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6/28/15

Lesson Plan Assignment

Name of Lesson Plan: Understanding the Impact Tobacco Has On Our Lives
Content Area: Promoting a tobacco free lifestyle.
Grade Level: 6

NHES Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease
prevention to enhance health
Performance Indicator: Examine the potential seriousness of injury or illness if engaging in
unhealthy behaviors.
Objectives:
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Students will be able to understand the many consequences of tobacco use.

Students will be able to understand the impact of secondhand smoke and promote
awareness.

Strategies and Activities:

Developmental Characteristics:
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Able to understand broad concepts

Understand that every action comes with a consequence
Can make their own inferences and decisions
Can understand concepts in moderate detail
Can grasp scientific concepts

Activity #1: Brainstorm known consequences of tobacco use

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Give Students sheet of paper

Ask them to brainstorm and write down as many consequences of tobacco use that they
know of
Hand students each a printed list of all known consequences of tobacco use
Have students compare and contrast their list with the list given after the brainstorming
session.
Have class discussion about the harmful effects of tobacco use.

Materials:
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Paper
Pencil

Time:

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5 minutes for brainstorming and writing activity

5 minutes for comparing and contrasting their list with given list
15 minutes for discussion

Rubric:
4
strong
3
proficient
2
basic
1
weak

Fully able to identify at least 5 different consequences of tobacco use,

fully able to compare and contrast lists, and active in class discussion.
Able to identify 4 different consequences of tobacco use, able to
compare and contrast lists with help, active in class discussion.
Able to identify 3 different consequences of tobacco use, unable to
compare and contrast lists, and not active in class discussion.
Not able to identify more than 1 consequence of tobacco use, unable
to compare and contrast lists, and not active in class discussion.

Activity #2: Understanding the Effects of Secondhand Smoke and Designing Posters to
Create Awareness
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Have a class lecture on the effects of secondhand smoke

Have a class discussion about secondhand smoke
Hand out facts sheet about secondhand smoke and large sheet of paper
Have students pick at least one fact on the fact sheet and create a poster about it.

Materials:
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Pencil
Paper
Coloring utensils (markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc.)

Time:
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10 minutes for lecture

10 minutes for class discussion
30 minutes for activity

Rubric:
4
Strong

Attentive in lecture, active participation in class discussion, able to

choose at least one fact off fact sheet, and able to complete poster.

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proficient
2
basic
1
weak

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Attentive in lecture, active participation in class discussion, able to
choose at least one fact off fact sheet with help, and able to complete
poster.
Attentive in lecture, not very active in class discussion, able to choose
at least one fact off fact sheet with help, needs more time to complete
poster.
Inattentive in lecture, not active in class discussion, unable to choose
at least one fact off fact sheet, and unable to complete poster.