Communicable diseases

Preparation:
· Briefly cover the concepts of wellness and illness.

· Briefly discuss personal habits that promote good health.

Lesson Objectives:
After this lesson the students will be able to:

1. Define communicable diseases.

2. Explain some ways that communicable diseases can be prevented.
· Talk about diseases that can be spread from one person to another.
· On the blackboard draw two large figures and give them names.

Somsak

Wanida

· Have students brainstorm: "What are some diseases or other ways that people can feel not well?"

· Sometimes a person can spread the germ and the illness to someone else. These are communicable diseases.

· Return to the students' list and discuss which germs and illnesses can be spread to someone else. Draw a line for each communicable disease from Somsak to Wanida.

One of the important things about communicable diseases is that if you know how they are caused you can figure out how to keep from getting them:

*** It is important to remind students that AIDS is not passed like colds or chicken pox. You can't get it from a cup. You can't get it from a cough. You can't get it from touching someone. Unless people have sex or use drugs and needles with someone who has the AIDS germ, they don't need to worry about getting AIDS.

· This lesson involves active participation by the students. It also lays a foundation to help students better understand AIDS information and prevention as they mature.

Adapted from: Does AIDS Hurt, by Marcia Quackenbush and Sylvia Villarreal