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River Vale
5th Grade Curriculum LESSON #1: Purposes and Overview of D.A.R.E. Program Students are introduced to the D.A.R.E. program and the D.A.R.E. Decision-making Model. Students practice skills used in decision-making and reflect on their learning in their D.A.R.E. Planner . LESSON #2: Tobacco and You This lesson focuses on normative beliefs about the use of tobacco by youth. Tobacco facts are used to design tobacco-warning labels, which are shared with the class. Journal entries reflect the learning. LESSON #3: Smoke Screen Students apply tobacco and marijuana facts in a variety of situations using the D.A.R.E. Decision-making Model. Students are introduced to the purpose of advertising. Journal entries reinforce discussions of the affects tobacco has on the body. LESSON #4: Alcohol and You Students work through a normative belief activity about the use of alcohol by youth. Decision-making skills are reinforced as students work together solving a variety of situations. Student journal entries in D.A.R.E. Planners reinforce skills.LESSON #5: The Real Truth Students are given the opportunity to examine alcohol ads in their environment and apply their learning in a relay race. Inhalants and their danger are examined. Journaling processes the new learning. LESSON #6: Friendship Foundations In teams, students examine friendship and peer pressure in situational dilemmas using the D.A.R.E. Decision-making Model. Journal entries in D.A.R.E. Planner reinforce new learning. LESSON #7: Putting It Together Students work with partners to apply assertiveness skills in a think/pair/share methodology . D.A.R.E. Planner journaling is used to process new skills. LESSON #8: Personal Action Student teams practice decision-making skills as they examine the role of personal peer pressure in their lives. Students review their D.A.R.E. Planner entries to assist in creating a personal D.A.R.E . report. LESSON #9: Practice! Practice! Practice! Students have the opportunity to apply assertive refusal skills along with facts in a spiraling competition. Personal affirmations about healthy choices are shared from D.A.R.E. reports. LESSON #10: Fatal Vision Goggles This lesson is not a part of the standard D.A.R.E. curriculum. It is a program run by the R.V.P.D. that allows the students to simulate the visual impairment caused by alcohol and other drugs. Click on the following link for more information: Fatal Vision Goggles LESSON #11: Review This lesson is a comprehensive review of everything the students learned in D.A.R.E.
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River Vale's D.A.R.E. Car is a 1993 Ford Mustang which was "Confiscated From a Drug Dealer." This car was provided at no cost to the township and is used by our D.A.R.E. officer as a fun tool to reinforce our anti-drug message. Below are a few pictures on the car.
D.A.R.E Links
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Get It Straight - The Facts About Drugs (D.E.A. Publication) |
