Standard of Learning

4.3   The student will describe and evaluate the effects of alcohol, inhalants, tobacco, and drug use on the family and community. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the impact on self, family, and community;
2. the short- and long-term consequences of drug use;
3. acts of violence and the use of weapons;
4. laws related to illegal alcohol and tobacco use.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will understand the long-term physical, financial, mental/emotional, and social consequences of drug use.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• identify the long-term physical consequences of alcohol and drug use. (mental and physical diseases, dependence or addiction, etc.)
• describe the long-term financial consequences of alcohol and drug use. (loss of job, house, etc.)
• identify the long-term mental/emotional consequences of alcohol and drug use. (memory problems, loss of self respect, confused, etc.)
• describe the long-term social consequences of alcohol and drug use. (loss of relationships, trust, breakdown of safe community, etc.)

Sample Lessons

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Grades: K-5
Police officer led program of classroom lessons that teaches youth how to resist peer pressure and live drug and violence-free lives. Includes active learning strategies. Focuses on decision-making skills. Includes 9 lessons.
Contact: http://www.dare.com

HeartPower!
Grades: 3-5
Teaches student about the heart and how to keep it healthy. Science-based. Lessons, handouts.
--Target: No Smoking Game
--A Bunch of Reasons Not to Smoke Quick Activity
--Smoking in the Cellar Lesson Idea
Sponsor: American Heart Association
Contact: http://www.americanheart.org(select HeartPower!)
Free

LifeSkills Training
Grades: K-5
Model substance abuse prevention and competency enhancement program focusing on the major social and psychological factors causing substance use and abuse. Teaches drug resistance skills, personal management skills, and general social skills. Focuses on self-esteem, decision-making, influence of media, stress, communication, and assertiveness issues.
Contact: http://www.lifeskillstraining.com
Cost

Protecting You/Protecting Me
Grades 1-5
Model 5-year alcohol use prevention curriculum designed to reduce alcohol-related injury and death. Includes student’s intentions not to drive with an impaired driver; focuses on risks of using alcohol; and includes parental involvement.
Sponsor: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Contact: http://www.pypm.org
Cost

 

Additional Instructional Resources

 

• Blueprints for Violence Prevention, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence -http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
• Bullying Resources compiled by the California Department of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/bullyres.asp
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc
• Children's Safety Network - National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource - http://www.childrensafetynetwork.org
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net
• Drug Education Lessons - http://www.edhelper.com/cat70.htm
• HealthTeacher.com - http://www.healthteacher.com
• Health Web - http://healthweb.org
• Kansas Bullying Prevention Program, Statewide Bullying Campaign - http://www.kbpp.org/
• National Bullying Prevention Campaign Webcast - http://www.mchcom.com/archivedWebcastDetail.asp?aeid=250
• National Crime Prevention Council - http://www.ncpc.org
• National Youth Gang Center - http://www.iir.com/nygc/maininfo.htm
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) - http://www.safeyouth.org
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - nationally recognized model program to reduce opportunities and rewards for bullying -http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
• Partnership Against Violence Network - http://www.pavnet.org
• Prevention Pathways Online Courses, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention - http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/bully/bully_intro_pg1.htm
• PREVENT, Preventing Violence Through Education Network and Technical Assistance, University of North Carolina - http://www.prevent.unc.edu/
• Safety – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm (health & fitness 3-5)
• Stop Bullying Now! Campaign, Human Resources and Services Administration - http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) - http://www.saddonline.com
• Teachers: The Anti-Drug - http://www.theantidrug.com/teachersguide/resources.html
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Youth Violence Fact Sheet, Center for Disease Control and Prevention -: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm
• Virginia Best Practices in School-Based Violence Prevention, Virginia Department of Health- http://www.preventviolenceva.org
• Virginia Center for School Safety - http://www.virginiaschoolsafety.com
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Youth Violence Project, University of Virginia - http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/
• What New Zealand Police are doing about bullying - http://www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/whats_bullying.html

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• list three physical consequences of long-term alcohol or other drug use.
• list three mental/emotional consequences of long-term alcohol or other drug use.
• list three social consequences of long-term alcohol or other drug use.

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