Audio-Video+Lesson+Plan

7th grade Geography **Goal: **Students will understand the prevalence of AIDS in Africa and the impact it has on that country. Using a movie maker tool of their choice, the students will be able to make a video (with audio is optional) about AIDS in Africa. **Resources: ** [] http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-africa.htm [] Google Earth [] AIDS in Africa Fact Sheet

**Procedure: ** 1. I will begin the lesson by informing the students that it is AIDS awareness month. 2. I will tell the students about the AIDS disease. (What it is? What it stands for? How it affects the person affected? Is there a cure?) 3. AIDS in Africa a. Statistical comparison of AIDS in Africa and AIDS in the United States. b. Where in Africa are people mostly affected with AIDS or HIV. (Show Google Earth image of Africa, showing the countries and region being affected in Africa.) c. Reasons for AIDS severely affecting the African population. d. Treatment of AIDS in Africa vs. the United States <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">i. Ask the students why they think there is a difference? Could it be economic reasons? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e. Prevalence of AIDS in Africa <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">i. How many people does it affect in Africa vs. the United States. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">f. How does HIV and AIDS impact the people in Africa <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">i. orphans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">ii. high death rate. (life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa vs. life expectancy in the United States.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">g. What is an epidemic? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;">i. Do you think AIDS in Africa is an epidemic? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Turn to the person next to you and share your thoughts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Pass out an AIDS in Africa fact sheet. Students are encouraged to do their own research if they choose.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">AIDS in Africa FACT SHEET ** · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eight out of every 10 children in the world whose parents have died of AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11 million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">HIV <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AIDS <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in the region - around two thirds of the global total. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|children] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS in Africa. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Average life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is now 52 years · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The vast majority of people living with HIV and AIDS in Africa are between the ages of 15 and 49. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Each day, 6,000 Africans die from AIDS. Each day, an additional 11,000 are infected with HIV/AIDS. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students are working for a company in which they have to make a commercial which shows AIDS in Africa. Their job is to make a commercial that will persuade viewers to donate to the cause of helping minimize the AIDS epidemic in Africa. They are to make a movie that will influence the decision of the viewers to make a donation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The movie must include pictures, be no less than 1.5 minutes in length, audio if you choose, and text on at least 4 slides that gives a fact and reflects what you learned in the lesson. They will use what they learned from the lesson and the fact sheet that I will hand it to create the movie.

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**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">21st Century Goal: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">My lesson meets the 21st century goal of media literacy. Through the use of creating a short commercial they are understanding why and how media messages are created (with their purpose to persuade viewers to help the people of Africa). They will learn that by the pictures and facts they choose include will influence the viewers at home to vote. Finally, by creating a commercial they are using the most appropriate media creation tools to convey a message. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NETS*S Standards: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">My lesson meets the standard of Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. By creating a movie, students are free to choose what they want the movie to look like and how they want to convey their message to their audiences. Through the technology of media creating tools they are able to explore their individual curiosities about the subject of AIDS and put what they found into a movie. They are able to be creative, as they have very few guidelines to follow in terms of what pictures to use and what facts to include. Also, by incorporating the movie into the assessment process, students are able to reinforce what they learn (which is promoting student learning).