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Volume 7: Summer 1: Global Education Project: Child Mortality: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Children in Africa	Printer Friendly Version

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Children in Africa

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This lesson is from War Child Canada.   In it, students will become familiar with the impact of HIV/AIDS on children in Africa and develop an appreciation for the role played by Canadian NGOs in dealing with orphans.

The lesson begins by viewing a short Public Service Announcement (PSA) from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.   This is followed by a discussion on why there are so many orphans, the impact that the death of a parent may have, etc.   Students are then given time to reflect on the information provided.

Following their reflection, the students are divided into groups to conduct internet based research on AIDS orphans in Ethiopia.   Their research will form the basis for the last part of the lesson, the creation of a PSA of their own.

Suggestions for evaluation are included with the lesson, but teachers will need to devise their own instruments.

This lesson would be suitable for students in Social Studies 11, Unit 4:   Wealth and Poverty.

Curriculum Links and Objectives

Social Studies 20, Unit 4:   Wealth and Poverty

• Know that welfare is the belief that one's personal potential is being developed adequately.
• Know that marginalization is the process of eliminating groups of people from those that have social significance within society.
• Know that empowerment gives people acceptance and makes them active participants in those things that are significant to their welfare and that of society.
• Know that conflict can be a normal and healthy part of human interaction provided the participants maintain a balance of cooperation and competition in working out their differences.
• Know that the resolution of conflict within a society depends upon how the various parties approach the conflict: competition, collaboration, avoidance, accommodation, or compromise.

Evaluation Links

Saskatchewan teachers have been provided support resources for student assessment and evaluation from the provincial ministry of education, Saskatchewan Learning. Specifically, teachers have been provided with the document Student Evaluation: a Teacher Handbook, in print format. Chapter 4 on specific student assessment techniques contains a variety of ready-made rubrics, rating scales, checklists, portfolio set-ups and templates that could be adapted to each task developed in your classroom. This resource is available on-line at: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/evergreen/policy/studeval/chap4001.html. The simple templates outlined on this Saskatchewan Learning site, will help you tailor your assessment to match any activity and ensure that your objectives are being met.

Another source of easily adaptable evaluation material is Discovery School located at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html.  The site has both subject specific evaluation tools and evaluation instruments for process oriented tasks.  You will also find rubric builders, portfolio evaluation instruments, graphic organizer evaluation strategies, etc. all at this site.

Another rubric generator can be found at http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/.  And, for a discussion on the value of using rubrics in the middle grades, teachers may want to go to http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html.

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