Understanding HIV/AIDS
In this activity, students will investigate the impact of metaphoric thinking about HIV/AIDS in a panel discussion.
ILLNESS LESSON 2: PANEL DISCUSSION
2 class period (90-120 min)
VIDEOS:
AIDS and Its Metaphors Video and Transcript (as needed)
HANDOUTS:
Unit Research
Handout 1 (as needed)
Handout 2 (as needed)
WORKSHEET:
TEACHING PLAN:
- Art and Culture
Subject Matter > Art History
Subject Matter > Philosophy
- History and Social Studies
People > LGBT
Themes > Civil Rights
Themes > Culture
Themes > History of Science and Technology
Themes > Modern World
Themes > Politics and Citizenship
Themes > War and Foreign Policy
- Literature and Language Arts
Place > American
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Compare and contrast
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Debate skills
- Discussion
- Evaluating arguments
- Gathering, classifying and interpreting written and visual information
- Historical analysis
- Internet skills
- Interpretation
- Logical reasoning
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Online research
- Oral communication
- Oral presentation skills
- Persuasive writing and speaking
- Representing ideas and information orally and graphically
- Research
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Technology
- Using primary sources
- Using secondary sources
- ELA Reading: 1, 7
- ELA Writing: 7, 9
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2, 4-6
- HSS Reading: 1-3, 6-10
- HSS Writing: 7, 9
- Allow additional time for Preparation of Arguments (in-class or as an assignment) and Panel Discussions, asking students to research their panel focus area in more depth and reference specific findings in their responses (see Illness Unit Research handout), or to incorporate digital media into their presentations.
- Present panel discussions as a school or public forum (see our Information for Teachers), allowing additional time for introductions, presentations, roundtable discussion, and questions from the audience.
- Arguments may also be turned in as written summaries, response papers, or media presentations.