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Activity
Facts ~bout STD
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I l Time
40-80 minutes (up
to two classes)
l I Materials I
Classroom set of.
STD Facts and HIV:
Get the Answers or
other pamphlets
Teacher Background
Information
About HIV
(Teacher reference
12.1)
Assign Homework
5 minutes
How HIV Would
Change My Life
(Homework 12.2)
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ACTIVITIES
Facts About STD, Including HIV
l.Tell students that sexually transmitted disease (SID) is not a single
disease but actually a group of communicable diseases that are
spread through intimate (usually sexual) contact. Another name
for STD is "venereal disease," which, historically, came from the
name Venus, the goddess of love. STD is the new terminology
and can be used interchangeably with VD when referring to diseases
that are transmitted by intimate sexual contact. About one
in eight teenagers currently has an STD.
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2. Write the names of five common STDs across the top of the
board: syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, chlamydia and HIV. Divide
the class into five groups. Provide each student with pamphletïs)
on STD. Ask each group to pick one of these five STDs to study.
On the board, cross out each STD as it is picked so it will be used
only once. Instruct each group to identify the following five characteristics
about the STD they have chosen and record them on
paper.
a. how I could get it
b. how I can prevent it
C. how it would change my life
d. how I would know I have it (symptoms)
e. how I would get treatment
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