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Tennessee: The Volunteer State Part 2
If you're planning a trip to Tennessee or just teaching a lesson on the state, you'll find this resource very useful. The agriculture, industry, music, and demographics of the state of Tennessee are discussed. This is the second in a...
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The Carlyle House and Gadsby Tavern
Fourth graders tour the Carlyle House and Gadsby Tavern while working on worksheets covering both places. They are to write an essay and thank you notes to finish the lesson.
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What's Ponytail's Big News?
Young scholars discuss reasons to not smoke. In this anti-smoking lesson plan, students listen to a story where the character Ponytail the pony doesn't smoke and is thus able to engage in physical activities. They create Ponytail's...
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Make It True
Middle schoolers examine the deceptive ads for tobacco products. They choose an ad and draws his or her own version of the ad, using facts about the dangers of smoking. Students may pardody the ad. They glue their ad and the actual ad...
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Why is Smoking Bad For You?
Students discuss the reasons that smoking is harmful. In this anti-smoking instructional activity, students talk about how smoke affects their body. They make a chart and write down all the reasons they should not smoke.
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Magic Eye
Students discuss the history of tobacco bag stringing. In this primary documents history lesson, students closely examine photographs of families who worked stringing tobacco bags. This lesson includes discussion questions and a...
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Breath of Fresh Air
Students consider the historical and social aspects of smoking. In this current events lesson, students research passive smoking, smoking legislation, and smoking history in the United Kingdom as they visit the listed websites.
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No Smoke Without Fire
In this no smoke without fire worksheet, learners, with a partner, read and discuss twelve questions regarding smoking as a health risk and answer three questions for homework.
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Molly Brown and the Titanic History Lesson
Students practice using their reading comprehension skills by reading about Molly Brown and the Titanic. They answer questions related to the reading to test for comprehension.
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Addiction
Learners warn others about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. In this personal health instructional activity, students research the effects of addiction and share their findings with their classmates. Learners then create posters or...
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Kensington Mansion: Plantation, Sharecroppers, Tenants
Eleventh graders investigate the significance of the Kensington Mansion. In this South Carolina history lesson, 11th graders take field trips to the mansion and research primary and secondary sources about plantations, sharecropping, and...
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Cancer
Learners study cancer and possible preventative measures. For this cancer lesson students study the claims on food labels and ways to lower your risk of cancer.
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Microbes: Louis Pasteur - A Microbe Discoverer
Students study Louis Pasteur and the process of pasteurization in controlling microbes. In this pasteurization instructional activity, students discuss microorganisms and how they can affect health. They discuss Louis Pasteur and...
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All Choked Up By Smoking Statistics
Scholars use the article "More College Learners Are Smoking, Study Says" as a springboard for discussion on the reasons why people smoke cigarettes. They investigate different methods of graphing statistics by using the data provided in...
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Healthy Heart Parent Night
Students use a smoke analysis machine and create a visual display to show risks involved in smoking. In this cigarette smoking instructional activity, students demonstrate how to use a smoke analysis machine and show results in a visual...
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Health Enhancement
Seventh graders play physical movement games to enhance their health and research Indian cultures. For this movement lesson plan, 7th graders research Indian movements and use them in physical activity.
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What Will She Do/What Will He Do
Students analyze the effect of holding misconstrued beliefs about their peers and the impact it has on their own decisions. In this social norms lesson, students study handouts, engage in discussion and problem solve cases concerning...
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Lung Disease
Students simulate breathing for a smoker and someone with a chronic lung disease. In this health science lesson plan, students examine the short and long term effects of smoking. They write a persuasive argument against it.
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How Smoking Affects Our Repiratory System
Seventh graders examine the dangers of smoking. In this life science lesson, 7th graders survey their schoolmates about the factors that would influence them to smoke. They present their findings in class by creating a presentation.
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Lesson 3: Where Does Money Come From?
Students listen to story Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis, explore history of money, and examine how money is produced in the United States. They discuss why money is used for exchange, and describe how money has changed over time.
University of Minnesota
Manduca sexta: Caterpillar Dissection
Caterpillars have an amazing, yet tough job to perform in their short lives — eat much, avoid predators, and try not to let all those comments about being the unattractive stage of the life cycle get to them. How do they handle it all?...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Safe and Healthy Life Choices (Part 2)
Scholars listen to a presentation by a health care professional and then submit three questions they would like the speaker to discuss further.
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Smoking and the Advertising Industry (Middle, other) SMOK_AD.DOC
Middle schoolers study advertising techniques and the effects of smoking on health.
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Why Do We Need Clean Air?
Students recognize that tobacco smoke is bad for the heart. In this healthy choices lesson plan, students understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and damage to the body.