Health Issues and Disease Prevention

Scientists and Mathematicians

German Upper Levels > Scientific and Creative Advancement

Health Issues and Disease Prevention

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Participate in a sustained conversation about health issues such as nutrition, exercise, and maintaining good health.
• Analyze information pertaining to science and medicine.
• Discuss the major health in our society.
• Discuss diseases of the last two decades (e.g. AIDS, Monkey Pox, SARS).
• Explain causes and prevention of a variety of diseases.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Understand spoken and written information on health issues and disease prevention from a variety of sources such as short stories, TV, newspapers, magazines and the Internet.
• Understand and analyze current research on a variety of diseases.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Describe problems related to substance abuse, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and poor sleeping habits.
• Explain causes and prevention of a variety of diseases.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

• Explore attitudes towards socialized medicine, comparing and contrasting the health care programs in German-speaking countries and the U.S.
• Examine health issues and diseases as related to the lifestyles of German-speaking people.

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Use knowledge of disease prevention and nutrition acquired in health classes.
• Use information gained in social studies classes to discuss the political implications of disease and health issues in German-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in German-speaking countries towards health issues.
• Explore the emphasis on sports and exercise in German-speaking countries.
• Compare and contrast eating habits in German-speaking countries and in the U.S.
• Compare the German use of the imperfective tense, subjunctive, and passive voice with English past tenses when reading materials on health issues and medical discoveries.

Communication Across Communities

• Locate and use authentic resources to broaden understanding of scientific contributions to the field of disease prevention.
• Locate and use community resources and/or the Internet to broaden understanding of health-related issues and disease prevention.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to scientific and medical technology
• Expressions of conviction, doubt, opinions, and agreement or disagreement
• Use of the subjunctive tense and passive voice

German Upper Levels > Scientific and Creative Advancement

Scientists and Mathematicians

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Maintain a discussion pertaining to scientists and mathematicians.
• Discuss inventions in science.
• Discuss scientific contributions from German-speaking countries.
• Discuss or debate the application of scientific research in medicine.
• Analyze information pertaining to science and medicine.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Identify and analyze scientific research and inventions.
• Identify diseases, illnesses, and cures in oral and written materials.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Present well-organized spoken and written presentations on scientists, mathematicians, and medicine.
• Research and report on advancements in medicine to include curable and incurable diseases.
• Perform an activity about a scientist or mathematician from a German-speaking country.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

• Explore attitudes when reacting to scientific discoveries.
• Explore attitudes towards socialized medicine, comparing and contrasting the health care programs in Russian-speaking countries and the U.S.

Connections, Comparisons, and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Recognize a connection to various school subjects to include science, mathematicians, and social sciences.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare and contrast attitudes of people in the U.S. and in German-speaking countries towards science and mathematics.
• Explore the emphasis on mathematics and science in schools in German-speaking countries.
• Compare the German use of the imperfective tense, subjunctive and passive voice when reading scientific materials.

Communication Across Communities

• Locate and use authentic resources to broaden understanding of scientific and mathematical contributions.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Vocabulary related to scientific and mathematical terminology
• Expressions of conviction, doubt, opinions, and agreement or disagreement
• Use of the subjunctive tense and passive voice

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