TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS
HEALTH UNIT
7TH GRADE
TUESDAY SEPT 29
LESSON FOUR- THE BLAME GAME
 Discuss personal responsibility for decision making
 Demonstrate effective peer pressure resistance
Lesson teaches students to accept personal responsibility for their own
choices and to recognize and resist the negative influence of friends.
LESSON FIVE- COPING WITH STRESS
 Define stress
 Recite/list physical symptoms of stress
 Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy ways to cope with stress
 List a variety of healthy ways to cope with stress
The ability to cope with stressful situations in healthy ways is one key to
resilience.
LESSON SIX- TOBACCO
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Describe harmful short and long term effects of using smokeless tobacco
products
 Describe harmful short and long term effects of smoking
 Describe harmful short and long term effects of second-hand smoke
Studies show that students who learn about the negative short term effects
and social consequences of smoking cigarettes are more likely to remain
tobacco free.
LESSON SEVEN-AL K. HOL
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Describe the harmful short term effects of alcohol use by a teenager
Demonstrate and discuss the way advertisements portray alcohol as
glamorous
 Differentiate between alcohol's reputation as glamorous party drink and its
actual effects
Studies show that middle school students who learn about the negative
effects of drinking alcohol are more likely to remain alcohol free.