Resources For Educators
This page is here for the special group of people educating our youth. It is meant to be a place to gain information as well as share information. If you have any lesson plans that you are using(or have used) in the field of Tobacco Prevention please email them to us at Lmmagicman1@hotmail.com or cwilson298@aol.com.As we get more information that is geared toward an educational setting we will make it available to you. We have listed a few websites below that may be useful in preparation for a Tobacco Prevention lesson plan.
- NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals
- Fifth Grade Resources
- Sixth - Eighth Grade Resources
- Teen Cessation Resources
Internet Sites for School Curricula
Pre-Kindergarten through Third grade
Patrick the Pack Rat
www.tobaccofreemidlands.com
What is the program?: A pre-kindergarten through third grade program which utilizes a recognizable mascot to spread the message of tobacco prevention.What is available?: The program includes a puppet show, coloring book, and appearance by the mascot Patrick the Pack Rat.
What is the cost?: The Patrick the Pack Rat program is free to schools.
Fifth Grade
What is Science, Tobacco & You? Science Tobacco & You is a multidisciplinary, multimedia, science curriculum resource created by the Center for Integrating Research and Learning at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. The goal of Science, Tobacco & You is to encourage students to use science to ask and answer questions to promote scientific literacy; in this case, the medium used is the issue of tobacco use and prevention.
Science Tobacco and You
www.scienceu.fsu.edu
By developing the skills to ask, find, and determine the answers to questions derived through inquiry, we strive to reduce the use of tobacco products. This goal is achieved by educating the students on the issues of tobacco and providing them with the education and resources to analyze the issues from a scientific perspective. Through scientific analysis and captivating multi-sensory experiences, students explore and understand the harmful effects of tobacco on their bodies, strategies for handling peer pressure to use tobacco, and the role that advertising plays in promoting tobacco addiction.
Fifth Grade
Tar Wars
www.tarwars.org
| CHILDREN'S TOBACCO-FREE EDUCATION PROGRAM |
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| WHAT: | A pro-health, tobacco-free education program and poster contest. | |
| WHO: | Fourth and fifth graders worldwide. | |
| GOAL: | Discourage tobacco use among youth. | |
| METHOD: | Education and community involvement.
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Community Involvement |
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| SCOPE: | Tar Wars has been implemented in all 50 states and internationally, reaching an estimated 1,500,000+ children. | |
| EDUCATION: | Tar Wars has been implemented in all 50 states and internationally, reaching an estimated 1,500,000+ children. | |
| ORGANIZATION: | Tar Wars is owned and operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The national office provides support to state coordinators, who oversee the program in their area. | |
Sixth through Eighth Grade
Project T.N.T. (Towards No Tobacco Use)
www.etr.org
Project T.N.T. (Towards No Tobacco Use) Teachers Guide
Towards No Tobacco UseThis comprehensive, ten-day classroom curriculum is proven effective in giving students the information skills they need to say no to tobacco use. A wide variety of activities--from games, videos and roleplays to group discussion, letter writing and a videotaping project--encourage student involvement and participation. A two-lesson booster program provides a way to summarize learning in daily life.
By participating in Project T.N.T. your students will be able to:
- Reduce their initiation or regular use of tobacco products (smoked and smokeless)
State accurate information about tobacco addiction, disease, consequences and prevalence among youth. - Demonstrate active listening, assertive refusal, and effective communication skill.
Sixth through Eighth Grade
Life Skills Training Program
www.lifeskillstraining.com
What is Life Skills?: Life Skills Training program is a proven, highly effective, substance abuse prevention/competency enhancement program designed to focus primarily on the major social and psychological factors promoting substance use/abuse. The LST program was developed by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, a leading expert on drug abuse prevention, for middle or junior high school students.It consists of 15 classes that can be implemented in the first year of middle school (usually the 6th grade) or the first year of junior high (usually the 7th grade). The program includes five major components, which consist of two to six lessons and are designed to be taught in sequence.
The LST program is designed to:
- provide students with the necessary skills to resist social (peer) pressures to smoke, drink and use drugs,
- help them to develop greater self-esteem, self-mastery, and self-confidence,
- enable children to effectively cope with social anxiety,
- increase their knowledge of the immediate consequences of substance use.
Teen Cessation and Alternative to Suspension Programs
NOT -Not On Tobacco
www.lungusa.org/school
What is the N-O-T program? N-O-T is the teen stop smoking program from the American Lung Association. N-O-T was developed just for teens; not adapted from a program for adults. It was developed at West Virginia University's Prevention Research Center by researchers who are also educators, people who know and like and work with teens. N-O-T really can help kids succeed at something that's really hard to do…stop smoking.What is available? N-O-T can help teens to quit smoking (or at least cut back to smoking much less) because it has all the information you need and has a really good plan to help you. It's
- The first program that has separate boys' and girls' groups so that teens can relax and talk about issues that are most important to them.
- The groups are led by specially selected facilitators from the schools-maybe coaches or teachers or counselors-people who like teenagers and can treat them like adults.
- The N-O-T group is filled with other teens who want to quit smoking too, so you're all working towards the same thing and you're not trying to do it alone.
What is the cost?: The NOT Program has worked best for SC in situations where there is a stipend for a facilitator. There are 10 sessions in a regular NOT cessation class. Also, there is an alternative to suspension piece of NOT which lasts 4 sessions. This is great for schools looking at effective policy and enforcement.