Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool
Teacher's Guide for High School
Scene Smoking
From fashion styles to music trends, young people often emulate celebrity
images that they see on-screen … including the use of tobacco. In
Scene Smoking, a one-hour documentary, professionals from the entertainment
and health fields discuss real-life choices they’ve made and what they think
about the depiction of tobacco on-screen. This film brings together some
of Hollywood’s most powerful voices in a frank discussion of artists’ rights,
social responsibility, and the First Amendment.
This guide is designed to provide high school teachers with ideas for
how to use the film. It includes instructional objectives; education standards;
background information about teens, tobacco use, and the media; terminology;
previewing, post viewing, and follow-up activities; and references. The
video and accompanying activities can be used in a civics, government, debate,
ethics, theater arts, drama, media production, language arts, or health
class. They can also be used in an alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use prevention
program.
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