Friends for Life
Junior African Writers-Hiv-Aids Readers
No. of pages 16
Published: 2003
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To the Teacher
Use this story for life orientation, health, citizenship or cultural studies lessons, or as a reader in the English class.The story can be used to look at:
- bullying
- peer pressure
- social exclusion
- conflict situations
- self-management
- the value of friendship for children affected one way or another by HIV/AIDS
Friends for life also introduces the highly regarded concept of 'memory boxes' as a way of coping with the death of a loved one. The story itself is layerd with emotional aspects of friendship and love.
Young adults are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS than anyone else. From an early age we should encourage children to develope self-respect and respect for others.
This is one of the JAWS HIV/AIDS readers developed for secondary school learners. The story conveys both the basic information about AIDS/HIV (health promotion) and the more subtle psycho-social dimensions of the pandemic affecting learners' lives (personal and social development). It can be used as a reader, or to help teachers introduce subject matter that is difficult to manage in the classroom.
This book is part of a book series called Junior African Writers-Hiv-Aids Readers .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited .
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