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 connection between drug use and violence.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• identify why people under the influence of drugs are more prone to violence. (drugs affect the decision-making process, the ability to reason, and the ability to know right from wrong.)
• describe why people under the influence of drugs are more prone to theft. (drug users need a lot of money to support their habit and are often unable to keep a job)
• define a gang. (a group of people who are involved in dangerous or illegal actions - they are often involved in drug trafficking and use illegal weapons when they get in fights)
• identify why people join gangs. (they may feel lonely, may feel the gang members will protect them from bullies, may want to get money without working for it, may be bored and think being a gang member is exciting, may want to get drugs, etc.)
• determine how you can recognize gang members. (they dress a certain way, draw symbols on objects, hang out with other gang members, use special hand signals or words, have tattoos of gang symbols, 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

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 Education Lessons - http://www.edhelper.com/cat70.htm
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net
• 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/
• Life Skills Programs
• Other Drug Education Programs
• Resource Officers (police)
• Safety – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm (health & fitness 3-5)
• Stop Bullying Now! Campaign, Human Resources And Services Administration: 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 ways to recognize gangs.
• explain the risks of being a member of a gang.

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