Ideas for English teachers
IDEA # 1: The class can discuss the correct use of HIV/AIDS related vocabulary and write an article or essay describing their feelings to a film or an online video of HIV+ speakers talking about their experiences of what is like living with HIV or a video about the global HIV pandemic.
IDEA # 2: After providing an overview to HIV/AIDS, another option would be to ask students to answer the following questions:
1. What do the letters HIV/AIDS stand for?
2. What is HIV/AIDS?
3. How or when is HIV/AIDS transmitted?
4. What could students do to prevent HIV/AIDS?
5. If someone is HIV+, what could they do to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep the virus under control?
IDEA # 3: Another option is to use a SAFER chart. The teacher can utilize SAFER (Situation, Alternatives, Find the safer choice, Explain decision, review the results) to educate how students can reach to a safer choice by utilizing this chart.
In this scenario:
1. Draw a picture of a boy and a girl and give them local names, such as Anthony and Iris. Tell the students that Anthony and Iris are boyfriend and girlfriend. Anthony invited Iris to his house on Saturday night. His family will not be at the house, so Anthony wants Iris to stay over/sleep at his house and play video games. Iris likes Anthony but she is not sure if it is safe to sleep at his house.
2. Ask students: "How can Iris use the SAFER chart to make a good decision?"
a. Have students get into groups of three with at least one girl in each group.
b. Have everyone in the group copy down Iris’s SAFER chart.
c. In their groups, students would pretend that they are Iris and Anthony and complete the chart below.
S: Identify the Situation - what is the situation?
Anthony wants me to play video games and sleep at his house. His family is not going to be there.
A: List alternatives - what choices do I have?
I can say “No thanks.” I can invite him to visit my family at my house.
F: Find the safer choice - what are the pros and cons of each choice?
If I stay at his house, my parents will be angry.
If I invite him to my house, he can see my family. We can make safer decisions.
E: Explain your decision - why is this my decision?
I want Anthony to meet my family. I don’t want to be alone with him at his house. I don’t feel safe enough to stay alone with him.
R: Review the results - am I happy with the results?
Yes, I am happy.
My family is happy too.
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