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Alcohol and Drugs
Lesson Plans and Activities
Discovering You (Gr. 5)
- 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
Truth About Drugs Educators Kit (Gr. 7-12)
- 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
Media Smarts
- Lesson plans and activities about alcohol advertising and media literacy
Project ALERT(Gr. 7 & 8)
- 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
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Fact sheets and other resources about alcohol and a number of other drugs
Additional Resources
- 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.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) School Programs and Assembly Presentations
Parent Action on Drugs
- Peer education programs, background information on various drugs and alcohol, resources for youth and parents on a number of topics
Above the Influence
- youth-focused website on drugs and alcohol (US based)