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The spread of AIDS

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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Science and Social Studies

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore spread of AIDS and report on how this problem has been affected by changes in global transportation and trade. Activities in this lesson engage students in online learning, whole class discussion, and development of class presentations.

Students will:

  • discuss how increased transportation and trade can facilitate the spread of disease;
  • research and answer questions about the spread of the AIDS virus around the world; and
  • create multimedia presentations or written reports explaining how changing patterns of global interdependence are affecting the spread of AIDS.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to helpful web resources.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 9–12 — AP Biology

  • Goal 7: The learner will develop an understanding of basic ecological principles.
    • Objective 7.03: Assess current global issues.
      • Analyze affects of human population.
      • Analyze affects of technology.
      • Examine causes.
      • Assess consequences.

Grade 9–12 — AP Earth and Environmental Science

  • Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of the interdependence of Earth's systems.
    • Objective 2.05: Investigate the biosphere.
      • Organisms: adaptations to their environment.
      • Populations and communities: exponential growth and carrying capacity.
      • Ecosystems and change: biomass, energy transfer, succession.
      • Evolution of life: natural selection, extinction.
      • Biomes: global distribution.

Grade 9–12 — Biology

  • Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
    • Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
      • Historic and potential changes in population.
      • Factors associated with those changes.
      • Climate change.
      • Resource use.
      • Sustainable practices/stewardship.

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 11–12 — Advanced Placement World History

  • Goal 7: New World Order – The learner will trace the changes in the global world order as a result 20th century conflicts.
    • Objective 7.05: Assess patterns of new nationalism and the subsequent problems related to the movement including, but not limited to, genocide, racism, discrimination, the dismantling of the Soviet Union, and the plight of developing countries.

Grade 9

  • Goal 7: Technology and Changing Global Connections - The learner will consider the short- and long-term consequences of the development of new technology.
    • Objective 7.02: Examine the causes and effects of scientific revolutions and cite their major costs and benefits.
    • Objective 7.02: Examine the causes and effects of scientific revolutions and cite their major costs and benefits.
    • Objective 7.04: Describe significant characteristics of global connections created by technological change, and assess the degree to which cultures participate in that change.
  • Goal 8: Patterns of History - The learner will assess the influence of ideals, values, beliefs, and traditions on current global events and issues.
    • Objective 8.04: Characterize over time and place the interactions of world cultures.
    • Objective 8.05: Analyze how the changing and competing components of cultures have led to current global issues and conflicts, and hypothesize solutions to persistent problems.