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Lesson Plan of the Month
August 2001
Topic: HIV Target Group: Jr. High
Prepared By: Jeff Alsup Agency: Rock Port P. D.
Address: 500 S. Main Phone: (660) 744-2636
Rock Port, MO 64482
Objectives:
After this block of instruction the student will be able to:
1. Explain what HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is.
2. Explain what AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is.
3. Explain how HIV is spread.
4. Explain when was it first documented in the United States, and how many
people in this country have AIDS, not HIV.
5. Describe how AIDS is spreading in the world.
6. List some safety precautions against HIV.
Introduction:
Good morning class. My name is Officer Jeff. I am your new school resource officer this year. I have been in law enforcement for eight years. I have been a DARE officer since 1995. I’m married with two children and two stepchildren. Today we’ll be discussing HIV and AIDS.
Body:
I. HIV is a Virus
A. Causes infections
B. Virus can be spread by a HIV infected person by blood, semen, vaginal
Fluid and breast milk
II. AIDS is a condition that results from HIV infection
A. By the time people with HIV acquire AIDS the virus has damaged the
Immune system
B. May take 10 years or longer to develop full-blown AIDS, which will
Eventually lead to death
III. AIDS was first documented (reported) in 1981
A. Illness was not referred to as AIDS until 1982
B. Scientists know that the viruses spread from host to host but may never
Know how people became the host for HIV
IV. Nearly every country in the world has reported at one case of AIDS
A. From 1980 to early 1996, 10.4 million people, adults, teenagers and
Children have developed AIDS from HIV
B. As of Dec. 1997, 390,692 men, women and children in the U. S. have died
Of AIDS (a result of HIV infection)
V. Safety Precautions
A. Abstain from sex
B. If you don’t abstain, use a latex condom properly
C. If you are a drug user and use a needle never share your needle or use
Someone else's. Remember HIV will eventually become full-blown AIDS.
D. No cure as of this date, and your immune system will eventually
Breakdown leading to your death.
Review:
1. HIV is a virus that causes infections.
2. HIV is spread by blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk.
3. AIDS is a condition that is a result of HIV.
4. By the time AIDS is full-blown damage has been done to a person’s immune
system, and this can take up to ten years or longer.
5. AIDS will eventually lead to death.
6. There is currently no cure.
Practice:
1. Ask when AIDS was first reported in U. S. (1981)
2. How can HIV be transmitted? (blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk)
3. Could a person get HIV from oral sex? (yes)
4. What has happened to a person’s body once they develop AIDS? (Suffered
damage to their immune system)
5. What are some safety precautions against getting HIV? (Use of latex
condoms, latex, don’t share needles, , don’t breast feed your child if you have
HIV)
Documentation and/or Sources:
American Red Cross Facts Book on HIV/AIDS (copyright 1998)