Groups research steps in managing disease. Divide class into groups of three or four students. Ask each group to focus on a specific disease, either diabetes, asthma or allergies. Have students research steps to manage the disease. Provide access to Internet sites or other information for students.
Groups create coloring books.
Have groups use the information they researched to create coloring books that could be used as teaching tools to help upper elementary grade students better manage a chronic disease. Have students plan a visit to a nursing home or other extended-care facility to visit a person who has a chronic disease. Reflect, summarize and discuss. Discuss the role of personal responsibility in effectively managing diseases. Permission is granted to reproduce for educational non-commercial uses if this message is shown.