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Thursday, December 1, 2011

12/01/2011 20 Resources for teaching World AIDS Day


Today is World AIDS Day.  I have gathered the following list for Health teachers and other educators who would like to address this global issue with their classes.
1. This is a nice slide show of the basics - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/aids/htm/_no_50_no_0.htm
2. As with most things BBC, here is a great source of info - http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1680000/newsid_1683000/1683081.stm
3. Here is a quick True/False self quiz, students can check their own answers. - http://www.japanetwork.org/students/b-quiz.html
4. Infographic would be great on a whiteboard as a discussion starter - http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/v5/content/features/aidscon/aidscon.html
5. Test knowledge in a game format, try to make the high score board, this can be done individually or as a class. http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-game.htm
6. Infographic, timeline, and victim/survivor stories - http://www.boston.com/news/specials/aids_at_25/audio/ap_interactive_aids/
7. Video/Slideshow that explains the basics of HIV/AIDS - http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/titles/EngAboutAIDS/EngAboutAIDS.htm
8. Patient Voices of HIV and AIDS from the NYT - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/05/health/healthguide/TE_AIDS_CLIPS.html
9. Peace Corps action - http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatlike.interactivefeatures.hiv
10. Living with AIDS in Jamaica photostory- http://www.livehopelove.com/
11. Interviews with affected - http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0509/feature4/multimedia.html
12. It Won't Happen to Me Webquest - http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/aids/index.htm#tasks
13. Cluster of resources from CBS news - http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/aids/framesource.html
14. The Quest for a Vaccine - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355362928465640.html
15. Gel Offers New Hope - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913304575371601484878516.html
16. World AIDS Day site - http://www.worldaidsday.org/
17. Nice infographic - http://www.ocregister.com/articles/years-297410-aids-cases.html?graphics=1#graphics1
18. Nice timeline of the epidemic - http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_science/aids-epidemic/
19. Another infographic - http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1107/face-of-aids/flash.html
20. Online, soon-to-be-downloadable, animated curriculum - http://teachaids.org/software

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