TeachersFirst's Red Ribbon Week Resources
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This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help students learn about drugs and alcohol for Red Ribbon week/month or at any time during the year. Use these resources to plan events for Red Ribbon week or projects and classroom activities for drug and alcohol prevention. No matter what time of year, you can find information and activities to maintain the anti-drug message in your classroom and school.
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Above the Influence - National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug posters using PicLits, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Red Ribbon Week - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
The cartoons and graphics on the student handouts contain worksheets and activities. There is also an accompanying teacher guide. Share additional resources with parents and post a link to the site on your class web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Too Smart to Start - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): literacy (100), media literacy (6), red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your school website. Embed their widget onto a school website and have the class view a scrolling list of the latest news on underage alcohol use. Too Smart too Start is a great resource to support Red Ribbon Week and health studies. Use this site to develop Media Literacy." Have students test their knowledge about the "media" before opening up discussion about how to analyze the media's message. Brainstorm media forms students view on a daily basis and record them on graphic organizers using a site such as Wallwisher reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Building Blocks for a Healthy Future - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grades
K to 1tag(s): family (45), obesity (14), parents (18), red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Preschool,preK,and Kindergarten educators will find resources on this site to promote creative problem solving and engaging lessons for young children. These age appropriate activities are also perfect for kindergarten and pre-school classrooms participating in Red Ribbon week. Save this site in your favorites on classroom computers and let the students explore the site alone or in groups. Download the sing-along-songs and incorporate dance into your daily routine. Project the games onto an interactive whiteboard or projector and play "Simon Says," talk about emotions and develop memory skills.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Family Partnership - National Family Partnership
Grades
K to 12tag(s): red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Schools participating in Red Ribbon week may want to post a link to this site on the school website to explain the history and purpose of this campaign. This site focuses primarily on parent support. This is a helpful resource to stay up to date with drug abuse trends and advice to offer families dealing with these issues.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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D.A.R.E - Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): bullying (41), red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Classes that are participating in the D.A.R.E program may want to bookmark this site on the computers in the learning station and use it as a center. Turn a podium style lecture into a more active learning experience. Project activities such as "D.A.R.E. Squares" onto an interactive whiteboard or projector and enjoy learning about the dangers of using prescription drugs that belong to others. Many of the site features will work as great starting points for individual or group projects. Have your students create an interactive online poster ("glog") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here. Even if your school does not have a D.A.R.E. program in place, this site will support content taught during red ribbon week or health class. Share this link on your class web page and/or in a parent newsletter for those who are dealing with these challenges.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Girls Health - The Department of Health and Human Services
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): red ribbon week (7)
In the Classroom
Girls Health's "Body" page is a great resource to support a reproductive health class. Make sure your guidance counselor knows about this site. Project this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Demonstrate how to navigate the site and then ask students to research various content areas in small groups or independently. Students can find the definition to key terms in the text by following their direct link to the glossary. Use the Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking as a reliable source during Red Ribbon Week. Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit on drugs. Ask the class to take an on-line quiz to determine what students already know about drugs and what misconceptions they may have. This site is an excellent resource to have students' access during Red Ribbon week. They can create a multimedia presentation to define various drugs and reveal the harmful effects they have on the body. Consider having students create a drug prevention booklet with PocketMod (reviewed here) from the information they learn.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Red Ribbon Month - Michael Scott Karpovich
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Put a technology twist on some of the wonderful creative suggestions on this site. Have cooperative learning groups write poems, or songs to demonstrate the importance of making healthy choices record them on sites such as PodOmatic (reviewed here). Challenge students to create innovative commercials to prevent drug abuse and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube (reviewed here). Let students create graphics for school posters using Tabblo (reviewed here.) Film funny skits or role playing about how to avoid drugs and share the videos on a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here. Inform the school community about the history and goals of Red Ribbon week by posting a link to this site on the school website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Meth Project - Meth Project Foundation
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Save this site in your favorites. This site could easily fit in health class, science, current events lessons, and more. Use the site in social studies classes to provide factual information about this very difficult problem. Use it as a jumping off point for students researching similar issues for other types of addictive behaviors. Have your students make their own ads based on the videos and radio transmissions they can view here. Share the videos using a tool such as Teachers.TV reviewed here. Keep the reference information from this site for students who want to do further reading, research, and self-education. List this site on your class website for students (and parents) to explore both in and out of the classroom.Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug multimedia presentations using any of the reviewed tools from the TeachersFirst Edge.
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The Target is You! Alcohol Advertising Quiz - Media Awareness Network
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): advertising (19)
In the Classroom
Share this informative on an interactive whiteboard or projector at the start of al alcohol unit. Have students guess at their seats what the correct answer would be (either on paper or by show of hands). Use the questions on the quiz as a springboard for a class discussion or class meeting about under-age drinking. Brainstorm a list together of times that they recall hearing or seeing an alcohol advertisement. Be sure to discuss the question involving the "deaths caused by driving under the influence of alcohol." 40% of vehicle deaths involve alcohol.Come up with a list of ways for the students to avoid "being the target." Have the class journal, create short skits, or have small group discussions about how to handle the advertisements.
Teachers can also use this site during a drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make printable anti-drug posters using PicLits, reviewed here.
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Cool Spot - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on the dangers of drinking. Share this link on your teacher web page and/or in a parent newsletter for those who are dealing with this challenge.Teachers can also use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make antidrug "radio" ads using Podomatic, reviewed here.
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Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior - National Institutes of Health
Grades
6 to 9In the Classroom
Ehether you choose to do the entire unit or feature the driving or mice observation exercises on a projectir, this unit is certain tohave an impacton your middle school students. If possible, engage them actively by putting them to work on laptops or in a lab to do the observations.Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug multimedia presentations using any of the reviewed tools from the TeachersFirst Edge.
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Effects of Drugs on the Nervous System - University of Washington
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make multimedia anti-drug presentations using Prezi, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Addiction and Neurobiology - National Institutes of Health
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Even if you do not use the unit in full, the FLASH animations and videos in the student section are worth investigating. Turn on the projector and share with a full clas or assign students to research different aspects of drugs and addiction.Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make online anti-drug posters using Glogster EDU, reviewed here.
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Science Behind Drug Abuse - NIDA
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug posters using Glogster EDU, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Drug & Alcohol Information for Teens - Department of Health and Human Services
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug photo posters using Captioner, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Web of Addictions Rolodex
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): addition (147)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make anti-drug photo posters using Captioner, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Self-scoring Alcohol Checkup
Grades
1 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make multimedia anti-drug presentations using Prezi, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Resources for Prevention of Disease - Indiana University
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): diseases (35)
In the Classroom
Use this site during your drug unit or Red Ribbon Week as background information for students or student groups to make antidrug "radio" ads using Podomatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Marijuana Facts for Teens - National Institutes of Health
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
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