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"HIV/AIDS Review" follows Caleb, Ryan, Josh, and Cory as they learn a friend, Taylor, has recently been diagnosed with HIV after falling into a pattern of risky behaviors. Through interactive and conversational learning, students will be able to identify the effects of HIV and AIDS on the body, high risk behaviors of contracting the virus, prevention strategies and responsible decision making.    This lesson answers the following questions:  -What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? -How can someone contract HIV? -How can I prevent HIV and STDs?  This lesson is for grades 9-12.  How can I teach my students about HIV and AIDS? In this HIV/AIDS review, students will learn about how drug use and unsafe sexual activities connect to HIV contraction, as well as discuss responsible decision making to prevent HIV and STIs.   How do I talk to my child about HIV and AIDS? If you are a parent and want to talk about how teenagers can avoid situations that can lead to contracting HIV or STIs, this is the right lesson for you!

HIV/AIDS Review

Examine the potential seriousness of or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.

1.8.9

Analyze how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

2.12.7

Explain the health benefits, risks and effectiveness rates of various methods of contraception, including abstinence and condoms.

PR.8.CC.3

Define STDs, including HIV, and how they are and are not transmitted.

SH.8.CC.1

Identify medically accurate information about STDs, including HIV.

SH.8.AI.1

Compare and contrast behaviors, including abstinence, to determine the potential risk of STD/HIV transmission from each.

SH.8.CC.2

Develop a plan to eliminate or reduce risk for STDs, including HIV.

SH.8.GS.1

Identify local STD and HIV testing and treatment resources.

SH.8.AI.2

Demonstrate the use of a decision- making model to evaluate possible outcomes of decisions adolescents might make.

PD.8.DM.1

Demonstrate the use of effective communication skills to reduce or eliminate risk for STDs, including HIV.

SH.8.IC.1

Describe the signs, symptoms and potential impacts of STDs, including HIV.

SH.8.CC.3

HIV/AIDS is a disease that is causing some adults to get very sick, but it does not commonly affect children.

HIV.E.1

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

HIV.E.2

Individuals cannot get HIV/AIDS by being near or touching someone who has it.

HIV.E.3

Some viruses cause disease and can be transmitted from an infected individual to an uninfected individual through various means.

HIV.E.4

HIV/AIDS is caused by a virus that weakens the ability of infected individuals to fight of disease.

HIV.E.5

HIV can be transmitted through blood to blood contact; sexual contact with  an infected individual; by using needles and other injection equipment that an  infected individual has used; and from an infected mother to her infant before or during birth, or after birth through breastfeeding or drinking the mother’s expressed breast milk.

HIV.I.3

HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted by touching someone who is infected or by being in the same room with an infected individual.

HIV.I.4

A small number of individuals including some doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have been infected with HIV/AIDS when they were directly exposed to infected blood.

HIV.I.5

The risk of becoming infected with HIV/AIDS can be virtually eliminated by  practicing abstinence from sexual contact and not sharing needles to inject drugs, vitamins, or steroids.

HIV.C.1

Sexual transmission of HIV is not a threat to those uninfected individuals who engage in a mutually monogamous sexual relationship.

HIV.C.2

An individual is at greater risk of HIV infection by having one or more sexual  partners who are at increased risk by engaging in sexual contact that results in the  exchange of body fluids (i.e., semen, vaginal secretions, blood); and/or by using unsterile needles or paraphernalia to inject drugs, vitamins or steroids.

HIV.C.3

The risk of becoming infected with HIV from blood transfusions and from blood clotting products is nearly eliminated.

HIV.C.4

Access valid information about common diseases.

3.2.P

Analyze the possible emotional, mental, social, and physical consequences of early sexual activity.

2.4b

Identify ways to prevent or reduce the risk of contracting HIV, AIDS, and other STDs.4

1.7.G

Explain how the immune system functions to prevent and combat disease.

3.5d

Describe the signs, symptoms, and transmission of common STDs, including HIV, HPV, and chlamydia.

2.4a

Promote respect for and dignity of persons living with HIV or AIDS.24

8.2.G

Examine the causes and symptoms of communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

1.4.P

Investigate the causes and symptoms of communicable and noncommunicable diseases

1.5.P

Explain how HIV is and is not contracted.

3.5e

Explain that it is safe to be a friend of someone who has a disease or conditions that cannot be easily transmitted.

3.5f

Summarize the relationship between intravenous drug use and the transmission of blood borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.

5.1f

Explain the importance of lowering the viral load of a person living with HIV to undetectable and maintaining viral suppression

SH 1.10.12

Explain the relationship between intravenous drug use and the transmission of blood-borne diseases.

HE8.1.q

Explain how decisions can negatively and positively impact personal health and well-being.

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