It is important that teachers carefully view all videos planned for presentation to the class. Some are appropriate in their entirety, while others have sections appropriate to different grade levels. For further information on AIDS videos, teachers may contact the National AIDS Clearinghouse’s Educational Materials Database, (800) 458-52311.
AIDS: A Different Kind of Germ
. Santa Cruz, CA: ERT Associates, 1991.
Presents students with understandable scientific information.
Come Sit By Me
: AIDS Education. Chatworth, Ca: Aims Media, 1993.
Targets young children. Based on book by the same name, in which a preschool child becomes friends with a child with AIDS.
A Conversation With Magic.
Los Angeles, CA: Magic Johnson Foundation, Inc., 1992.
Most of this video targets older children.
The Cure
. Los Angels, CA: Universal City Studios, Inc., 1995.
This poignant story tells of the friendship of a troubled young boy with a twelve year old victim of aids as they search for a cure.
Babies With Aids
. Washington, DC: National Education Television, 1989.
The series “Currents” hosted by Marlene Sanders discusses the issue of what happens to babies who are born with AIDS. Some sections are not appropriate for younger children.
Let’s Talk About AIDS
. Pleasantville, New York: Human Research Media, 1992.
Helps dispel the myths around casual contact and AIDS.
Mock Trial
. New Haven, CT: New Haven Talented and Gifted Program.
Filmed in New Haven’s Fair Haven Middle School, this video shows a mock trail in which pupils re-enact a trail similar to the Ryan White case.
Positive: A Journey into AIDS
. After School Special: Planet Grand Pictures Inc., 1995.
Two stars from a soap opera featured in a plot involving AIDS, attempt to increase their knowledge and understanding. Contains material on the AIDS Quilt.
The Ryan White Story
. MTV, 1989.
A teenage hemophiliac and his mother fight to have him admitted to school. This video is the basic film in this unit.
Ryan White and His Mother Talk to Sally
. New York: The Sally Jessie Raphael Show, 1989.
Excellent follow-up to the Ryan White film.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
. San Francisco, CA: Telling Pictures, Inc., and/the Names Project Foundation, 1989.
Excellent film for developing empathy. Used in culmination of this unit.
Update on AIDS
. Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network, Inc., 1989.
Provides picture of views held in 1989. Some sections are appropriate for elementary school level.