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Summary of Michigan Model
K-6 HIV/AIDS Supplemental Lessons

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KINDERGARTEN - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1994	HIV/AIDS Supplement	1

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
“Come Sit By Me” Book - OR- "Come Sit By Me" video	State that AIDS is a disease that’s hard to catch	Read or show “Come Sit With Me” & discuss
Teacher Glossary	List ways to behave around someone who has HIV/AIDS	Emphasize how important it is to be nice to people who are ill
Family resource sheet		Distribute family resource sheet

FIRST GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1994	HIV/AIDS Supplement	2

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Video: “Thumbs Up For Kids”	Explain how HIV is & is not transmitted	Distribute the family resource sheet
Worksheet	Describe helpful attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS	View video “Thumbs Up For Kids” - Discuss in 3 parts
Family resource sheet		Play a true/false game or yes/no game with AIDS facts.
		Discuss how HIV/AIDS is spread & not spread
		Draw a picture of yourself being nice to a sick person

SECOND GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1994	HIV/AIDS Supplement	1

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Book: “Peter & Amanda Learn About Aids”	Explain ways AIDS is and is NOT spread	Distribute the family resource sheet
Family resource sheet	Describe ways to be a friend to someone with AIDS	Read book & discuss, using “Eyes & Ears” technique
Family resource sheet	Describe ways to be a friend to someone with AIDS	Discuss what you can do with an HIV infected friend

THIRD GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1994	HIV/AIDS Supplement	1

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Family resource sheet	Explain that AIDS is a communicable disease that is difficult to catch	Distribute the family resource sheet
Video “Aids, Let’s Talk”	Describe ways to be a friend to someone who has HIV infection.	Do a Myth-Fact activity with student - generated aids facts
Worksheet - “AIDS, Let’s Talk”		View video and discuss
Worksheet - “AIDS, Let’s Talk”		Complete the accompanying worksheet

FOURTH GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1994	HIV/AIDS Supplement	1

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Family resource sheet	Compare & contrast the function of the immune system when infected with HIV vs. other infections	Distribute the family resource sheets
Video “AIDS & the Immune System”	Describe ways HIV is & is NOT spread	Review ways our bodies are vulnerable to germs & fight germs
Worksheet - What I Know About HIV Infection	Summarize what they know about HIV infection & how to treat someone who has HIV infection or AIDS	View video and discuss
Worksheet - What I Know About HIV Infection		Complete the worksheet

FIFTH GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 2000	HIV/AIDS Supplement	2

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
	Tell what they already know about HIV and infection and AIDS.	Complete and review HIV pretest
Worksheet	Worksheets: “HIV Infection and AIDS” “Promises to Myself and Others”	Categorize statements about HIV infection and AIDS as facts or myths Realize what happens to a person who has AIDS
Teacher References: “HIV Infection Glossary”	Know the correct information related to AIDS myths they have heard	Commitment to protect self and others from HIV/AIDS
Video: “AIDS: Facts for Kids”	Explain the ways HIV is transmitted	View video: “AIDS: Facts for Kids”; discuss
Video: “AIDS: Facts for Kids”	Explain the ways HIV is transmitted	Complete and discuss posttest
Family resource sheet	Explain the ways HIV is NOT transmitted
	Make a commitment to protect themselves and others from getting HIV infection

SIXTH GRADE - AIDS LESSONS
EDITION	PHASE	# OF LESSONS
Revised Edition 1995	HIV/AIDS Supplement	2

MEDIA	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Video: “The ABC’s of AIDS - The Coach Approach”	Tell what they know about HIV infection and AIDS	Review what students already know about HIV/AIDS
Worksheets	Decide which statements about HIV infection and AIDS are true/false	Discuss role of substance abuse in transmitting AIDS
Family resource sheet	Know how drug abuse can promote the transmission of HIV	View video and discuss
	Explain ways HIV is transmitted	View video and discuss
	Relate how contracting HIV would affect personal goals.	Worksheet - practice setting long term goals and consider how being infected with HIV/AIDS would alter their lives
	Use a strategy for avoiding risk situations.
	State what they can do to keep themselves from getting HIV infection and AIDS.	Practice refusal skills
		Good for You! Family resource sheet

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