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Teachable Moments from SIRS Discoverer
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Smoking + Young People = Danger, Grades 2-6
November 1, 2006 INFOhio provides
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November is an excellent month for students to investigate the hazards of smoking. It's
Lung Cancer Awareness Month and also features the Great American
Smokeout on November 16. The best way to prevent diseases associated with smoking
is not to start. The next best way is to stop smoking as soon as possible.
Research has shown that stopping smoking can help to reduce the damage done during the
period of smoking. Students in elementary and middle school are at risk for starting
smoking, so research activities can help make them aware of the dangers and resist peer
pressure to start smoking. These students can also spread the word in the community and in
their families to help people who are already addicted to seek help in kicking the habit.
Activity: Create a series of essential questions for critical thinking that can
help engage students to explore multiple sources for answers and reasoned opinions about
smoking. Here are some examples (teachers can create others):
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What are the hazards of smoking? |
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What is addiction? |
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Why do people smoke even though they know about the hazards? |
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What are some of the peer pressures that you will face about starting to
smoke? |
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How can you avoid or reject the peer pressures? |
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What can you do to help the Great American Smokeout in your family and
community? |
Click the Subject Heading option and type smoking in the Search box;
then focus on results from the following subjects:
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Anti-smoking movement (See: Antismoking movement) |
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Smoking cessation programs |
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Smoking, Physiological effect (See: Tobacco, Physiological effect) |
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Smoking, Psychological aspects (See: Tobacco, Psychological aspects) |
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Teen smoking (See: Teenagers, Tobacco use) |
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Passive smoking in children
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Passive smoking, Law and legislation |
Each student should find two or three articles to help address the questions listed
above. Notice that some of the questions require students to form and express reasoned
opinions and are not exclusively fact-focused. This is important in raising student
achievement in essential skills and should be part of all research activities.
A two-minute oral presentation is recommended because it provides students with valuable
experiences in developing standards-based essential skills and overall confidence in
presenting their ideas to others. Oral reports can also help other students to learn more
about the overall topic.
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