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Lesson Plan
Lesson: What Is an Infectious Disease?
Pacing
45 minutes
Objectives
1. Identify five types of infectious agents.
2. Describe ways in which infection can spread.
3. Describe bacterial and viral infections.
4. Explain how antibiotics fight bacterial infections.
Standards Covered
1.8 (partial) Describe how lifestyle, pathogens, family history, and other risk factors are
related to the cause or prevention of disease and other health problems.
KEY
SE = Student Edition ATE = Annotated Teacher Edition
CRF = Chapter Resource File
CHAPTER OPENER
_ Health IQ, SE To assess student knowledge about infectious diseases, have students
answer the Health IQ questions. Answers are at the bottom of the test.
FOCUS
_ Bellringer, ATE Ask students to describe three ways in which infections can be spread.
_ Bellringer Transparency Use this transparency as students enter the classroom and find
their seats.
_ Start Off Write, SE Ask students to write an answer to the following question: “How do
infections spread?”
MOTIVATE
_ Activity, Story, ATE Students will write about an infectious disease they once had,
including symptoms, diagnosis, length of illness, treatment, and how they became
infected. [GENERAL]
TEACH
_ Teaching Transparency, Infectious Agents and Diseases Use this graphic to help
students understand infectious diseases.
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Lesson Plan continued
_ Inclusion Strategies, ATE Students will organize and learn information about bacteria
and viruses. [GENERAL]
_ Inclusion Strategies, ATE Students will organize and learn information about bacteria
and viruses. [GENERAL]
_ Hands-On Activity, Bacterial Reproduction, SE Students will create a graph and
answer questions about bacterial reproduction. [GENERAL]
_ Datasheet for In-Text Activity, Bacterial Reproduction, CRF This worksheet will
guide students through the Hands-On Activity. [GENERAL]
_ Activity, Wall Hanging, ATE Each student will create a block, representing someone he
or she knows who has recovered from an infectious disease, for a quilted wall hanging.
[GENERAL]
_ Activity, Making Good Decisions, ATE Read the scenario to the students and have them
respond to the questions that follow. [GENERAL]
_ Directed Reading, CRF The worksheet guides struggling readers or ELL students
through the lesson content. [BASIC]
_ Enrichment Activity, CRF Students will interview peers, create a pie chart, learn which
contagious diseases may be present at school, and consider ways to prevent their spread.
[ADVANCED]
CLOSE
_ Lesson Quiz, ATE Students answer 4 questions about infectious diseases. [GENERAL]
_ Lesson Quiz, CRF Students answer 9 questions about infectious diseases.
_ Concept Review, CRF This exercise reinforces the material covered in the lesson.
HOMEWORK
_ Lesson Review, SE Assign questions 1–4 for review, homework, or quiz.
_ Cross-Disciplinary: Social Skills, CRF Students will analyze map and answer questions
regarding the West Nile Virus. [GENERAL]
OTHER RESOURCE OPTIONS
_ go.hrw.com For worksheets, videos, and other teaching aids related to this chapter, visit
the HRW Web site and type in the keyword HD4ID8.
_ VideoSelect Videos related to the chapter topics may be found at go.hrw.com. Type in
the keyword HD4ID8V.
_ Guided Audio CD Program, Infectious Diseases The audio program is a reading of the
chapter content for ELL students, auditory learners, and struggling readers.
_ Life Skills: Practicing Wellness, CRF Students describe an infectious disease they had
and explain how to prevent it. [GENERAL]
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Decisions for Health
Infectious Diseases