AIDS Affects Everybody
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Health Science | |
| Author | Nancy Russell, Deborah Oxley, and Karen Miller | |
| Description | Because HIV/AIDS is so prevalent today
not only in the US but worldwide, the students should be able to define and understand what they are. In studying this unit students should be able to explain how HIV is and isn't transmitted, list symptoms of HIV infection from mild to life threatening, explain how HIV enters the body, discuss types of treatment, and explain how they can protect themselves. Also, students should be aware of the compassion we need in dealing with these inflicted people. The students,in working through the unit, will also become familiar with the use of a computer and it's counterparts; i.e. word processor, a slide presentation, a digital camera, a scanner, the internet, and email. | |
| Grade Level | 6 7 | |
| National Standards | Health
1. Knows the availability and effective use of health services, products, and information 2. Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health 3. Understands the relationship of family health to individual health 4. Knows how to maintain mental and emotional health 5. Knows essential concepts and practices concerning injury prevention and safety 6. Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet 7. Knows how to maintain and promote personal health 8. Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control of disease 9. Understands aspects of substance use and abuse | |
| Keywords | prevention
protection informed exercise diet | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: What Do You Know About AIDS?
Lesson 2: How Is HIV Spread? Lesson 3: What Is The Immune System and How Does HIV Affect It? Lesson 4: What Are The Symptoms of HIV Infection and How Are People Tested? Lesson 5: Protection and Compassion Lesson 6: What You See Isn't Always What You Get! Lesson 7: HIV/AIDS And How It Affects My Community Lesson 8: Opportunistic Diseases Lesson 9: The AIDS Memorial Quilt Lesson 10: Diet, Exercise and AIDS | |
| English IGO or CSO | 6.52, 7.52, 7.53, 7.57, 6.67 | |
| Health IGO or CSO | 6.27, 6.28, 6.30,7.22, 7.23, 7.26, 7.27 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 6.153, 6.154, 6.155, 7.164, 7.165 | |