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5th and 6th Grade Curriculum


LESSON 1: PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW OF D.A.R.E. PROGRAM

Goal

  • To describe the components of the D.A.R.E. program.
  • To explore the use of the D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model to solve problems.

  • Introduction of officer and D.A.R.E. Program

  • Importance of rules & following them

  • Student introductions – interpersonal communications

  • D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model & Practice situations


Fun for Kids

DARE Coloring pages

Objectives

  • Students will be able to say in their own words the theme of the D.A.R.E. program.
  • Students will explain the steps in the D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model.

    • Define

    • Assess

    • Respond

    • Evaluate

LESSON 2: TOBACCO AND YOU

Goal

  • To help students understand the reality of low tobacco use amongst teens.
  • To help students develop basic knowledge of tobacco and its harmful effects.

Objectives: Students will use the D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model to:

  • Identify at least five harmful effects of tobacco to the body.
  • Implement a Decision-Making Model that addresses strengths, needs and health risk in using drugs.
  • Normative beliefs about drug use.
  • Compare and contrast "common" beliefs about tobacco use.
  • Address misinformation and myth.
  • Analyze the validity of personal beliefs about tobacco use.
  • Recognize and correct personal misconceptions about tobacco use.
  • Compare their estimates of the extent of tobacco use among Adolescents with estimates reported in national surveys.
  • Tobacco work & fact sheet – harmful effects on the body.
  • Warning Labels – Community Health Issues.

LESSON 3: SMOKE SCREEN

Goal  

  • To help students understand the role of advertising in promoting tobacco use.
  • To help students develop basic knowledge of the harmful effects of marijuana.
  • To compare and contrast the harmful effects of marijuana and tobacco on the body.

Objectives  

  • Students will be able to draw conclusions regarding the impact of advertising on the sale of tobacco.
  • Students will compare and contrast the effects of marijuana and tobacco on the body.
  • Students will practice, define and assess portions of the D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model.

LESSON 4: ALCOHOL AND YOU

Goal  

  • To help students demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge of alcohol facts and its harmful effects.
  • To help students understand the reality of low alcohol use among teenagers.

Objectives

Students will use the D.A.R.E. Decision-Making Model to:

  • Identify at least five harmful effects of alcohol to the body and the brain.
  • Implements a Decision-Making Model that addresses
    strengths, needs and health benefits of NOT using  alcohol.
  • Compare and contrast "common" beliefs about alcohol.
  • Recognize personal misconceptions about alcohol.
  • Compare their estimates of the extent of drug use among adolescents with estimates reported in national surveys.

LESSON  5. THE REAL TRUTH

Goal

  • To help students identify the harmful effects of inhalants.
  • To help students identify alternative methods to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
  • To help students evaluate alcohol advertisements and their impact promoting alcohol use among youth.

Objectives  

  • To identify harmful effects of inhalants on the body.
  • To recognize and describe the powerful effects of alcohol advertising.
  • To identify five alternatives to drug use

LESSON 6: FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATIONS

Goal  

  • Students will demonstrate communication skills to build and maintain healthy relationships.
  • Students will demonstrate abilities to build and maintain 
    healthy relationships.

Objectives  

  • Students will describe three qualities of positive friendships and social support networks.
  • Students use the D.A.R.E. Decision Making Model to 
    respond to peer pressure.
  • Students will identify social support networks.
  • Students will identify the qualities of a good friend.
    (National Health Standards)

LESSON 7: PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Goal  

  • Students will be able to demonstrate skills to avoid and resist pressures to use drugs. (National Health Standards 5-6)

Objectives 

  • Identify at least five ways to refuse drug offers.
  • Demonstrate confident response styles in refusing drug offers.
  • Demonstrate the ability to apply the Decision-Making process to health issues and problems individually and collaboratively.

LESSON 8: PERSONAL ACTION

Goal  

  • Student will identify internal pressures that influence decisions regarding drug use.
  • Students will apply the Decision-Making Process to internal pressure situations.
  • Students will synthesize material learned into a D.A.R.E. report.

Objectives  

  • Students will demonstrate decision making skills regarding internal pressure situations.
  • Students will be able to identify situations which influence internal pressure regarding substance abuse.
  • Students will compose a report that stating what they have learned in D.A.R.E. and how they plan to use it in the future.

LESSON 9: PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

Goal

  • Students will make a commitment to be Drug Free.
  • Students will demonstrate refusal skills for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
  • Students will demonstrate knowledge of the D.A.R.E. 
    curriculum.
  • Students will demonstrate knowledge of the Decision-Making Process.

Objectives 

Students will:

  • Present at least five healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings. (National Health Standard 5-3)
  • Practice refusal and negotiation skills to enhance health. (National Health Standard 5-6)
  • Evaluate and reflect their learning in the D.A.R.E. program through the decision making process.

LESSON 10: SPECIAL EVENT

Goal  

  • To provide an appropriate D.A.R.E. culminating activity to recognize individual achievement of all participants and to reinforce the knowledge and skills they have learned.

Objective

  • Students will participate in an appropriate D.A.R.E. culminating activity which recognizes individual achievement of all its participants and reinforces the knowledge and skills they have learned.

 

   

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