| BIOLOGY |
- Effects of drugs on the body systems
- Chemical effects on growth and development
- Wellness component
- Effects of stress on biological (and social)
functioning - non chemical ways to relieve stress.
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| CHEMISTRY |
- Chemical properties of alcohol, tobacco, drugs.
- Effects of smoking on chemical exchange of O+CO2 in
the lungs
- Percentage of alcohol in the blood. (math)
- Alcohol breakdown in the liver.
- How laws of science (for every action there is a
reaction) apply to other life situations
(consequences)
- Use of scientific method in everyday situations.
(problem solving)
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| ENGLISH |
- Preparation of essays, themes, poems and
speeches.
- Role drugs play in literature.
- Reading and interpreting popular magazine articles,
books, and pamphlets.
- Analyzing themes of rock or country/western topics.
- Role playing; drama
- Writers problems because of chemicals.
- Communications model.
- Roadblocks to communications.
- Styles of communications - (assertiveness)
- Examples of consequences in literature.
- Examples of problem solving (or lack thereof) in
literature.
- Chemical substance vocabulary and spelling
- Self-esteem writing assignment on positive (good)
things about self.
- Problems of actors and writers due to substance
abuse.
- Discussion of stress in literature and how
characters could have relieved it appropriately.
- Can also use paragraphs & sentences on
self-esteem decision making, communications,
alternative activities, substance abuse for
punctuation & grammar exercises
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| DRIVER ED & SAFETY |
- Drug/alcohol use and accidents (car, boating,
motorcycle, pedestrian).
- Cigarettes and fires.
- DUI (news laws)
- Safety hazards when driving under stress
- Look at behavior and consequences.
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| GOVERNMENT |
- Manufacture, processing, distribution, sales, and
taxes on the nation's economy.
- Role in control of sale and distribution.
- Prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment and
addicts.
- The decision making process-how to effectively
decide who to vote for, what policies to support, etc.
- How to state and stand up for your beliefs without
turning others off (objectiveness)
- The stress that can be created due to national
(international) crisis and how the individual can
handle it
- The communications process - how it effects
government.
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| HISTORY |
- Use of drugs by man throughout the ages.
- Opium in Chinese settlements.
- Morphine addiction in Civil War soldiers.
- Pilgrims and beer on ships.
- Foreign, national and state laws.
- Looking at self doubts and self-esteem of historical
figures.
- Actions and consequences (historical perspective)
- Problem solving techniques to solve historical
problems.
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| PHYSICAL ED |
- Drugs and relationship to fitness performance. (Use
of drugs by Olympic athletes, professional athletes,
etc.)
- Self-esteem - liking yourself if you are not a
"super" athlete.
- Stress relief through fitness and sports.
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| MATHEMATICS |
- Statistical analysis of costs, profits, taxes, and
other economic factors related to alcohol, tobacco,
and drugs
- Percent of alcohol in the blood.
- Problems using DUI statistics.
- Self-esteem (not "bad" or "dumb"
because you aren't a whiz at math)
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| PSYCHOLOGY |
- Motivational research in advertising.
- Why people use.
- Attitudes and behavior.
- Role self-esteem plays in individuals' life
- Assertiveness - psychological and social
implication.
- Stress relief
- Parenting Communications
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| SOCIAL STUDIES |
- Incidence of drug use in society.
- Laws.
- Drugs in culture and society.
- Drugs and crime, poverty and inequalities.
- Student unrest and alienation.
- Importance of problem solving techniques.
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UCI PACT Project 1988 |
