Activities for Elementary School-Aged Students
They put what in a Cigarette?!
There's a lot more than tobacco in cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and secondhand smoke. There are plenty of chemicals that can also be found in everyday household products. For this activity, you will create a display that tells others about these ingredients and exposes the truth.
Time: 3-4 weeks.
Resources: As many household items as you can find (5 to 15 items). See the activity sheet for details.
Cost: Under $20.
Pledge/Graffiti/Memorial Wall
Choose from one of the three or combine them all together. Create a wall as a memorial to lost loved ones from tobacco, create "graffiti" expressing your thoughts towards Big Tobacco, or create a pledge wall for people to pledge to not smoke or quit tobacco, and support those who are trying to quit. Read more to learn more about each possibility.
Time: 2-3 weeks.
Resources: Long paper roll, poster board or banner paper, markers, paper and photocopier, duct table, candles, and a bell/gong.
Cost: $10-$60.
Airing Out Big Tobacco's Dirty Laundry
How do you expose Big Tobacco's manipulative practices to your community? By "airing out Big Tobacco's dirty laundry!" Tobacco use killed one hundred million people in the 20th century and, if current trends continue, will kill one billion people in the 21st century. It's time to spread the word!
Time: 2 months.
Resources: T-shirts, string, sweaters, clothes pins or fabric pins, markers or paint, and a cloth banner.
Cost: $25-$100.
Send a Message to (___________)!
Positive tobacco messages are everywhere - including on the screen, in magazines, at concerts and on the Internet. This event provides youth with a great opportunity to speak up and take action to stop the promotion of tobacco use.
Time: 2 weeks.
Resources: A camcorder or digital camera that can capture video and video editing software (for example, Windows Media Maker or iMovie).
Cost: Varies.
Guerilla Polling
Polling is a great way to assess the prevailing attitudes in a community. Unfortunately, large-scale scientific polls can cost thousands of dollars. But this doesn't mean you can't conduct an inexpensive poll of your own and still obtain interesting and useful results. Follow these steps to create your own Guerilla Poll.
Time: 1 week.
Resources: Paper, writing utensils, a computer.
Cost: $10-$30.
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