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ERIC Number: ED281954
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 41
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-88315-813-2
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
CRACKDOWN: A Guide to Preventing Substance Abuse Elementary. Citywide Teach-in--September 30.
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction.
This elementary school curriculum guide, the subject of a citywide teach-in in the New York City schools, provides facts, lessons, and learning activities designed to provide information about and to prevent the use of crack, a form of cocaine. The lessons are divided into two groups, one for grades K-3 and the other grades 4-6. The primary curriculum consists of four interdisciplinary lessons: (1) You Are What You Eat: How Foods Help Us; (2) Dangers in the House; (3) Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet; and (4) Pinocchio Goes to Pleasure Island: A Story of Peer Pressure. These lessons provide a framework for teaching about substance abuse if the children raise this problem. The lessons for grades 4-6 focus on the facts about crack, the reasons people give for using crack, how to say no, and on deciding whether to use drugs: titles of lessons are (1) Pharmacology of Crack: What It Does to the Body; (2) Reasons Given for Drug Abuse; and (3) Consequences of Using Crack. Follow-up activities for grades 4-6, a fact sheet for teachers, a poster, and an evaluation form are also included. (KH)
New York City Board of Education, Curriculum Editorial and Production Unit, Office of Curriculum Development and Support, Room 613, 131 Livingston St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 ($3.00).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A