Alcohol and Drugs

Lesson Plans and Activities

Created to assist Grade 5 teachers in meeting the Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours requirements that are in the New Grade 5 Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum and the Science and Technology Curriculum
Activities and lessons, delivered through an engaging student workbook and classroom discussion, allow students to explore the social and environmental factors that affect their choices, including decisions around alcohol use

Resource includes an Educator’s Guide with 18 Lesson Plans, a 142-minute ‘The Truth About Drugs’ documentary on DVD, a 24-piece classroom set of 13 booklets with information on the most commonly abused drugs
Resource created in California by Foundation for a Drug-Free World http://www.drugfreeworld.org/
Available for loan from the Health Unit by contacting your school’s public health nurse

Site offers fourteen easy-to-follow lessons, all available for free download. Each lesson includes implementation hints, reference materials and handouts that you can email directly to your students. Site also offers free online training for educators. *US resource

British Columbia-based lesson plans which focus on drug literacy and helping young people develop the knowledge and skills they need to survive and thrive in a world where caffeine, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use is common.
Consists of a wide range of learning ideas that can be easily incorporated into various curricular areas such as Social Studies, English Language Arts, Science and other subjects and settings

interactive youth website exploring the effects of various drugs. Developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

a Canadian youth website for marijuana users and concerned friends of users. The site does not say marijuana is bad or good, it provides information on how the drug affects different people and how to avoid or reduce the harm connected with use. Developed by Parent Action on Drugs.

Peer education programs, background information on various drugs and alcohol, resources for youth and parents on a number of topics