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Chronic Illness Lesson Plan
Subject: Health Grade:9 Time: 30 minutes
Outcome:
Assess the ways self, family, and community facilitate health
living for people with chronic
illness
Indicators:
!valuate and respond to a variety of sources of, and information
a"out, chronic illness
#iscuss the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of
student$identified chronic illnesses
%including physical and mental illnesses&
'(his lesson will focus on the symptoms of chronic illnesses
Activities:
)efore lesson*+ !plain that as a classroom we must "e respectful
to any opinions or eperiences that may "e
shared -e also must "e sensitive to those around us and "e aware
of the types of language we areusing %no negatives&. If someone
is hesitant to share their eperience or wants to as/ a uestion they
can "y using the
uestion "o It is completely anonymous
#uring lesson*
+ Put the words chronic and illness on the "oard (ell the
students that a great way to understand
something is to ta/e a phrase apart
. As/ students what they thin/ chronic means -rite these under
chronic 1ive hints if necessary2oumy want to have them
thin/$pair$share this
3 As/ students what they thin/ an illness is -rite these under
illness 1ive hints if necessary
4ead out definition of chronic illness 'As/ if there are any
uestions5 As/ students if they have any ideas as to what /inds of
chronic illnesses there are -rite on the
"oard 4emind them that chronic illnesses can "e "oth physical or
mental
6 Hand out chronic illness cards (ell students to find the
person with the matching chronic illness7 Hand out definition sheet
(ell the students to read the definition of their chronic illness
#iscuss
with partners what part of the "ody these chronic illnesses
affect
8 Have each pair place their chronic illness on the human "ody
picture
9 #iscuss if they were correct in their placing urther eplain
and read out definitions
After lesson*
As/ if there are any additional uestions !plain that we will "e
discussing the causes of these
illnesses in the net lesson
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CHRONIC ILLNESSESDEFINITIONS
CHRONIC ILLNESS DEFINITION: Chronic illnesses are illnesses of
long duration and generally slow
rogression! Chronic illnesses are "y far the leading cause of
#ortality in
the world$ reresenting %&' of all deaths!
T()ES OF CHRONIC ILLNESSES:
DI*+ETES Characteri,ed "y inade-uate roduction or utili,ation of
insulin and resulting
in e.cessi/e a#ounts of glucose in the "lood and urine$
e.cessi/e thirst$and weight loss!
*RTHRITIS Infla##ation of a 0oint$ often acco#anied "y ain and
ha/ing di/erse
causes$ as infection$ or in0ury!
HE)*TITIS Infla##ation of the li/er$ caused "y a /irus or a
to.in and characteri,ed "y
0aundice$ li/er enlarge#ent$ and fe/er!
DE)RESSION * co##on #ental disorder that has characteristics of
deressed #ood$ loss
of interest or leasure$ feelings of guilt or low self1worth$
distur"ed slee oraetite$ low energy$ and oor concentration!
HE*RT DISE*SE
*n a"nor#ality of the heart$ or of the "lood /essels sulying the
heart$
that i#airs its nor#al functioning!
