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| Grade 6
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| Health, Approved 2006
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| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
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| The student will describe the effects of the interrelationship of mental, emotional, social, and physical health during adolescence.
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| Building Self-Esteem |
This one- to two-day lesson from Discovery Education helps middle school students explore the concept of self-esteem, analyze their personal strengths and weaknesses, and consider the role self-esteem plays in a healthy life. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.ii - Activities that promote a sense of individual responsibility.)
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| Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body |
This science-based unit provided through collaboration of Scholastic and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) contains information and activities that help students in grades 6-10 learn about the consequences of drug use. The unit features compiled articles, 16 pages of student reproducibles, posters, and a complete teacher's guide. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.i - Activities that address the consequences of violence and the illegal use of drugs.)
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| Judy Garland: By Myself |
This three-day lesson from PBS encourages middle school students to evaluate, summarize, interpret, and synthesize information about Judy Garland's life from a variety of sources. They then create an artistic representation that captures this factual information, write a news article that summarizes key aspects, and develop a media campaign that focuses on the role drugs and alcohol played in her life. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.i - Activities that address the consequences of violence and the illegal use of drugs.)
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Batch 2
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| Mind Over Matter |
This neuroscience lesson series from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) helps students in grades 5-9 learn about the biological, behavioral, and emotional effects of drug abuse. It includes information on eight drug types, a teacher guide with background and lesson plans, an activity on brain anatomy, and activities for six different drug topics. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.i - Activities that address the consequences of violence and the illegal use of drugs.)
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| Quests for Better Health |
This one- to two-day lesson from Discovery Education encourages middle and high school students to research and present information that uncovers the relationship of health to body functions. Teachers are provided ideas to adapt the procedures to address health topics connected to drug abuse and violence. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.vii - Activities in secondary schools that reinforce prevention activities implemented in elementary schools.)
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| Reality Matters: Taking Care of Me |
This two-day lesson from Discovery Education helps middle school students understand the physical and emotional effects of stress and low self-esteem, develop ways of coping with stress, and use writing and even technology in the form of blogs to reduce stress through expression. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.ii - Activities that promote a sense of individual responsibility.)
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| Smoke Signals |
This one-day lesson from Discovery Education will help middle school students understand the physical effects of smoking, methods that can help them avoid the temptation to smoke, and emotional habits that will further aid prevention. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.vii - Activities in secondary schools that reinforce prevention activities implemented in elementary schools.)
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Batch 2
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| What Is Self-Esteem? |
This one-day teacher-made lesson (.txt format) from the Columbia Education Center helps students in grades 6-8 differentiate between characteristics of low and high self-esteem. Students then reflect on strategies that can be employed by people on either end of the spectrum to help those with low self-esteem. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.ii - Activities that promote a sense of individual responsibility.)
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Batch 2
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