Introduction
The classroom resources offered here are designed to help you use this Web site, other material on the Internet, and the "Undetectable" videos for a study of AIDS/HIV infection, prevention and treatment. These materials are designed for use in high school classrooms (grades 9-12), although extension suggestions may help you modify them for younger students and/or for use at home.
Each lesson plan provides objectives, standards correlations, background information, Web links, procedures, extension suggestions, and assessment recommendations. Each incorporates video clips from the "Undetectable" documentary, though the lessons also function as stand-alone activities.
The lesson plans below can be conducted individually, or done in sequence to create self-contained unit for health education classes.
Lesson 1: Medication Offers Treatment, Not Cure
Students discuss treatment options for HIV infection and AIDS, conduct research on combination therapy, and simulate a multi-drug regimen for 24 hours using M&Ms to represent the medication.
Lesson 2: Personal Involvement in Medical Care
Students discuss the role of patient involvement in medical treatment for HIV infection and AIDS; then, they brainstorm about important health issues for physician-patient communication and develop teen-focused health advocacy pamphlets.
Lesson 3: Disparities in Health Care
Students discuss the concepts of "risk behaviors" and "risk groups" related to HIV and AIDS. Afterward, they investigate health disparities related to HIV prevention and treatment, study the Healthy People 2010 objective to reduce disparities in health care among Americans, and make recommendations about strategies to reach this objective.
About the Author
Deborah R. Schoeberlein is Founder and Executive Director of RAD Educational Programs, a nonprofit that designs, implements, and researches innovative HIV education models. Schoeberlein is Project Consultant for the National Middle School Association on a grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control to disseminate the RAD curriculum EveryBody TM. Schoeberlein has published widely in the areas of HIV prevention programming.
For other free lessons on HIV and AIDS written by the same author, visit
http://www.preventaids.net/html/sample.asp and
http://www.preventaids.net/html/book.asp.
See PBS TeacherSource for more health education lesson plans.
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