I will integrate culture, Spanish language, vocabulary, and grammar into this unit.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
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- Define HIV and AIDS and how HIV is transmitted
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- Define and describe the global HIV/AIDS pandemic
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- Describe how exactly this pandemic affects the Spanish-speaking community in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and other Spanish-speaking countries
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- Describe the differences in health care systems in the United States, including Puerto
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Rico, and other Spanish-speaking countries
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- Describe some cultural misconceptions about HIV/AIDS in other countries
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- Describe issues of access to proper treatment in higher needs communities and impoverished countries
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- Interpret and produce the following HIV/AIDS vocabulary: body parts, hospital,
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pharmacy, and doctor related vocabulary; other HIV/AIDS related vocabulary
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- Interpret and produce the following structures in Spanish:
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+ infinitive,
necesitar
+ noun or infinitive, and other phrases relating to medicine and buying things
The final assessment will include a short group presentation about the health care system and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a Spanish-speaking country, or a Spanish-speaking community in the United States, as well as a written test.