Topic+Selection

=Phase 1: The Launch & Topic Selection= This phase of the health unit familiarizes students with health issues in their own community and leads them to selecting one that will be the focus of both their public service announcement and their grant to address the problem.

Purpose of Phase 1
The purpose of this phase of the Health Unit is the following:
 * Introduce the health unit
 * Explore health issues in our own community
 * Select a health issue that will be the focus of two other phases of this unit

Total Time Frame:
4-5 Project Blocks (without extensions)

Teacher Checklist:
[|Phase 1 Teacher Checklist]

Part 1 - The Launch: Welcome to the Center for Community and Global Health

 * Time Frame: Half a Project Block (without extensions)
 * Activity Information

Part 2 - Exploring Health Issues in the Community

 * Time Frame: 2-3 Project Blocks (without extensions)
 * Activity Information

Part 3 - Choosing a Health Issue

 * Time Frame: 1 Project Block
 * Activity Information

Teacher Resources

 * Project-based Learning [|Teaching Strategies & Technical Help]
 * http://www.health.state.ny.us/community/
 * http://www.erie.gov/health/pdfs/med_ex_report_2005.pdf This is the Medical Examiner's report. Includes statistics and charts for causes of death in Erie County.
 * http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00042744.htm Historical Perspectives Notifiable Disease Surveillance and Notifiable Disease Statistics -- United States, June 1946 and June 1996
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio#History History of poliomyelitis
 * http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Eng_text.pdf The State of the World's Children 2004
 * http://www.who.int/healthinfo/en/ Health statistics and health information systems