Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.3C Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.3 - Drugs & Medicine

 

Strand: C - Dependency/Addiction and Treatment

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  2 - The student will explain that people who abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can get help.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        HEALTH HELPERS - Explain that there are times when everyone, even adults, need help. Brainstorm a list of community helpers. Give each student a teacher-made chart, with pictures and words as headings, that categorizes health helpers (e.g., school nurse, hospital, SAC, police officer). Students complete the chart with the names and phone numbers of the health helpers. Place large posters with the names and pictures of health helpers in areas around the classroom. Read aloud various situations in which a student might need help. Students move to the area under the appropriate health helper and justify their choice. Be sure to include 911 emergency services and the poison control center as part of this activity.

Variation: Send a letter and laminated emergency phone number chart to each student’s family. In the letter, ask family members to complete the emergency chart with the student, sign the letter, and return it to school. Students post the emergency chart on the family refrigerator for easy access in an emergency.