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Curated OER

Smoking Today = Smoking Tomorrow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Examine statistical data to recognize the relationship of statistics to real-world issues. Pupils navigate e-stat using the Internet and find data about social issues. They complete a worksheet with their data and create an anti-smoking...
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Curated OER

Smoking On TV and In Films

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and discuss young peoples' attitudes towards smoking and the power of TV and film on their daily lives. They critically evaluate comments about tobacco smoking. In addition, they place on a graph the reasons people give...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Are Antismoking Ads Effective?

For Students 9th - 12th
Are the anti-smoking ads put out by the federal government effective? This question is posed to your critical thinkers. They'll read excerpts from a New York Times article and then compose thoughtful blog responses to four related...
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Media Smarts

Tobacco Labels

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Adolescents compare and assess the efficacy of tobacco product health warning labels from around the world. In groups, they invent warnings and create labels that would be effective for teens and children. Discussion covers advertising...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Thinking like a Citizen

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Explore the influence social activism can have on important issues, and create a class full of young citizen activists. This plan calls for learners to participate in a whole class discussion and brainstorm about ways to effectively...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is a Tough Smoking Law Coming to Your State?

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students read and discuss a news article about a new anti-smoking law in Hawaii. They answer article comprehension questions, complete a fill-in-the blank activity, discuss laws that ban smoking in small groups, and create a No Smoking...
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Curated OER

An Honest Cigarette Ad?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students recognize the intended audience for a certain advertisement They recognize advertising techniques aimed at the intended audience and create their own advertisements about the truth of cigarette smoking. Students begin to see...
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Curated OER

Analyzing an Issue From Three Perspectives-Smoking in Public Places

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine multiple perspectives on a social issue.  In this social issues lesson, students discuss New York's recent ban on smoking from the perspectives of different groups.  Learners takes notes on a video about smoking, and...
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Curated OER

Up in Smoke

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider their beliefs about anti-smoking laws before and after examining total smoking bans in various countries and the rationales behind them. They write position papers supporting or opposing the institution of a total...
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Curated OER

Can China Kick the Habit?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video on the problem of smoking in China. Using the Internet, they explore the cigarette marketing campaigns in the United States and on their way home identify advertisements. They discuss their findings and discuss...
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Curated OER

Tobacco: Promotion Tactics and the Law

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Youths aged 13 & 14 are most likely to notice and remember in-store tobacco promotions. Class members dissect tobacco advertising tactics and learn about relevant legislation by participating in guided discussion. Assessing...
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Curated OER

Words In The News: Beverly Hills Smoking Ban

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read news articles about the proposed smoking ban in California restaurants. After discussing the news report, they role-play scenarios about nonsmoking situations. In groups, they brainstorm the pros and cons of smoking bans...
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Curated OER

Pass the Peace Pipe

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the history of smoking in the United States. In this history of smoking lesson, students read about the Native American influence on early settlers before researching the Internet for information about the history of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Social Issues, Taking on Tobacco

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons about smoking bans and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Curated OER

Don't Flick Your Bic!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the ban on lighters in the airport and how it is being enforced. Individually, they create and conduct a survey on family members who smoke about this issue. Using the internet, they discover what airports are doing to...
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Curated OER

Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars 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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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Truth or Money

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Two compelling texts about tobacco companies' influence over editorial content in print media introduce readers to the concept of advertising censorship. After study and discussion, class members compose a mock "final column" by a...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2003 AP® Psychology Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Intelligence testing can be a useful tool—but what are its limits? Scholars explore the question, considering issues such as the role of bias, using authentic College Board materials. Learners also examine the psychological factors...
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Curated OER

Smoking Out Valid Information About Smoking

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work in teams to investigate the authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency & coverage of web sites related to tobacco use. They have previously been taught the concepts of authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency...
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Curated OER

Making Choices about Tobacco Use

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine the dangers associated with smoking. In groups, they discuss what it means to be addicted to a drug and how the media influences our decisions. After watching excerpts of films, they identify the use of smoking and the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cannabis and Young People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify, analyze and characterize smoking and young people. They try to consider why young people take drugs to begin with. In addition, they point out the effects and risks of cannabis smoking with young people. They also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Teeny Tiny Book of Signs

For Students K - 1st
For this signs mini book worksheet, students cut out and complete 15 pages that will be part of a mini book. Each page has a common sign or symbol: exit, yield, ladies room, wheelchair accessible, no smoking, etc. The pages are...
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Lesson Plan
Oakwood Publishing

Workshop 4: Constitutional Convention

For Teachers 12th
How do new amendments become part of the US Constitution? AP government students explore, analyze, and use the US Constitution to develop a deep understanding of the interworkings of law and government while practicing synthesis and...

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