Substance Abuse Prevention

Teacher Discussion Guide

Martine Leavitt's My Book of Life by Angel is a novel in verse about a sixteen-year-old girl lured through drugs into prostitution. After reading the ... read more

Martine Leavitt's My Book of Life by Angel is a novel in verse about a sixt... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

Use this discussion guide to engage high school students and young adults in a mature conversation about the characters, themes, and events in Tales o... read more

Use this discussion guide to engage high school students and young adults i... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

Use these questions and activities for Fallout to examine the relationships of characters and discuss the psychological impact of drug addiction on fa... read more

Use these questions and activities for Fallout to examine the relationships... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

This reading guide for Glass, the sequel to Crank by Ellen Hopkins, includes questions and activities to help you discuss with your students the dange... read more

This reading guide for Glass, the sequel to Crank by Ellen Hopkins, include... read more

Literature Guide

In this teacher's guide you'll find reading skills and strategies, discussion questions, and activities for Walter Dean Myers' The Dream Bearer, Handb... read more

In this teacher's guide you'll find reading skills and strategies, discussi... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

Use the questions in this printable to guide classroom discussion about Walter Dean Myers's novel Dope Sick, a story about drug use, violence, and sec... read more

Use the questions in this printable to guide classroom discussion about Wal... read more

Teacher Discussion Guide

Autobiography of My Dead Brother is about two friends and the tragic ramifications of one's decision to join the drug culture. Use this printable to g... read more

Autobiography of My Dead Brother is about two friends and the tragic ramifi... read more

Worksheet

Discuss how characters deal with challenging issues including alcoholism, mental illness, peer pressure, class struggles, theft, and abandonment with ... read more

Discuss how characters deal with challenging issues including alcoholism, m... read more

Worksheet

Review the health risks and smoking-related diseases caused by secondhand smoke with this printable writing and research exercise. read more

Review the health risks and smoking-related diseases caused by secondhand s... read more

Worksheet

Raise drug awareness with the activities in this teacher's guide for Crank, the story of a teenage girl who becomes addicted to crystal meth. The ques... read more

Raise drug awareness with the activities in this teacher's guide for Crank,... read more

Biography

Provoke students' thoughts on peer pressure, friendship, and their goals in life with discussion questions for We Beat the Street, a true story about ... read more

Provoke students' thoughts on peer pressure, friendship, and their goals in... read more

Quiz

Use a fill-in-the-blank activity that reinforces drug/medicine prevention rules. read more

Use a fill-in-the-blank activity that reinforces drug/medicine prevention r... read more

Worksheet

The pipe and the smoking of tobacco were the center of a ceremonial rite for Native Americans. This printable contains a reading passage about the his... read more

The pipe and the smoking of tobacco were the center of a ceremonial rite fo... read more

Worksheet

Interesting facts about Jumbo, one of the largest elephants ever in captivity, and some fun activities. read more

Interesting facts about Jumbo, one of the largest elephants ever in captivi... read more

Worksheet

Use this vocabulary worksheet when studying about drugs and the affects of drugs on the human body. read more

Use this vocabulary worksheet when studying about drugs and the affects of ... read more

Worksheet

Students are asked to judge several different people's use of caffeine. Students must decide whether people's use of the drug is incidental, intention... read more

Students are asked to judge several different people's use of caffeine. Stu... read more

Worksheet

Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on drugs and the effects they can have on the body, as well as vocabulary words related to drugs and... read more

Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on drugs and the effects ... read more

Worksheet

Explore an activity that encourages children to refuse drugs. read more

Explore an activity that encourages children to refuse drugs.... read more

Worksheet

Learn about the many harmful effects of smoking with this word search. read more

Learn about the many harmful effects of smoking with this word search.... read more

Worksheet

Informational numbers and names for crisis centers for children. read more

Informational numbers and names for crisis centers for children.... read more