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Lesson 1 (from Prologue - Part 1, Chapter 2)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to the nonfiction book How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Scientists Tamed AIDS, by David France. Students will read the Prologue, begin comprehensive lists of new terms, and analyze the author’s journalistic writing style. Author David France opens this book with a description of Spencer Cox’s funeral in 2013. In attendance at the funeral were a number of Cox’s friends and advocates for AIDS research, treatment options, social services for the ill, and fair treatment by the medical profession and by the public.
Lesson
Group Assignment: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each to read the Prologue to the book. As a group, discuss the reading and create a list of new terms introduced and their definitions. How is AIDS defined? What is the distinction between HIV and AIDS?
Research Activity: Take time in...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.8, 11-12.8
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