Lesson Plan At A Glance

Three components comprise the Tar Wars lesson plan: a pre-activity exercise, a classroom presentation, and a follow-up poster contest. During the classroom presentation, students will engage in a series of six activities designed to:

• Increase their knowledge of the short-term effects and image-based consequences of tobacco use.

• Illustrate the costs of using tobacco and ways they could better spend their money.

• Help them identify reasons why people use tobacco.

• Prompt them to think critically about tobacco advertising and how the tobacco industry markets their products to youth.

The poster contest activity provides students an opportunity to express their creativity while reinforcing the Tar Wars message learned during the presentation.