A Lesson Plan from Life Planning Education: A Youth Development Program

Purpose: To identify and evaluate sources of HIV/AIDS information

Materials: Newspapers, news magazines, TV and radio schedules

Time: Ongoing—15 minutes of discussion per story

Planning Notes

• Ask the group to watch for media coverage on AIDS. Develop a bulletin board of recent articles.

Procedure:

1. At the beginning of the next sessions, invite a volunteer to share a recent article or news story on HIV/AIDS. Explain that the group will devote the first 15 minutes of each upcoming session to this purpose.
2. Use the Discussion Points to discuss each media story.
   

Discussion Points

1. What information in this story was new for you? Was there any misinformation in the story? Incorrect terminology?
2. What part of the story had an impact on you? How?
3. How responsible was the media in covering this particular story? How would you have handled the story?