WORLD AIDS DAY 2008!WHAT are YOU DOING ...? Part 2 CNN Student Learning Activity

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Dear All,

Across the USA teachers MAY or MAY do a student activity on learning

about AIDS or WORLD AIDS DAY 2008.... This is a historical day!~

Whether you have children or not, you need to be informed. You need

to take ACTION! If you have children you need to be the most informed

to keep up with what a teacher assigns them.

Here is a bit of news from CNN for Students particularly American

Students :

CNN Student News Learning Activity: World AIDS Day

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/11/30/world.aids.day/

by CNN.com/living

Last Updated: 5:05 PM EST November 30, 2008

Last Accessed: 11:34 PM PST November 30, 2008

· Story Highlights

· Students will learn about the history and status of AIDS in the

United States

· Students will create ways to inform others about the the risks of

AIDS

Students will learn about the history of the AIDS pandemic and the

status of AIDS in the United States. Students will create ways to

inform various demographic groups in the U.S. about the risk of

HIV/AIDS.

Procedure

Inform students that December 1 is World AIDS Day. Since this day was

first marked in 1988, people and organizations around the globe have

worked to bring attention to the AIDS pandemic. The United Nations

notes that in 2007, more than 33 million people worldwide were living

with HIV or AIDS, and of this number, 2 million were children under

the age of 15. According to the U.S. government, more than 1 million

Americans are currently living with HIV/AIDS.

Next, refer student groups to the online resources provided to learn

more about AIDS, the history of the AIDS pandemic and the status of

this disease in the United States. Provide the following questions to

guide the groups' research:

1. What is HIV? How is it different from " full-blown " AIDS? How is

HIV spread? How does it affect the human body?

2. What are some ways in which individuals can protect themselves

from contracting HIV?

3. What groups of people are at the greatest risk for contracting

HIV in the U.S.? How have the demographics of those at risk for

contracting HIV changed over the past two decades?

Then, assign each student group one of the following U.S. demographic

groups that are at risk for contracting HIV: teens, Hispanics,

African-Americans, women, health care professionals, drug users and

homosexuals.

Challenge student groups to act as CDC AIDS awareness committees for

your state, and to devise strategies for informing their assigned

demographic groups about the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

Direct each group to identify and research some of the problems that

are associated with the prevention and treatment of HIV in its

demographic.

Then, ask each group to brainstorm a list of practical strategies

aimed at stopping the AIDS epidemic in its assigned demographic

group.

Using the information gathered, instruct each group to create

informational materials that it thinks would best target and inform

its assigned demographic.

As groups present their HIV/AIDS information, ask them to discuss

their choice of format, language used and information emphasized in

their materials.

Ask students to compare the similarities and differences in the

student-created materials. Ask: Which materials do you think are best

suited for each of the groups?

Correlated Standards

Health

Standard 1:Knows the availability and effective use of health

services, products, and information

Level III (Grade 6-8)

Benchmark 2. Knows how to locate and use community health

information, products, and services that provide valid health

information

Standard 8: Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control

of disease

Level III (Grade 6-8)

Benchmark 1. Understands how lifestyle, pathogens, family history,

and other risk factors are related to the cause or prevention of

disease and other health problems

Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12

Education (Copyright 2000 McREL) is published online by Mid-continent

Research for Education and Learning (McREL)

(http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/), 2550 S. Road,

Suite 500, Aurora, CO 80014; Telephone: 303/337-0990.

Keywords

HIV, AIDS, AIDS prevention, World AIDS Day, epidemic, pandemic,

demographic

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

F/O

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