Tobacco is Whacko
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Health Science | |
| Author | Carol Drake
Stacey Strawderman Diana Zelenak | |
| Description | This unit is presented to make students aware of what causes
people to use tobacco and the many problems it creates which include: damaging effects on your body, secondhand smoke, addiction, peer pressure, cost, advertisements, and other media influences. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer
Printer Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel Printer VCR/TV Tobacco Explorer CD Hands Off Tobacco CD Projection Device Up in Smoke Video | |
| Grade Level | 6 | |
| National Standards | Health
2. Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health. 4. Knows how to maintain and promote personal health. 5. Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control of disease. 7. Knows how to maintain and promote personal health. 9. Understands aspects of substance use and abuse. Language Arts 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes. 5. Use the general skills and strategies of the reading process. 6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. 8. Use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes. 9. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes. 10. Understands the characteristics and components of the media. Science 11. Understands the nature and scientific knowledge. 12. Understands the nature of scientific inquiry. | |
| Keywords | tobacco
addiction secondhand smoke peer pressure media influences Monongah Middle School | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: Tobacco is Whacko
Lesson 1: Cigarettes Are Like A Stick of Dynamite Lesson 2: Secondhand Isn't Grand Lesson 3: Choosing Not To Smoke Lesson 4: Don't Get Lost In A Cloud Lesson 5: You Smoke You Croak | |
| English IGO or CSO | 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, 6.20, 6.21, 6.27, 6.28, 6.53, 6.54, 6.60,6.67, 6.151, 6.153, 6.160, 6.162, | |
| Health IGO or CSO | 6.1, 6.2, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25, 6.35, 6.36, 6.37, 6.39 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | 6.13, 6.17, 6.19, 6.82, 6.92, 6.98 | |