Standard of Learning

5.3 The student will analyze the risks of dependence and addiction associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, and other drugs on the systems of the body. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the effects on the integrated functioning of the body systems;
2. the effects on academic performance;
3. the effects on relationships with family, peers, and other individuals.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will describe the impact that drug and alcohol use have on family, friends, and other relationships.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will identify and describe the impact that drug and alcohol use have on family, friends, and other relationships:

• lose interest in friends;
• lose interest in sports and other group activities;
• lose your parents' or guardians' trust;
• lose trust in others;
• lose friends who choose not to do drugs;
• lose your good reputation; and
• snap angrily at others.

Sample Lessons

The Brain Reflex System and How It Works
Grade(s): K-5
The students will learn the basic facts about the reflex systems of the brain.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi8902.html
Free

"Friendship Qualities"
Grade 5
This lesson plan focuses on fifth graders learning the skills of recognizing valuable qualities in friendships and how to become better friends.
http://www.csee.net/LessonPlans.asp?id=12
Free

Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle
Grade(s): 5
Students will, over a week, record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week the students will graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning. The graphs will be used to discuss daily habits and ways to improve overall health.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=66
Free

Intel Education: "Flat Stanley"
Grade(s) 3-5
In this lesson students read a story about "Flat Stanley," then afterwards make a flat friend to send to a class in another country.  From this, students learn skills of communicating with other people they normally do not talk to and cultural differences of the class they sent their flat friend to.
http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/FlatStanley/
Free

It's Sugar Time!
Grade(s): 5
Good health depends upon many things, including heredity, lifestyle, personality traits, mental health, attitudes, and the envronment. Good eathing habits for both animals and humans, proper exercise, and a moderate use of sugars can help keep you healthy.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=233
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

Mind over Matter
Grades: 5-9
Students learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and brain. Includes marijuana, opiates, inhalants, hallucinogens, methamphetamine, nicotine, stimulants, and steroids.
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Contact: http://www.nida.nih.gov
Cost: Free

Nutrients In Our Foods
Grade(s): 5
Students will use the Internet to learn of, and research, information on health and nutrition. Students will study the six essential nutrients.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=259
Free

Nutrition 3: Got Broccoli?
Grade(s): 3-5
In this lesson students will understand why the body needs food, and how it takes necessary nutrients as food passes through the digestive system.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=6&DocID=58
Free

Nutrition Education - Balance Benefits
Grade(s): 5
Students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=956
Free

Nutrition Education - Dietary Guidelines
Grade(s): 5
Students will learn about  suggested dietery guidelines and from that will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=955
Free

Nutrition Education - Evaluate Your Eating Habits
Grade(s): 5
Through this lesson students will learn that their eating habits can improve by evaluating their choices.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=957
Free

Nutrition lesson plans - fun hands on activities.
Grade(s): 3-5
Students learn about the four food groups by cutting pictures of food out of newspapers to make projects.
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/99-1/lesson0030.shtml
Free

Project Towards No Tobacco Use (TNT)
Grades 5-10
Model program to prevent or reduce tobacco use in youth. Ten core and 2 booster lessons. Includes effective refusal and coping skills; effects of media and advertisers; methods to build self-esteem; and strategies for advocating no tobacco use.
Sponsor: Department of Preventive Medicine, USC
Contact: http://www.etr.org
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

Social Emotional Learning Lesson
Grade 5
Students will actively participate in writing a class book and will develop strategies to deal with losing or failure.
http://www.dist102.k12.il.us/internal/SELWebPg/COP5HowToBeFriend.htm
Free
Students will find strategies to deal with another’s anger and to accept consequences.
http://www.dist102.k12.il.us/internal/SELWebPg/COP5SamiandtheTime.htm
Free

We're All Different Alike
Grade(s) K-5
This lesson is designed to provide students the opportunity to feel united with their peers by both their similarities and their differences. It will create a forum in which students can talk about why name-calling often occurs when an individual or group is deemed different, and how this targeting can be reframed into something positive.
http://www.nonamecallingweek.org/NoNameCalling.pdf
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Al-Anon/Alateen – http://www.al-anon.org
• Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids – http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids
• American Council for Drug Education – http://www.acde.org
• TheAnti-Drug.Com – http://www.theantidrug.com
• Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws – http://www.udetc.org
• The Cool Spot – http://www.thecoolspot.gov
• DEA State Fact Sheets – http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.html
• A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free, SAMSA – http://family.samhsa.gov
• Federal Drug Data Sources – http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/sources.html
• Global Youth Network - http://www.unodc.org/youthnet
• Guidance Counselor
• http://www.healthteacher.com
• Inhalant Abuse – http://www.inhalant.org
• Local Health and Mental Health Departments Monitoring the Future – http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving – http://www.maddva.org or http://www.madd.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information – http://www.health.org
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition – http://www.inhalants.org
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
• National Institute on Drug Abuse – http://www.nida.nih.gov or http://www.drugabuse.gov
• National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign – http://www.mediacampaign.org
• Parenting Is Prevention – http://www.parentingisprevention.org
• Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention – http://www.samhsa.gov/preventionpartners
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America – http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
• Reality Check – http://www.health.org/reality
• SAMSA Model [Drug Prevention] Programs – http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov
• School Resource Officers
• Straight Scoop News Bureau – http://www.straightscoop.org
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) – http://www.saddonline.com
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – http://www.samhsa.gov
• Teaching Children About Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach - http://www.morton-pub.com
• Tips 4 Youth - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm
• 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
• Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Education Section – http://www.abc.state.va.us
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program – http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Office of Substance Abuse) – http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of State Police – http://www.vsp.state.va.us
• Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation – http://www.vtsf.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• write a two-page story about how alcohol and other drug use affects family and social relationships.
• explain how alcohol and other drug use affects friends and social relationships.

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