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
Page 77 & 79 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"
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