Africa’s Struggle With AIDS
Students will
* locate Africa on a map of the world, find various countries on a map of Africa, and locate on a map the part of the United States that lies east of the Mississippi River;
* develop their Internet search skills;
* find information from graphs and charts;
* make quantifiable distinctions about the impact of HIV/AIDS on the populations of Africa and the United States; and
* list several cultural and economic reasons for those differences.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * Computers with Internet access (or copies of relevant data from Web sites listed in this lesson)
* Blank Xpeditions outline maps of the following: the world, Africa, and the United States (one copy of each for each student)
* Calculators (optional)
* Pencils
* Paper
Source: © www.nationalgeographic.com
Related lessons:
- AIDS in Africa I: The Scope of the Problem
- AIDS in Africa II: More Than Sympathy
- Aids: Who’s at Risk?
- HIV/AIDS and Contemporary Population Dynamics
- World AIDS Day