GRADE 6 LESSoN 1

Grade 6 | Lesson 1 | Lesson outline

45 MINUTES oBJECTIVE AND GUIDING QUESTIoNS

• What is a nicotine addiction? • What product or device contains nicotine? • What are tobacco product labeling laws? • Why do people experiment with tobacco?

ACTIVITIES

Presentation Activities • Product or devise? • Chemicals added to tobacco. • Wrap up multiple choice quiz.

Print Activities • Optional fortune teller. Free to order full color tear off sheets on the website.

MATERIALS • Sound for video. • Access to the internet for lesson presentations. • SMART board compatible or navigate with a mouse.

TEACHER RESoURCES

• Optional parent letter on website resources. • Cross-curricular competency links in BOLD. • Teacher notes for presentation slides.

DISCUSSI0N TIPS • Emphasize the fact that smoking is not the norm in Alberta or Canada. At an early age

children develop a perception that ‘smoking is normal’ which is not true. • THINK CRITICALLY / MANAGE INFORMATION: use the tobacco labeling laws as a means to

extend understanding of health protection legislation in Canada. Tobacco companies continuously develop new products and create new devices to avoid the tobacco labeling laws.

• IDENTIFY AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS: Discuss with the class situations that may make it difficult for them to avoid exposure to tobacco use. For example, parents’ / family members or friends who use tobacco.

• THINK CRITICALLY: This lesson addresses some reasons why people may want to try smoking and / or continue smoking despite the initial negative experience. Explain that the first experience is usually unpleasant. Possible consequences are nausea, dizziness, upset stomach and / or diarrhea.

• IDENTIFY AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS: Inform students that most people who smoke want to quit. They are aware of the health hazards (covered in lesson 2). Ensure students understand it is the highly addictive drug called nicotine that makes it so difficult to quit.

• MANAGE INFORMATION: This lesson explores how the information presented in tobacco product advertising may be in direct opposition to health information. Discuss how information can be managed from conflicting sources.

REFERENCE MATERIAL Smoking and youth https://www.albertaquits.ca/files/AB/files/library/Smoking_and_Youth_R1(1).pdf Let’s talk about electronic cigarettes https://www.albertaquits.ca/files/AB/files/library/Electronic_cigarettes(1).pdf Let’s talk about hookah https://www.albertaquits.ca/files/AB/files/library/HookahFINAL(1).pdf

Spit tobacco https://www.albertaquits.ca/files/AB/files/library/SpitTobaccoFINAL_.pdf

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Fortune Teller

See how many tobacco facts your friends and family know.

1. Print and cut out fortune teller. Fold in half twice.2. Open out, turn over so top is blank and fold each corner into the middle3. Turn over and repeat4. Turn over so you can see the circles5. Slide your thumb and your finger behind 2 of the pictures and press together so they bend round and touch6. Turn over and repeat with the thumb and finger of the other hand for the other two pictures7. All the pictures should now be at the front with centres touching and you are ready to use your fortune teller!

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TEACHER NoTES

Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: Grade 6 Lesson 1 is a review of The Academy for Tobacco Prevention grade 5 content.

Notes: It’s important to use accurate and factual terms when talking about health. Terms such as nicotine and addiction are used throughout these lessons.

Additional teaching tips for each lesson and suggestions to enhance cross-curricular links.

Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

Notes: The definition of addiction is an essential for students to understand which in turn will help inform healthy decision-making strategies later in life.

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Notes: IDENTIFY AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS: Inform students that most people who smoke want to quit. They are aware of the health hazards (covered in lesson 2). Ensure students understand it is the highly addictive drug called nicotine that makes it so difficult to quit.

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Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

Notes: SMART Board activity. Click the image on the scroll bar. To zoom in on the product or devise click the magnifying glass.

Notes: MANAGE INFORMATION: tobacco-like products are not “safer” compared to cigarettes or chew tobacco. Avoid using terms such as “a safer alternative” or conveying a message that the products are “less risky”.

Lesson reference material provides links to detailed information for tobacco like products.

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Notes: MANAGE INFORMATION: The tobacco products used in various devises may claim to be “nicotine free”, however, recent evidence has found small amounts of nicotine present; enough to trigger the addictive mechanisms in a youth brain.

Grade 5| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: MANAGE INFORMATION: The tobacco industry is constantly inventing new tobacco-like devises and related products. The new inventions are not covered under existing laws so there is ‘lag time’ between the release date and when the laws can be changed or updated.

Notes: During this ‘lag time’ tobacco companies are opportunistic; they increase marketing strategies and strategically target youth to expose them to their newest inventions.

MANAGE INFORMATION: the information presented in tobacco advertising may be in direct opposition to health information. Discuss how information can be managed from conflicting sources.

Notes: Furthermore, it takes time to study the short and long term health effects of new tobacco products and devices. There is a limited amount of health related evidence regarding the risks associated with these new inventions for society to make informed decisions.

Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: SMART Board activity. Click next to advance or click the green icon to reveal an image for a specific chemical. Use the thumb up / down to start and end the activity.

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Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

Notes: THINK CRITICALLY: Students learn to recognize common risk factors that influence peoples’ decision to use tobacco.

Evaluate the reasoning / logic presented by the Bosses and the responses of the Heroes to help students understand possible risk factors in their environment.

Notes: THINK CRITICALLY: developmentally youth are curious and want to take risks so they may want to try smoking. Explain that the first experience is usually unpleasant. Possible consequences are nausea, dizziness, upset stomach and / or diarrhea.

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Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: At an early age children develop a perception that ‘smoking is normal’ which is not true. Encourage students to predict the number of people who smoke (or do not smoke). Reveal the correct answer, show the pie graph and clarifying the facts to help students understand that smoking is not normal.

Emphasize the fact that smoking is not the norm in Alberta or Canada.

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Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: IDENTIFY AND SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS: Discuss with the class situations that may make it difficult for them to avoid exposure to tobacco use. For example, parents’ / family members or friends who use tobacco.

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Grade 6| Lesson 1 | Teacher Notes

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Notes: In grade 6 students are more aware of body image. Link this content to other body image and wellness initiatives happening in the school.

Notes: With the resurgence of older movies and TV shows youth are increasingly exposed to tobacco use on the screen.

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