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On Trial - Juvenile or Adult?
High schoolers compare and contrast juvenile and adult courts in the United States. For this judicial system lesson, students read and discuss articles and statistics in order to determine why juveniles may be tried as adults and examine...
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Tobacco Addiction and Secondhand Smoke
Students brainstorm why tobacco is addicting. In this health science lesson, students discuss the harmful effects of smoking. They read an article and complete a worksheet at the end of the lesson.
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Health and Home Economics
Eighth graders conduct research on a topic of choice. They discuss the topics of copyrighting, plagiarism, and biblipgraphic format issues, conduct research using a variety of materials and resources, and create a poster, travel...
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VH1 AIDS: A Pop Culture History Lesson 1
Learners observe and discuss the relationships between music, media, and popular culture.
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Class Forums: An English Language Arts Lesson for Information Resources
Tenth graders listen to a controversial piece of writing. They with opposing viewpoints face one another. After ground rules are suggested and adopted by the group, 10th graders articulate their positions in successive turns.
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Influencing the Agenda: The Impact of Interest Groups on Public Policy
Pupils define the terms "interest groups" and "public policy". In groups, they discuss the ways in which interest groups can have an effect on how a Board member votes. Using examples, they discover the effectiveness of interest groups...
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Three Factors Threaten Teens
Students explore alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Three Factors Threaten Teens", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an...
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Million Dollar Machine
Learners explore their self-awareness. They discuss the words unique, extraordinary and irreplaceable and their strengths and weaknesses. They write five things their bodies or Million Dollar Machines can do and investigate their blood...
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Crime and Young People
Students read the story, "Police in Schools". They view a list of common offences committed by young people and identify the victims of these offences and consider how the offence would affect those people.
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Protection
Students create dolls in a variety of skin tones to help reinact different community helpers. They make a helping hands mural on butcher block paper. They adopt a doll and demonstrate how to treat others gently. They discuss along...
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The Dangers of Smoking
In this dangers of smoking word search, students search for words which explain the dangers of smoking. They may discuss the negative aspects of nicotine and how it adversely affects your health. This is a one page worksheet containing...
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Minority Teenage Fathers: Rights and Responsibilities
Learners examine current laws and use problem solving activities designed to develop in students the knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate situations they may/ be confronted with as potential teen-aged fathers.
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Birth Control By Law? - Legislative Hearing
Young scholars examine the laws concerning birth control. They express their opinions about the mandatory birth control use by substance users. They explain and justify their opinions.
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Pbs Teachers: Drug Abuse Brochure
Explore facts about drug abuse, and use the information to plan an informational brochure to be distributed to all students in the school.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Brain Power! The Nida Junior Scientist Program
This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present students with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...
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Pbs Teachers: The Drug Dope Show
Understand the addiction process and factual information concerning various classes of drugs. Learn techniques for exerting positive peer pressure as well as withstanding negative peer pressure.
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Pbs Teachers: Drugonyms
Research factual information about drugs, and work as a team to convey that information to the class.
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Orca Book Publishers: No Problem Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"No Problem" by Dayle Campbell Gaetz deals with the issue of teen addiction. A star athlete who has it all becomes involved with an older woman and drugs, causing his life to unravel. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Pbs Teachers: Medical Marijuana: Legitimate Use or Legalized Abuse?
Explore the issues surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Make conclusions on how the proposed law could jeopardize all federal drug laws and whether this should be a federal or state issue.
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: But, the Doctor Prescribed It...: Lesson Plan
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 Learning Media: The Lowdown: The Opioid Epidemic in America Lesson Plan
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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan
In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, young scholars will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: Community Screening Guide
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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