[News] December 1 is World AIDS Day.
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Activity: World AIDS Day
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* 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
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(CNN Student News) -- 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. The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services notes that since 1981,
when AIDS was first identified in the U.S., more than 25 million
people worldwide have died from the disease. Today, more than 30
million people worldwide are estimated to be living with HIV or
AIDS. In the United States alone, an estimated 1,039,000 to
1,185,000 Americans are now living with HIV, and 35,000 to 40,000
new infections are occurring every year.
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?
Don't Miss
* CNN Student News
* One-Sheet: HIV and AIDS
* World AIDS Day
* CDC: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
* UNAIDS
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. Parker Road,
Suite 500, Aurora, CO 80014; Telephone: 303/337-0990.
Keywords
HIV, AIDS, AIDS prevention, World AIDS Day, epidemic, pandemic,
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