Process

1. You will be assigned to a group of four students.
2. Each group will share at least one Internet-ready computer.
3. Each individual in the group will be assigned one of four roles (topic area of expertise) to focus their research:

   Historian | Doctor | Psychologist | Economist

   Historian ─ Who will focus on the history and origin of the disease.
   Individual responsibilities of the Historian are to:

   • List the symptoms of the disease
   • Explain the history and origin
   • Describe current demographic and statistical information for the area
     of the world your team chooses to research.

   Doctor ─ Who will focus on medical treatment options.
   Individual responsibilities for the Doctor are:

       Describe a minimum of three types of medical treatments for living with AIDS
       including the following information:

   • How it works
   • Means of obtaining it (e.g. cost, paid for by insurance, illegal means, experimental treatments from overseas, etc.)
   • Success rates and statistics
   • Common side effects and drug interactions

       Treatments might include:

   • Pharmacological-based treatment, such as medication
   • Nutritionally-based, such as healthy diet.

   Psychologist ─ Who will focus on psychological treatment options and the individual and societal aspects of AIDS.
   Individual responsibilities of the Psychologist are to:

       Describe a minimum of two types of psychological treatment for living with AIDS
       including the following information:

   • How it works
   • Means of obtaining it (e.g. cost, paid for by insurance, illegal means, experimental treatments from overseas, etc.)
   • Success rates and statistics

       Discuss the individual and society consequences of the global spread of AIDS

   • Individual (e.g. relationships with family, friends, coworkers)
   • Societal (e.g. fear, prejudiced, impact on behavior such as increased “safe” sex practices, monogamy, etc.)

   Economist ─ Who will focus on community support services and the global consequences of the spread of AIDS.
   Individual responsibilities of the Economist are:

       Discuss the political and economic consequences of the global spread of AIDS

   • Political (e.g. HIV screening, needle and condom programs)
   • Economic (e.g. for the individual, community, state, feds, etc.)

       Report at least two sources of “community” support for individuals
       living with AIDS (and/or their family members):

   • One of the supportive organizations should be within a fifty-mile radius of where the person lives.
   • One of the support groups should be an online support group, such that the individual or another individual can obtain information and support electronically.
   • Both support groups should be described and you should report detailed instructions as to how to access each one. (E.g., address, telephone number; URL, etc.)
      
4. Each group will be assigned a city at random to focus their research.
    

   Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
   Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10

    

5. Half the groups will take on the perspective of a female who is HIV positive, the other groups will take on the perspective of a male who is HIV positive.