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AIDS: Common Threads of Understanding
Lesson 3: The AIDS Quilt

Grade Level: 9

Subjects: Health, Science. Social Studies

Learner Outcomes:

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Teacher notes:

Review County/School policy on AIDS education.
Reserve the school computer lab for two days. Be sure Internet access is available.
Assure that all students have signed and understood the Acceptable Use Policy.
Secure Library use as a backup.
Request that Librarian display materials on AIDS.
Collect several magazines, newspapers, and other sources to be cut up for collage.

Procedures:
Assignment 1:

Have students visit The Memorial Quilt site and complete a scavenger hunt.
Students will visit AIDS 101 and view the Quilt. Have students read memorials on page.

Assignment 2:

Have each student design and create a personal AIDS Quilt panel. Students may use various types of art work including drawings and attaching pictures. When completed attach all panels and create a class quilt.
Each student will write a paragraph explaining the meaning of the items on the panel.

Modifications:

Since Internet access to certain Internet web sites may not be available at one time or another, it is advisable to have library access available.
IEP modifications should be considered in all assignments.

Enrichment Activities:

Have students go to The Aids Channel and click on the Aids Memorial. They may investigate different types of memorials and people the memorials are dedicated to.

Evaluation assessments:

Enrichment Activities:

Students may create panel in Microsoft Paint or other design program
Contact the local AIDS assistance organization and make a panel for someone has had died from AIDS.