Prevention of Tobacco Use
Grade Level(s): Grades 2-3
Subject(s): Language, Health, Technology, Math
Learner
Outcomes:
The students will identify skills for refusal.
The students will use refusal skills to say NO to tobacco.
The students will explain reasons for refusing tobacco and demonstrate
ways to refuse.
The students will use the computer with Internet access to complete the
worksheet.
The students will interview a store cashier or manager on the prices of
tobacco products.
Duration of Lesson: 2-3 class periods of 30-40 minutes each.
Materials:
Harcourt Health Book, Your Health
(adopted in Raleigh County, WV)
Chart Tablet or Chalkboard with appropriate writing utensils
Worksheet for each student to complete
with website activity.
Computer with Internet access for each student
Math Interview Questionnaire
Magazines
Technology
Tools/ Courseware:
Computers with Internet access
Television and VCR
Video of PBS “In the Mix”
Teacher
Notes: 1. Get a copy of the PBS
video “In the Mix”
2. Make sure you have a computer with Internet access for each student.
3. Copy worksheet and questionnaire.
Procedures:
1. Watch video on smoking from PBS
“In the Mix”. Allow students time to discuss the video in small groups.
2. Read orally and discuss pages 182-187 from the Harcourt
Health Book called Your Health.
3. Assign small groups and have them discuss reasons for refusing
tobacco products, ways to refuse tobacco products,
and laws on tobacco use. Write
responses on a chart tablet for each topic.
4. Bring groups back together and compile their answers on the
board.
5. Give each student a worksheet
to be completed while visiting
Great
American Smokeout Anti-Smoking Activity. Those
completed with their worksheet
can visit other smoking related websites like www.lungusa.org
,
http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html
6. Give the students time to role play the use of tobacco and
ways to say NO to tobacco and other drugs using the Step 7
Problem Solving Steps i.e. a). What is the
problem? b). What I can do? c). What might happen if…? d). Choose an idea
and use it. e). Is it working? If not what
can I do now?
7. Math Activity: Discuss the costs of using tobacco products.
Look through magazines to find ads on tobacco products.
Discuss ads found. Using the interview
questionnaire, have students visit a store and interview the cashier
or the manager .
Modifications:
Work
in small groups.
Allow students extra time, if needed.
Enrichment
Activities:
1. Allow students to visit other approved websites i.e. Kids
Health, American Lung Association
on Health.
2. Read “ Bernstein Bears and the Sinister Smoke Ring”.
3. Complete pages 45- 46 from the activity book for HarcourtYour
Health student textbook.
Evaluation/
Assessment: Using a rubric scale of 4.
| 4 | The students will receive this score participation in oral reading, role-playing, for receiving 76% to 100% from the worksheet, listening and following directions. |
| 3 | The students will receive this score participation in oral reading, role-playing, for receiving 76% to 100% from the worksheet, listening and following directions. |
| 2 | The students will receive this score for some participation in oral reading, some role-playing, for receiving 51% to 75% from the worksheet, and listening and following directions but had some trouble or warnings. |
| 1 | The students will receive this score for little participation in oral reading, some role-playing, for receiving 26% to 50% from the worksheet, and little listening and following directions. |
| 0 | The students will receive this score for little participation in oral reading, some role playing, for receiving 0% to 25% from the worksheet, and not listening and not following directions. |
West
Virginia Standards
English/
Language Arts: 3.2, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.26, 3.30, 3.86, and 3.86
Health:
3.1,
3.2, 3.3, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, and 3.26
Technology:
3.33, 3.88, and 3.94
Math:
3.27 and 3.28
National
Standards
English/
Language Arts:
Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety
of informational texts.
Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Health:
Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community
health.
Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control of disease.
Understands aspects of substance use and abuse.
Technology:
Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology.
Math:
Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process.
Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data
analysis.
References:
Harcourt
Health Book, Your Health
Education-World
Website
American
Lung Association
American
Cancer Society
The
Center for Disease Control
American
Heart Association
Authors:
Fairdale Elementary
School
Sandra Canterbury
Stephanie Justus
Drucilla Perry
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