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| Grade 6
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| Health, Approved 2006
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| Influence of Culture, Media, and Technology |
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| Students analyze how information from peers influences health.
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| Partially Proficient Indicator: The student will demonstrate a limited understanding of peer influences on health. |
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| Links (click to open) | Description |
| Cycle of Addiction |
This one- to two-day lesson from Discovery Education helps middle school students examine the cycle of addiction to drugs, what can be done to prevent it, and how families and peers influence their decisions along the way. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iv - Activities that teach students to recognize social and peer pressure to use drugs illegally and the skills for resisting illegal drug use.)
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Batch 2
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| Dramatic Dilemmas |
This one-day lesson from Houghton Mifflin Company employs a poem by Robert Frost -- what he was saying, what he was facing, and possible predictions as to the outcomes of his choice -- to help students in grades 6-8 explore roads taken by middle school students, project possible long-term impacts of their decisions, and consider the risks involved. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iv - Activities that teach students to recognize social and peer pressure to use drugs illegally and the skills for resisting illegal drug use.)
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Batch 3
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| Most People Don't Use Drugs |
This two-day lesson from Indiana University-Center for Adolescent Studies has middle school students conduct a drug use survey and tally the results. They will discover that most students do not use drugs. The only materials required are copies of the survey and paper. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iii - Activities that teach sudents that most people do not illegally use drugs.)
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Batch 2
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| Peer Pressure and Smoking |
This two- to three-day lesson (PDF, 7 pages) from Project PATHS, funded by the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health, uses an edutainment approach to help students in grades 6-10 understand and deal with the influences of peer pressure on smoking. Accompanying handouts, a slideshow presentation, and quiz are also available at http://www.paths.unt.edu/lessons.html. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iv - Activities that teach students to recognize social and peer pressure to use drugs illegally and the skills for resisting illegal drug use.)
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Batch 3
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| Reality Matters: Big Decisions |
This two-day lesson from Discovery Education will help middle school students understand the relationship of health choices and risks, role-play situations involving peer pressure, and determine what personal goals are important despite what others might think. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iv - Activities that teach students to recognize social and peer pressure to use drugs illegally and the skills for resisting illegal drug use.)
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Batch 2
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| Reality Matters: Prescription for Trouble |
This two- to four-day lesson from Discovery Education helps middle school students understand the dangers of the misuse of prescription and OTC drugs. Access to a purchase only video is provided but not required. Links are provided to free teaching tools where teachers can create worksheets, puzzles, and assessments to accompany this lesson. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iii - Activities that teach sudents that most people do not illegally use drugs.)
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Batch 2
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| Substance Abuse Influences |
This one-day teacher-made lesson helps students in grades 4-6 identify internal and external influences that affect one's choice of behavior and understand that these choices are based on values and beliefs. Students will learn that influences include our environment, family, and friends. (SDFSC Approved Activity A.ii - Activities that promote a sense of individual responsibility.)
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Batch 1
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| The Pressure is On! |
This 45-minute lesson from PE Central teaches students in grades 6-8 how peers can pressure each other into drinking and drugs and the refusal skills needed to say no. (SDFSCA Approved Activity A.iv - Activities that teach students to recognize social and peer pressure to use drugs illegally and the skills for resisting illegal drug use.)
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Batch 2
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