For Elementary School Teachers

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ARTHUR Family Brochures

We teamed up with ARTHUR, the award-winning children's series, to create a special episode plus free resources that will help families and schools talk with kids about cancer. In "The Great MacGrady," Arthur and his friends deal with the cancer diagnosis of their favorite lunch lady — with the help of Lance Armstrong.

The Family Activity Booklet offers advice and ideas for how to talk with children when a loved one has cancer.

• Download the English brochure
• Download the Spanish brochure

Kindergarten - 2nd grade

• Feelings
  In this lesson, students discuss and respond to the ARTHUR episode about cancer, “The Great MacGrady,” and explore the various feelings the episode portrays.
• Taking Action
  In this lesson, students watch the ARTHUR episode about cancer, "The Great MacGrady," and showcase what each of us can do to reach out to people and families who are dealing with cancer. 
• Getting Sick
  In this lesson, students talk about the difference between sicknesses you can and can not catch as well as some ways to reduce their risk for both.
• Helping
  In this lesson, students learn about how they can help people who have cancer.
• LIVESTRONG
  In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.
  
  Extension Activities:

• Connor is Sick
• Messages of Support

3rd Grade and 4th grade

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Also available in Spanish.

• Strength
  In this lesson, students learn about how cancer is treated and how cancer affects a person.
• Reducing the Risk
  In this lesson, students participate in an activity that illustrates the ways of reducing the risk of getting cancer.
• LIVESTRONG
  In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.

Extension Activities:

• Side Effects
  

5th Grade and 6th grade

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Also available in Spanish.

• Finding Answers
  In this lesson, students conduct research into different facets of cancer and dispel some common myths.
• Successful Treatment
  In this lesson, students watch videos and discuss how cancer affects a person and what people can do to support cancer survivors in their community.
• LIVESTRONG
  In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.

Extension Activities:

• When Someone Close to You Gets Cancer
• Smoking and Cancer
• Runaway Cells
  

LIVESTRONG at School offers resources to help you learn what you can do if a child in your classroom has cancer and what you can do if a co-worker or parent of a child in your classroom has cancer.

Thank you so much for implementing the LIVESTRONG at School curriculum in your classroom.  We appreciate your efforts to teach about cancer and cancer survivorship.  Because your opinion of the lessons matters so much to us, we would like to ask you to participate in a survey to learn about your experience.

Take the School survey to tell us how you are helping students impacted by cancer in your community.