Jean Q. Davis
Objective
To familiarize students with the current issues about AIDS and to raise questions for the experts during AIDS education week
Procedure
Ask students to bring in articles about AIDS from current newspapers and magazines. The teacher should have several on hand as well.
Discussion
Where do we hear about AIDS? News?, movies?, soap operas?, Cosby show? others? What messages do we get from the media about AIDS?
Categorize the articles they bring. For instance, they may have articles on local or national statistics, articles of human interest about someone with AIDS or HIV infection, articles on research or new developments in regard to vaccines or drugs, or articles about issues of employment, housing, or jobs for AIDS patients.
Divide the students into groups and have each group take a topic and report on it. They must read the articles and develop a report to give to the rest of the class.
