By Ms. Gersh
Summer 2004
Every
year, millions of innocent people are dying of AIDS. One such person was Ryan White, a young boy
who had hemophilia. He contracted the
HIV virus. Due to his disease, Ryan
experienced prejudice among his classmates and community. However, Ryan did not allow negativity to get
in his way. He was an inspiration for
thousands of people to overcome their own fears about AIDS.
You
have recently returned from another great summer vacation, now ready to enter
your Junior year of high school. You
have entered your ESL class, where you meet up with your old friends, while
seeing many new faces in your classes.
Excited to meet the new students, your teacher asks each student to
introduce themselves. When it’s the new
student’s turn to introduce herself, you are shocked and nervous to hear that
this student has AIDS. You ask yourself,
“Why is she in this school “ and “What if I get AIDS from her”?. Like many other students in the class, you
are worried that her disease might soon become your disease.
After
learning about your new classmate, you are curious about what AIDS really
is. To help better understand this
disease, your teacher has asked you become a reporter on AIDS. As a reporter, you will research different
website to help to answer questions about the history of AIDS, how people get
AIDS and how AIDS can be prevented.
By
doing this research, you will be able to help educate others in your community on
knowing about AIDS and how to prevent themselves from getting this deadly
disease.
Your
research team will be producing a report on AIDS, where you will discuss the
history of AIDS, how one contracts AIDS, AIDS awareness and prevention, with a
special focus on teenagers. Using the
TIPS Public Policy Analyst, you will also be able to develop convincing
arguments for the use of specific policies.
Each group member’s report will be a minimum of two type-written pages.
You will use the Internet resources to help research information for your
report.
You
will complete the following as an AIDS researcher:
1. You will work in groups of four to complete all tasks and
worksheets.
2. You will work in groups to create and hand out survey
questionnaires on AIDS awareness to 5 different people (per researcher) and
gather the information from the completed surveys.
3. You will create graphs
from information gathered from survey.
4. You will write a 2
page report on your research of AIDS.(Each group member will write a report)
Your report will
include:
a. the history of AIDS
b. how a person gets AIDS
c. information on different countries
with people living with AIDS.
d. how AIDS can be prevented through
awareness and education.
e. possible solutions to stop the
spread of this deadly disease
5. You will submit a journal, writing about your
daily experiences while completing the webquest
project.
Use the 6-step Public Policy format to help with
your research. In your groups, complete
the handouts to collect information for each step.
Age |
#
of Cumulative AIDS Cases |
Under 13: |
9,300 |
Ages 13 to 14: |
839 |
Ages 15 to 24: |
35,460 |
Ages 25 to 34: |
301,278 |
Ages 35 to 44: |
347,860 |
Ages 45 to 54: |
138,386 |
Ages 55 to 64: |
40,584 |
Ages 65 or older: |
12,868 |
Define the social problem-Worksheet #1
Gather evidence - Worksheet
#2
Identify causes- Worksheet #3
4. What is the existing policy?
Evaluate a policy – Worksheet #4
5.What policies can you create to correct the problem?
Develop solutions – Worksheet #5
6.What is the best policy to correct the problem?
Select best solution – Worksheet #6
http://aidshistory.nih.gov/first_encounters/index.html
The first encounter of AIDS
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faqs.htm#symptom
Important facts about AIDS
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003087F/interest.htm
Information on AIDS and the prevention of AIDS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec02/aids.htm
The effects of AIDS throughout the world
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003087F/photo.htm
AIDS: How it kills people
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411881/site/newsweek
Living with AIDS in
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Create a graph from survey results
Your work will be
graded according to the following rubric:
|
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
REPORT |
Accurate
information. Shows an
excellent grasp of the issue. Successfully
presents multiple strategies and/or resources available. |
Accurate,
specific information. Shows a strong
grasp of the issue. Discusses more
than one successful strategy and/or useful resources |
General Information Uses one
specific strategy and/or resource. Has limited
understanding of issue. |
Inaccurate information |
|
No errors of
grammar/punctuation. |
Few minor
errors of grammar/punctuation. |
Has errors of
grammar/punctuation that do not affect comprehension |
Serious errors
that affect comprehension. |
FORMAT |
PPA Format followed
exactly |
PPA Format
followed generally |
PPA Format is
followed inconsistently |
Little evidence
of PPA Format |
GRAPH |
Information
clearly used from surveys Successfully
created a chart from survey information gathered |
Some
information used from surveys Some directions
followed to complete chart |
Little
information used from survey Directions not
followed to complete chart |
Little evidence
of survey information gathered |
Journal |
Completes all
journal entries. Gives detailed
entries on daily project experiences. |
Missing one
journal entry. Gives
information in entries about daily project experiences. |
Missing two to
three journal entries. Lacks
information about daily project experiences. |
Missing three
or more journal entries. Gives no
information about daily project experiences. |
English Language Arts
1.
Students will read,
write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
2.
Students will use oral and written language for
effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and
listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their
understanding of people and their views.
Social Studies
STANDARD 2
1.Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning
points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety
of perspectives.
From this webquest,
you should have learned the history of the AIDS virus and how a person gets
this deadly disease. In addition, you
should have learned the importance of AIDS prevention, and how a person can
avoid contracting AIDS. With the
knowledge you now know about AIDS, go out and educate your family, friends and
community in order to help protect people from getting such a deadly disease.