Curricula & Lesson Plans

From the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

From the University of Utah

From the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

From Boston Children's Hospital

From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

From Everfi: Bring strategies to prevent teenage drinking to your classroom

From Stanford University's REACH Lab

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

From SAMHSA

From SAMHSA

From SAMHSA

Centre for Clinical Interventions is brought to you by the Department of Health, Western Australia

From NINDS

Resources for educators

From Commonsense Media

From Columbia University

A lesson plan from Sanford PROMISE

From Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Resource Center

From California State University Sacramento

From Common Sense Media

From PBS

From HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools

Lesson plan from Scholastic (for subscribers)

From Stanford University

From Scholastic + NIDA

From Stanford University

From Fight Child Abuse.org

From the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACOA)

A Sesame Street Workshop

Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop

From the National Domestic Violence Hotline

World Health Organization, Columbia University

From NIDA

From Active Minds

From NIDA

From Dana Foundation

EdX, University of Maryland

From Stanford University

A Middle School & High School Toolkit

Better Kid Care, Penn State Extension

American Academy of Pediatrics - for Pediatric Learners

From edX

From the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center on Psychiatric Disability and Co-occuring Medical Conditions

From the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center on Psychiatric Disability and Co-occuring Medical Conditions

From Gaples Institute

From Gaples Institute

From the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey

University of Washington Infectious Diseases Education & Assessment (IDEA) Program

From Common Sense Media

From Common Sense Media

From the APA

From The National Association for Media Literacy Education

Common Sense Media

Pulitzer Center

Cook Center for Human Connection

From NIDA

From Dana Foundation

From the VA: Patient workbooks and provider manuals.

From the VA: A self-help workbook and clinician guide for mild to moderate depression.

From the VA: a course to help you address common challenges.

From the VA: A provider manual and patient workbook focused on different skills for mood and well-being.

A workbook from the Department of Veterans Affairs

From Wright State University

From DEA & Discovery Education

A lesson plan from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

From Truth Initiative + Everfi

From the VA

From the VA

From Truth Initiative + Everfi

From Stanford Medicine REACH Lab

Free, evidence-based prevention and intervention curricula, including: Cannabis Awareness and Prevention Toolkit, Drug Prevention & Intervention Toolkit, Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, VISIT: Vaping Information, Solutions, and Interventions Toolkit, and Healthy Futures, an Alternative to Suspension Program geared for students who have been found using e-cigarettes. New additions include curricula on kratom and oral nicotine pouches.

Project ALERT is a free, evidence-based classroom program that teaches seventh and eighth graders how to resist drugs and alcohol. 

From SAMHSA

From the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse

Four lessons with activities, cases studies, and videos covering: 

• Games of Chance
• Lottery
• Sports Betting
• Responsible Gaming

From the NCAA

From Stanford Medicine REACH Lab

From the University of California San Francisco

From Stanford University

A lesson plan from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

A Sesame Workshop

A lesson plan from Common Sense Media

A teacher's guide from The Nemours Foundation / KidsHealth

From the Department of Veterans Affairs

From the APA

From the Department of Veterans Affairs

A lesson plan from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

A lesson plan from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Hands-on activities from Stanford Medicine

This peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape. The curriculum is free to US Educators, however, some components include a fee.

This curriculum from the American Academy of Pediatrics focuses on addressing youth E-cigarette prevention and cessation based on current evidence and best practices.

Science-based, standards-mapped classroom resources created by the FDA Center for Tobacco Products to prevent vaping among middle and high school students. These cross-curricular vaping prevention resources include lesson plans, activities, infographics, and videos that help teens learn about the dangers of e-cigarette use. These resources can be used to start an open dialogue with students about vaping nicotine and help encourage a lifetime of healthy behaviors.

The Truth Initiative, in partnership with the American Heart Association and Kaiser Permanente, developed this curriculum to educate students about the health dangers of e-cigarette use.

This curriculum from Stanford Medicine includes 6 lessons, each providing activities, online quiz games, and worksheets in addition to presentations, resources, and other materials aimed at addressing key factors associated with youth e-cigarette use, including changing adolescents’ attitudes towards and misperceptions about e-cigarettes; increasing their refusal skills to pulls of flavors, marketing, and social media; reducing stress and depression which have been linked to e-cigarette initiation and use; improving coping; and decreasing intentions and actual use of all e-cigarette products.

A 4-lesson unit plan for high school psychology teachers, developed by the Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) of the American Psychological Association (APA).