New iMinds cannabis lessons help youth build drug literacy
As Canada legalizes recreation cannabis, CISUR's iMinds drug and gambling literacy learning ideas offers several new cannabis-related lessons.
These lessons cover subjects such as English Language Arts, Social Studies and Physical and Health Education, and range from Grades 7-12.
- A Solution without a Problem? (Social Studies 10)
- Ancient Peoples and Cannabis Use (Social Studies 7)
- Cannabis: Stories, Questions and Life (English Language Arts 8/9)
- Cannabis and Relationships (Physical and Health Education 9)
- Cannabis and the need for dialogue (English Language Arts 8/9)
- Drugs and relationships in “Perks of Being a Wallflower” (English Language Arts 11)
- Free Feeling: Tom Petty, Cannabis and Music as Craft (English Language Arts 8/9)
- Health guidelines: Are they helpful? (Physical and Health Education 9/10)
- Stress: dogs, cannabis, exercise or ... (Physical and Health Education 7/8/9)
- Why do we feel so bad about feeling good? (English Language Arts 11/12)
iMinds is about maximizing young people's drug literacy and gambling literacy—the knowledge and skills they need to survive and thrive in a world where caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, other drug use and gambling are common. The goal is to encourage students to both express and think critically about their current drug- and gambling-related beliefs, attitudes and behaviours.
Learn more at iminds.ca or helpingschools.ca.