Teacher Generated H1N1 Lesson Plans
The rapid spread of the swine (H1N1) flu has raised a lot of questions and concerns among the adult literacy community in New York City. In response, the LAC has worked with a group of diverse teachers representing adult literacy programs around the city to develop swine flu health literacy lessons. These high quality lessons were developed by teachers over the summer and piloted in classrooms during the beginning of the school year. This diverse array of lessons cover the health literacy topics of prevention, detection and treatment and are intended not only to inform adult learners about the swine flu but also to develop language, literacy, and numeracy skills.
Below is a list of all of the teachers who participated in this project. Please follow the link next to their name to find and print out the lesson plans, handouts and visual materials that are appropriate for your student population.
(Please note you will need a broadband connection to access these lesson plans and handouts and some may require a little time to download.)
Beginning ESOL:
Gale Lichter, OACE: Swine Flu and You
Beginning to Intermediate ESOL:
Ida Sandler, Shorefront Y: Stop Germs, Stay Healthy
Intermediate to Advanced ESOL:
Tilla Alexander, OACE and Debra Brooks, Begin: H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu): Exploring Facts and Evaluating Opinions
Pre-GED:
Liz DeRyke, Highbridge Community Life Center: Understanding and Analyzing H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) Data
Annie Benjamin, CAMBA: H1N1 Virus and You
GED:
Thorton Maldonado: H1N1 (Swine Flu), The World, and You
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Furthermore, while not all of these websites are appropriate for the reading levels and internet literacy of adult education students, please see these websites for updated and official sources of information about H1N1:
1) NYS Dept. of Health, H1N1 Vaccine Update:
http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/influenza/h1n1/vaccine/update.htm.
2) NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene: NYC Influenza Information:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/flu/html/home/home.shtml.
Or, call 311.
3) Center for Disease Control, 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu):
http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/.
4) World Health Organization, Pandemic (Swine Flu) 2009:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/.
5) Medline Plus, X-Plain Patient Education Tutorial: H1N1Flu (Swine Flu):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/h1n1flu/htm/index.htm.
(This is an excellent website for use with our student population!!!!!)