AIDS: Common Threads of Understanding
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | Health Science Social Studies | |
| Author | Cheryl Conaway
Krystal Curtis, Ed.D. Mary Kuretza | |
| Description | This unit explores AIDS - its history, its effect on the immune system, its transmission and prevention. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer, printer, Internet, word processing program, graphing program, graphics, PowerPoint, disks | |
| Grade Level | 9 | |
| National Standards | Health: Knows how to maintain and promote personal health
Knows essential concepts about the prevention and control of disease Science: Content Standard F: Develop understanding of personal and community health Social Studies: 1. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior | |
| Career Clusters | Health and Human Services | |
| Keywords | History
Quilt Transmission Immune System Prevention | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: Common Threads of Understanding
Lesson 1: Gathering the Materials: Introduction Lesson 2: The Path to Today Lesson 3: The Quilt Lesson 4: The Basic Thread: Immune System Lesson 5: Needles and Thimbles: Transmission and Prevention | |
| Health IGO or CSO | HE.3, HE.5, HE.22, HE.23, HE.28, HE.31, HE. 33, HE.40, HE.59, HE.61, HE.62, HE.63 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | 9.1, 9.7, 9.25, 9.26, 9.93, 9.95, 9.98, 9.99, 9.101, 9.102, 9.104 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 9.35, 9.45, 9.51, 9.52, 9.54, 9.55 | |