and Me - Respect
Young pupils should benefit from this wonderful series of activities designed to teach them how to get along with, and respect each other. Learners recognize how to demonstrate both respectful and disrespectful behavior, and take part in...
Penguin Books
An Educator’s Guide to Chraisma by Jeanne Ryan
Often, science fiction makes a lot of connections to real life. An educator's guide for the novel Charisma by Jeanne Ryan, has readers discuss many of the real-life issues that come in the text. A brief summary helps garner interest...
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Midwife and Contempt of Court
Students research the story about Frieda Miller, her background and the situation that led to her conviction. They explore what it takes to be in contempt of court and what the court has decided. Students investigate midwifery and what...
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Taking a Closer Look (Critical Viewing)
Students explore persuasive writing in advertisements. For this advertisements lesson, students evaluate tobacco advertisements for persuasion techniques. Students then create a counter advertisement against smoking.
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Here's to Your Health!
Studets research a health issue. They write an essay about the health issue. The create a public service announcement.
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Endangered Relationships
Students study the interrelationship between the horseshoe crab and red knot. In this ecology lesson, students explain why several species became extinct. They research about endangered species found in their region.
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Money and health
Students write a proposal with an appropriate budget to establish a health day at school. They design this day to educate and promote good health. They educate other students about health care, inform students of health concerns, and...
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Why Size Matters
Young scholars examine the concept of body image. In this current events lesson, students research selected websites for information about fashion models, plastic surgery, and advertising. Young scholars share and discuss their findings.
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Amy Winehouse
In this famous person worksheet, learners read a passage about Zhang Ziyi and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Bigger Than Life, But Not Necessarily Better
Students evaluate images of health in American society, then students examine where one develops his or her views about health.
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Modern Counterculture Movements
Students prepare a presentation examining anti-establishment activity by groups in society today. They prepare a presentation, on poster board or presentation software, about one contemporary protest group.
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How Many Bacteria on Your Food?
High schoolers discuss and conduct a food safety experiment which looks at bacteria and food poisoning. They swab the other area of some food and grow bacteria in an agar plate.
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History
Eleventh graders review the Progressive Movement and the Women's suffrage movement. They also review the changes from the end of World War I to the Great Depression.
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Those Before Us
Learners examine medical pioneers and identify their characteristics. They survey their contributions to the medical field and society and present persuasive argument for or against modern medical pioneers.
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AIDS and Adolescence
Ninth graders examine the relationship between AIDS and teenagers. In groups, they discuss the various issues educators face in introducing the topic to teenagers in school. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the misconceptions they...
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MFL: Young Drivers
Students examine and discuss images from road safety programs. In groups, they role-play a scenerio in which they are trying to persuade the other to adopt an unsafe driving practice. They write a short article about their experiences to...
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Cocaine Facts
A statement from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about the risks of cocaine use.
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs: Drug Abuse and the Adolescent Brain
This module focuses on the science that explains the effects that drugs have on the brain and, by extension, a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Specifically, it focuses on the adolescent brain. Adolescents may be more...
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy created Above the Influence to decrease drug and alcohol use among teenagers through education, current events reporting, skills training, shared personal narratives, animated...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Drugs
The "Write Now" writing prompt on drugs shows a variety of technology and drug paraphernalia and asks the student to describe some of the benefits or problems associated with drugs.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Ghb Facts
This resource presents information about the risks of using GHB, also known as liquid ecstasy.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Effects of Opioids on Communities, What Can Be Done: Lesson Plan
In this activity, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the dangers of opioids and what effects they have on whole communities. They will use critical thinking skills to think about ways the...