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Lesson Identification and TEKS Addressed

Career Cluster Health Science

Course Name World Health Research

Lesson/Unit Title Global Infectious Diseases

TEKS Student 130.226. (c) Knowledge and Skills
Expectations (2) The student explores and discusses current major human
health problems in the world.
(F) The student is expected to identify and describe the
challenges in global health that can have the greatest
impact on health in developing nations
(3) The student explains who pays for health care in the world
today.
(A) The student is expected to compare the availability
of health care in developing and developed countries
(4) The student describes the engineering technologies
developed to address clinical needs.
(A) The student is expected to describe technologies
that support the prevention and treatment of infectious
diseases
Basic Direct Teach Lesson
(Includes Special Education Modifications/Accommodations and
one English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Strategy)

Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to:

Instructional
Objectives  Explain why infectious diseases are still one of the leading
causes of death worldwide despite available technology and
treatments
 Differentiate between emerging and reemerging diseases,
and give examples of each
 Analyze at least ten of the world’s most common infectious
diseases
 Examine available technology to combat infectious
diseases in developing countries
Despite safe and effective medical interventions, infectious
Rationale
diseases are the major cause of death, disability, and
socioeconomic disruption for millions of people. An inquiry into the
world’s most deadly infectious diseases is necessary to raise
awareness of their broad and borderless impact.
Duration of Lesson
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 Word Wall/Key
Vocabulary
(ELPS c1a, c, f; c2b;
c3a, b, d; c4c; c5b)
PDAS II (5)
 Part I: Track That Disease!
Materials/Specialized
 Part II: Track That Disease!
Equipment Needed
 map of the world template, for the Global Wall Map project
 Disease Cards
 Track That Disease! Evaluation/Presentation Rubric
 Enrichment handouts from The Global Health Council
o Understanding Infectious Diseases
o Infectious Disease Expenditures
o Infectious Disease Interventions
o Overcoming Neglected Tropical Diseases
 Butcher paper
 Scissors
 stick glue
 markers
 Class computers (for the investigation phase of the project)
 PBS DVD: The Heroes
-http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/about/special.html
Anticipatory Set Discuss the following:
(May include pre- “In the year of 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain
assessment for prior water. No more pleasant sight has met my eye than this of so many
knowledge) thousands of living creatures in one small drop of water...”
–stated by Anton Leeuwenhoek after discovering he could
see ‘wee animacules’ (bacteria) with the microscopic lens
he developed
Direct Instruction * Open lecture with A Global Health Challenge: A Tale of Two Girls
Flash movie (requires Flash player). This short feature story
contrasts the lives of two baby girls: one born in a developed
country, Japan; and the other in a developing country, Sierra Leone.
http://www.who.int/features/2003/11/en/index.html
I. The impact of global infectious diseases
A. Over 9.5 million people die each year due to infectious
diseases
B. Nearly all live in developing countries
C. Children are particularly vulnerable
1. Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria are the
leading causes of death in children under age
5
2. Infectious disease in adults may lead to
disability, decreased productivity, and death
D. Each year between 1.3 and 3 million people die of
malaria and 1.7 million die from tuberculosis (TB)
1. Together these diseases cause more deaths
than HIV/AIDS

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 II. Co-infection
A. People infected with one infectious disease
become more susceptible to other diseases
B. Examples: HIV/AIDS co-infection with tuberculosis or
malaria
III. Infectious diseases remain among the leading causes of
death worldwide for three reasons:
A. Emergence of new infectious diseases
B. Reemergence of old infectious diseases
C. Persistence of stubborn infectious diseases
IV. Emerging diseases include
A. Outbreaks of previously unknown diseases
B. Examples of emerging diseases
1. Ebola virus – first outbreaks in 1976; discovery
of the virus in 1977
2. HIV/AIDS – the virus was first isolated in 1983
3. Hepatitis C – first identified in 1989; now
known to be the most common cause of post-
transfusion hepatitis worldwide
V. Reemerging diseases include
A. Known diseases that have reappeared after a
significant decline in incidence
B. Old infectious diseases that have undergone natural
genetic variations, recombination, and adaptations to
which the immune system has not been previously
exposed
C. Examples of re-emerging diseases
1. Pertussis (whooping cough) – a vaccine in the
late 1940s largely eradicated this condition;
now reemerging because adult
immunizations to this disease have worn off
and many children today are not fully
immunized
2. Tuberculosis (TB) – an ancient bacterial disease
that remains one of the major causes of
disability and death worldwide; the discovery
and use of antibiotics took TB out of the
spotlight; however, the bacteria have mutated,
and in 2006, 9.2 million new cases of TB
reemerged
3. West Nile virus – heavy rains followed by
flooding and higher temperatures have
contributed to the reemergence of this
mosquito-transmitted disease
VI. Continued infectious disease evolution and emergence
due to
A. Demographics, trade (food, animals, plants), travel,
and land use
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 1. Rapid urbanization brings people into closer
proximity, resulting in more frequent contact
with disease vectors and novel pathogens
2. Increasing trade in exotic animals for pets
and as food sources has given opportunity
for pathogens to jump from animal
reservoirs to humans
3. Traveling by jet nowadays allows pathogens
to infect people from one country or
continent within short periods of time
4. Changes in the landscape such as
a. Developing irrigated agriculture that can
create breeding grounds for mosquitoes
b. Urbanized areas where there is
inadequate storm drainage and
sewage systems that can facilitate
the spread of waterborne pathogens
c. Deforestation that transforms natural
areas and can lead to the extinction of
predators that favor some disease
vectors
VII. Infectious Disease Expenditures
A. Foundations and public and/or private
partnerships play a key role in funding for
research into infectious diseases
1. Pharmaceutical companies partner with
governments and nongovernmental
organizations to provide drugs and materials at
no or low cost, particularly for neglected
diseases in resource poor countries
2. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
contributed more than $1.87 billion in grants to
combat infectious diseases
a. The foundation provides support for
vaccine research and has pledged to triple
its funding for TB by 2015
Guided Practice *
Complete the activity, Track that Disease! parts I & II and participate
in a group presentation.
Independent
Practice/Laboratory
Experience/Differenti
ated Activities *
Lesson Closure
Track That Disease! Evaluation/Presentation Rubric
Summative/End of
Lesson Assessment *
For reinforcement, the students define key terms from the lesson.

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  World Health Organization (WHO)
References/
 Global Health Council
Resources/
 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Teacher Preparation  ActionBioscience.org
 Environmental Knowledge for Change
Additional Required Components

English Language
Proficiency Standards
(ELPS) Strategies

College and Career

Readiness
Connection1

Recommended Strategies

Reading Strategies

Quotes
Multimedia/Visual
Strategy
Presentation Slides +
One Additional
Technology
Connection
Graphic
Organizers/Handout

Writing Strategies
Journal Entries + 1
Additional Writing
Strategy

Communication
90 Second Speech
Topics

Other Essential Lesson Components

Enrichment Activity For enrichment, the students will view and report on the PBS
(e.g., homework documentary DVD The Heroes: Extraordinary Individuals Battling
assignment) the World’s Most Dangerous Diseases. (2 hrs.)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/about/special.html

1
Visit the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards at
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/collegereadiness/CRS.pdf, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB), 2009.
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Family/Community
Connection

CTSO connection(s) HOSA, SkillsUSA

Service Learning
Projects

Lesson Notes

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