3.18 When the Immune System Is Jeopardized
This is Lesson 3.18 (“When the Immune System is Jeopardized”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, part of the “Making Good Choices” unit. Through a hands-on town-construction activity, role-plays, and writing exercises, students learn about the elements of blood (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) and the immune system, how HIV/AIDS affects the body, and how to recognize and avoid health-threatening situations.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Understand the different elements in blood that work with the immune system to protect the body from illness.
- Understand how the HIV/AIDS virus affects the body.
- Recognize harmful situations and how to stay away from them.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Materials
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- Poster board – one per group
- Markers
- Small toy cars/trucks – two to three per group
- Red, white and brown construction paper
- Scissors
- Tape
- PALS3.18.LG.TM.A
- PALS3.18.LG.ASSESS.A
- Unit
- Making Good Choices
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- N. Decision Making — N1. Demonstrate the decision-making process.
- Key Terms
- Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Immune System, HIV/AIDS
- Resources
- Bianco, Carl. How Blood Works. 1998-2010 HowStuffWorks, Inc. http://health.howstuffworks.com/blood.htm; National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.02.01.02.b.Implement a plan for respecting one's body.
- CS.03.02.01.c.Make decisions for a given situation by applying the decision-making process.
- CS.03.02.03.c.Examine an ethical dilemma and prepare an argument for a position.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.3Evaluation Strategies — Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
- NL-ENG.K-12.5Communication Strategies – Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives