New Educators Guide Uses
Newspapers in the Classroom
for Youth Substance Use Prevention
The National
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign and the Newspaper in Education Program
of the New York Times have created the “Anti-Drug Education with
The New York Times,” a new educator’s guide to facilitate and energize
classroom discussion about substance abuse in middle schools (grades
6-8).
The 32-page
guide offers lesson plans and other resources for teachers to help
enliven assignments and discussions about drug use. Each lesson
reinforces the Campaign’s objectives and is designed to help young
adolescents develop skills to resist the use of illicit drugs, alcohol,
and tobacco. By combining anti-drug lessons with standards-based
academic instruction, the initiative touches directly on events
affecting young people’s lives while strengthening the reading and
writing skills critical to their future success.
An easy-to-use
teaching tool, the guide provides relevant articles drawn from the
daily newspaper, and corresponding worksheets, all of which may
be photocopied and distributed for classroom purposes. Lessons incorporate
Campaign messages into subjects including social studies, English,
science, math, health, and substance abuse prevention, and also
contain activities designed for use with any daily issue of The
New York Times.
Also available
for parents and guardians is a companion piece entitled “Anti-Drug
Education At Home: An Invitation to Share Newspaper Reading with
Your Child.” This two-page flyer outlines ways to use the daily
newspaper as a starting point for parents and children to explore
drug prevention issues at home.
You may request
a free copy of these resources by contacting The New York Times
Newspaper in Education Program at 1-800-631-1222, or by sending
e-mail to [email protected].
A number of
classroom subscriptions to The New York Times are being sponsored
by the Office of National Drug Control Policy in connection with
the educator’s guide for use in middle schools. Newspaper delivery
consists of 30 copies of the Times, Monday through Friday, for six
weeks.To take advantage of this offer, two teachers from each school
must sign up. Delivery of The New York Times is available in most
major markets nationwide. Teachers of grades 6-8 may request these
free subscriptions by calling 1-800-631-1222 or by sending e-mail
to [email protected].
To learn more
about the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign/New York Times
Anti-Drug Educational Program, visit www.nytimes.com/learning