Where can I find some good materials about the pitfalls of drug abuse to use to teach my sixth graders?
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Don't know location but in sunny south us of a we use the DARE Program available through local police, they'll even do the lesson for you. If any military nearby , contact post information for name and number of drug information officer. Usually a 2nd Lt. who gets stuck with job but MUST perform to make 1stLt. Very good source. Contact a military recruiter even, they can wade thru the red tape for you.
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Try this website\n\n\nhttp://www.drugid.info/
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www.sparknotes.com\nwww.pbs.org\nwww.brainpop.com\nschool.discovery.com\nwww.sciencemystery.com\nwww.quia.com\ndosomething.org\n\nwe could provide more help if you'd let us know what you are trying to teach him
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Here is a good site that I use for research quite a bit. You can use this for all kinds of subjects, I have used it for current issues and past history.  I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.
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Read Jon Stewart's "America: The Book."\n\nOK, it might not be appropriate for 6th grade, but it is a heck of a lot more accurate than the normal civics or social studies text book. (Do any of those mention lobbyists?) And, America The Book is a lot funnier than most school text books.
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I'd approach local schools incase they have updated their resources material recently and have older books to get rid of. Or maybe try freecycle.org - you never know what people might have. Good luck and good on you x
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I'm not a teacher, but I went to our school district's web site and found this information for our local schools as well as learning tools, e-learning, policies, procedures & bylaws, info about each of the schools and their programs, and some cool links for school-age children\n\nYou might also try contacting your local board of ed. or attending PTA meetings
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Maybe these links will help. Best of luck.\n\nhttp://www.troubledteensprograms.com/programs/programs.php?prog_id=2102\n\nhttp://www.troubledteenschools.com/allschools.php?type=Wilderness+Program&state=VT\n\nhttp://www.boot-camp-boot-camps.com/\n\nhttp://www.drugrehabresources.com/bycity.php/Vermont/Benson
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More at link below. Make sure you just don't copy it. Teachers are aware of Wikipedia.org!
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check out www.drugdigest.org
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http://www.drugid.info/\ntry this site it is pretty informative
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I would keep an annotated bibliography. For each source,  list all the information you need to cite it and a summary of the information you found there.\n\nDo some digging around in your sources, then come up with a research question, like, "What is the responsibility of outsiders to intervene in child abuse?" It may be OK if you raise more questions than you can answer in your presentation. That makes people think. \n\nYou may even have spaces in your presentation for members of your audience to discuss specific questions or issues with each other for a minute or two. You can walk around the room catching bits and pieces of the discussions, and ask people to share interesting bits with the whole class. \n\nThere is sound educational theory to back up this technique. You can't just spoon feed information to people, they have to make a place for it in what they already know. Getting them to talk with each other about a discussion question early on activates their prior knowledge and gets them engaged, invested in the topic.\n\nSince this is a presentation instead of a research paper, I would go heavy on the graphics: photographs, charts, graphs, maps if they're applicable. Talk to your instructor about the technology available. Will you be able to give a PowerPoint presentation, or will there be a overhead projector you can use to show transparencies? How comfortable are you with making those?\n\nYou should think about using audio, too. Many of the topical stories on NPR programs like Morning Edition are available online and can be played with a Real Player that may already be on the computer or can be downloaded for free. \n\nThe one linked below could be very powerful because it contains actual audio of physical abuse, as well as discussion of how that tape should be responsibly used.\n\nIf there are more specific topics you are researching (like "educational neglect"), you can type them into the search box at the top of that webpage and see what you get. \n\nGood luck! I betcha get an A!
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I would be one of your best sources for your book.  My name is Ame and I have a hell of a story to tell you about crack/cocaine.  My e-mail is amereese5683@yahoo.com
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Use mine..."How America's cocaine habit has ruined a a country."  The country is of course Columbia.  My first one was on Methamphetamine, which is a very hot topic right now, you could get lots of good info.
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Go to the public library and ask the reference librarian to help you. He or she will most likely show you how to use research databases, which are online sources of printed papers that count as print sources. Do not, under any circumstances, use anything like an encyclopedia, MSN Encarta, or Wikipedia--if you're beyond middle school, instructors hate it when you do that, so it's best not to get into the habit in the first place.
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Your local library likely has a copy of The Physicians Desk Reference, commonly known as the PDR. The PDR contains all the information you are seeking and specifics on drugs within each class.  Good luck.
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Hello ...check this web site. I use it to help my son also in 7th grade.