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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they are...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: Community Screening Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This Guide is intended to assist facilitators to use the film as a starting point to address the healthcare crisis in rural communities across America. As our nation's demographics become more urban, rural populations are aging, have...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: High School Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed for high school audiences, this Guide can be used to facilitate dialogue about, and deepen understanding of, the complex issues portrayed in The Providers - a documentary that follows three healthcare providers in northern New...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: But, the Doctor Prescribed It...: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will explore the misperception of safety associated with prescription opioid painkillers. They will understand the differences between prescription...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Facts & Fictions of Opioid Addiction/recovery/relapse: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students, through research, discussion and viewing the program, will learn some factual information about the opioid epidemic, addiction recovery options and...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Inhalants Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the risks of using inhalants.
Handout
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Marijuana Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents informaion about the risks of using marijuana.
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Steroids Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
A statement from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about the risks of steroid use.
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Infuence: Heroin Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
A statement from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about the risks of using heroin.
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Hallucinogens

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the risks of using hallucinogens, such as LSD or PCP.
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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Rohypnol Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides inforamtion about the risks of using Rohypnol, commonly known as roofies.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: The Opioid Epidemic in America Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Opioid use has been declared a national health emergency as overdose deaths from abusing opioids such as oxycodone, morphine and heroin, have skyrocketed in recent years. This class of drugs was once used only to treat severe pain...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This module provides a series of lessons to accompany the one-hour documentary called Understanding the Opioid Epidemic. This series investigates the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the...
Handout
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Alcohol Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the risks of abusing alcohol.
Article
Stanford University

Stanford University: Alcohol, Tobacco Staples of Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Stanford University shows how you can learn how the entertainment industry sends both positive and negative messages concerning substance use through movies and music. This article summarizes government research that...