Unit II: HIV/AIDS Education Curriculum --
Ages 10-13

The following six sessions, each last approximately 1 hour:

• Session I: Building a Foundation For Learning About HIV and AIDS
• Session II: More Information about HIV and AIDS
• Session III: Risk-Taking Behavior
• Session IV: Skills to Resist Pressure
• Session V: Decision Making
• Session VI: Communicating What We Have Learned - A Group Project

Highlights of Unit II include:

• Learning about the ways a person can become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
• Learning how to avoid becoming infected with HIV.
• Developing ways to respond without fear to people who have HIV or AIDS.
• "Taking a chance!" Assessing the difference between a healthy risk and an unhealthy risk.
• Practicing nine ways to resist peer pressure to have sex, use drugs, or drink alcohol.
• Competing in games such as the "Relay Race" and "Team Hunt for Decisions," that test knowledge about HIV and AIDS.
• Acting in skits to practice decision-making skills, performing a "Just Say No" rap song, and participating in other creative projects that inform how to prevent HIV.