Waiting to Inhale: Integrated Curriculum Unit on Tobacco and Smoking

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Tobacco History Websites:
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History.html

http://www.cnn.com/US/9705/tobacco/history/

http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/Patients/diseases/wh/c7/Pages/s5.aspx
(Very Slow)

http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/tobacco/history.htm

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Larry Breed’s collection of tobacco history websites:
http://smokingsides.com/docs/hist.html

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Native Americans were the first to grow and use tobacco:
http://academic.udayton.edu/health/syllabi/tobacco/native02.htm

Christopher Columbus received dried leaves as a gift from Native Americans:
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History.html

First permanent English colony in America, Jamestown, est. in 1607:
http://thingstodo.com/states/VA/history.htm

Tobacco was often used as currency in Virginia:
http://www.tobacco.org/History/colonialtobacco.html

King James I wrote, “lothsome to the eye, harmful to the braine, dangerous to the lungs…”
http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/poltheory/james/blaste/blaste.html

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Virginian tobacco planters in debt to Great Britain (taxes):
http://www.marxists.org/archive/braverman/1946/03/amer-rev.htm

http://www.tax.org/Museum/1756-1776.htm

Quantity increased, quality decreased:
http://www.tobacco.org/History/colonialtobacco.html

Britain accumulated large amounts of debt during the French and Indian War:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575603/French_and_Indian_War.html

Colonists were against Britain’s interference and new taxes:
http://www.tax.org/Museum/1777-1815.htm

These events and the colonies’ desire for independence gave rise to the American Revolution:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569964_2/American_Revolution.html

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Revolutionarywar.html

During the 17th and 18th centuries, one-third of the US’ internal revenue was generated by tobacco taxes:
http://www.civilwarhome.com/tobacco.htm

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Development of a machine that could produce cigarettes rapidly:
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_Historynotes.html#aa7

http://www.wclynx.com/burntofferings/adscigmaker.html
(does not work)

http://www.ibiblio.org/dukehome/family.html

http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/enc/Monopoly.html

Tobacco Night Riders began committing violent acts, known as the Black Patch War in protest of the low tobacco prices:
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=B047

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Schoolhouse Rock video, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Bill.html

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Select a court case and research the details of the arguments and decisions:
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html    (FindLaw)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct   (Cornell Univ. Law School/Supreme Court)

http://www.supremecourtus.gov     (US Supreme Court)
(may not work)

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Detailed summary and animation of neurotransmission:
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/neurobiology/synaptictransmission.html
(Very, very slow)

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Effects of Tobacco Use:
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/09/at_mich_firm_smoking_at_home_is_a_firing_offense

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2006/index.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm

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Surgeon General’s major conclusions concerning the effects of secondhand smoke on adults and children:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm

Smoking at home is a firing offense:
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/02/09/at_mich_firm_smoking_at_home_is_a_firing_offense

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The Respiratory System

Images:
http://www.biologyofhumanaging.com/slides/emphys06.htm

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tobacco_smoke/sign_in.html

A comparison of lung tissues from a healthy lung and a diseased lung:
http://www.biologyofhumanaging.com/slides/emphys06.htm

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development Activity:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tobacco_smoke/sign_in.html

An actual experiment conducted by the Univ. of Arizona on the effects of cigarette smoke on lung growth and development:

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tobacco_smoke/graphics/sample_count.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0055.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0110.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0090.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0056.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0149.gif

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/activities/tsnew/graphics/0030.gif

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Secondhand Smoke: Whom do you trust?
Public Policy and conflicting viewpoints:

Surgeon General’s Report:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2006

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/index.htm

Phony science and public policy:
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/wiliams041107.php3

Clearing the Air page on secondhand smoke:
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2004/04/american-cancer-society-test-results.html

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Nicotine-replacement therapies and the suggested associated counseling programs:
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit_smoking/index.htm

http://www.smokefree.gov

http://www.cancer.org

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The Power of Advertising

Vintage Tobacco advertisements and  examples of tobacco advertisements:
http://www.AdClassix.com


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Truth in Advertising

Welcome toBADvertising Country:
http://www.badvertising.org/

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Niche Marketing

NAAAPI Tobacco Gallery:
http://www.naaapi.org/gallery/gallery1.asp

Tobacco Company Marketing to African Americans:
http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0208.pdf

Tobacco Advertising Gallery:
http://tobaccofreekids.org/adgallery

The American College of chest Physicians Speakers Kit: Brief History of Tobacco Advertising to Women:
http://speakerskit.chestnet.org/wgtlc/pres-history.php

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Controversial tobacco-marketing campaigns directed at women, youth, or minorities:
http://tobaccofreekids.org/



Additional Resources


Arlington Library Book List
(Look in lists and click on "Waiting to Inhale")
http://library.spps.org/cataloging/servlet/handlebooklistform.do

District Database: ABC CLIO
http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/MultiHome/Default.aspx
Look in World History: Modern and American History. Use keyword "tobacco"

District Database: SIRS Researcher
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-portal-res?id=S200004047-0-1825
Use keywords: "smoking" and "tobacco"