A P ® C o m p u ter Scien ce A ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE T e a c h i n g Mod u le AP® with WE Service College Board College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement ® Program.
The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit collegeboard. AP® Equity and Access Policy Statement College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP® for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented.
Schools should make every effort to ensure their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population. College Board also believes that all students should have access to academically challenging coursework before they enroll in AP classes, which can prepare them for AP success. It is only through a commitment to equitable preparation and access that true equity and excellence can be achieved. WE WE is a movement that empowers people to change the world through a charitable foundation and a social enterprise.
Our service learning program, WE Schools, supports teachers’ efforts to help students become compassionate leaders and active citizens, empowering them to take action on the issues that matter most to them. Currently partnered with 18,400 schools and groups, and backed by a movement of 5.3 million youth, we are engaging a new generation of service leaders and providing resources for a growing network of educators. Our free and comprehensive library of lesson plans is designed to be adapted to meet the needs of any partner school, regardless of students’ grades, socioeconomic backgrounds, or learning challenges. Skills development through the program also increases academic engagement and improves college and workplace readiness.
Third-party impact studies show that alumni of the program are more likely to vote, volunteer, and be socially engaged. Learn more at WE. About the Partnership College Board and WE share a passion for enriching students’ learning experiences and developing well-rounded citizens. By combining the academic challenge and rigor of AP® with WE’s Learning Framework, AP® with WE Service creates an opportunity for students to consider their classroom work and how it applies to real-world issues, while working closely with their peers to address relevant needs in their local and global communities.
AP® Computer Science A Access to Health Care Teaching Module GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY 4 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A AP® WITH WE SERVICE Table of Contents Using This Module .7 Teaching Module: Access to Health Care .8 Getting to Know the Topic .12 Planning Your Instruction .13 Alignment to Course Framework .14 WE Service Concepts .16 Teaching Modules PART 1: Investigate and Learn .18 PART 2: Action Plan .46 PART 3: Take Action .60 PART 4: Report and Celebrate .73 AP® WITH WE SERVICE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A 5 Using This Module AP® with WE Service provides a collection of resources to support your planning and implementation of the program. This teaching module, Access to Health Care, is one of two sample lesson guides for AP® Computer Science A. As you read through this module, refer to the AP® with WE Service Program Guide for additional activities that will support your students’ learning throughout the program. Program Guide The AP® with WE Service Program Guide contains a robust collection of service oriented activities and resources that support the WE Learning Framework.
Use these case studies, news articles, and student activities to supplement and strengthen your students’ understanding and application of core service learning skills.org/pdf/program-guide.pdf WE Resources WE offers a library of resources to support you in delivering content on social topics and issues, as well as the tools and the inspiration for your students to take social action, empower others, and transform lives—including their own. Access our resources at WE. An AP® with WE Service Program Manager will support you in planning your instruction with access to the resources that are the right fit for you. Digital Social Issues Sessions will connect your students with a motivational speaker or facilitator to deliver an online workshop on global and local issues and topics.
Speakers and facilitators can also be booked for school-wide speeches and smaller group or class workshops on site. Full-day Youth Summits provide immersive issues education and action planning opportunities for students. Throughout the module, you will also see tables of optional activities and resources you can pull into your instruction. Digital Portfolio Report your students’ performance through the AP® with WE Service digital portfolio.
Step-by-step directions for using the digital portfolio are available on the program website: collegeboard.org/apwe-resources. How-To Videos Also available on the program website are how-to videos that explain what AP® with WE Service is all about, as well as the steps you need to take to get it going in your class: collegeboard.org/apwe-videos. 6 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A AP® WITH WE SERVICE Module Sections THE PLAN SECTION contains information to help you decide how and when you will fit PLAN this module into your AP® curriculum. PART 1: INVESTIGATE AND LEARN defines and explores the module topic at local TEACH: PART 1 and global levels, and within the context of your AP® course curriculum.
This will be the majority of your required in-class instruction hours and it is where your students will start to make connections between your AP® course content and the module topic. TEACH: PART 2 PART 2: ACTION PLAN guides students as they form teams and begin developing their plan for achieving one local and one global action. TEACH: PART 3 PART 3: TAKE ACTION is where students put their plans into action. As they work, they should keep track of what they do and collect artifacts that capture their efforts.
During this part, you may need to guide students as they encounter obstacles or help them maintain their motivation. TEACH: PART 4 PART 4: REPORT AND CELEBRATE describes how students can showcase their projects and share their accomplishments. Presentations and celebrations may be in your class or in the community. AP® WITH WE SERVICE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A 7 Teaching Module Access to Health Care “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” – UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ARTICLE 25, PARA.
1) AP® WITH WE SERVICE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A 9 Getting to Know the Topic Access to Health Care: Globally Health care provides the stability every community needs for development. Parents who have access to health care can run their farms and businesses with peace of mind, ensuring that their families are fed and their children can go to school. Simple preventive health measures, like vaccinations for newborns and checkups and vitamins for expecting mothers, could save up to 6.6 million lives every year, and yet in so many regions around the world, families go without even the most basic health care. Without treatment, many kids end up chronically sick and miss too much to progress in school.
Fast facts Immunization prevents between two to three million deaths every year, making it one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. 45% of deaths among children under five occur in the first month of life, most of which are preventable. All UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. Taking Action Globally There are a number of ways that students can take action in their own school and community to help developing communities around the world gain access to basic health care.
Some ideas include: Volunteer at an organization that works for global issues—many organizations offer ways to get involved on their websites and in their offices Collect supplies (in consultation with the organization) or raise funds for an organization that will share the outcomes of the donations Create a letter writing campaign to the United Nations, government bodies, and other leaders to ask for added resources on the issue Another option is to support and fundraise for WE Villages. Students can support this program by visiting WE.org/we-schools/program/campaigns to get ideas and resources for taking action on global education issues. At least half the world’s population are still without access to essential health services. 10 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A AP® WITH WE SERVICE Getting to Know the Topic PLAN Access to Health Care: Locally Although the United States spends more health care dollars per person than any other country, it ranks near or at the bottom among other wealthy nations in nine key areas of health* that include infant mortality, homicides, obesity and diabetes, and chronic lung disease.
According to a report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, there are many reasons for America’s poor health—lack of health insurance, high rates of poverty and income inequality, reduced physical activity because of environments designed around automobiles, and unhealthy behaviors such as consumption of high calories, to name a few.4% of Americans fail to obtain necessary medical care due to cost. At the end of 2017, 12.2% of Americans were uninsured—3.2 million more people than at the beginning on 2017. National health expenditure (in 2016) was $3.3 trillion—or $10,348 per person.4% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year. Taking Action Locally Within their local or national community, students can: Work with a local organization addressing the topic Collect goods and items that support good health—like toothpaste, toothbrushes, bandages, and vitamins —for the local homeless center Create and deliver an educational workshop to raise awareness about the topic and its local impact with a strong call to action that leads to enacting change With both their global and local actions, encourage students to be creative with the ideas they develop through their action plans.
*In a report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, the United States is compared with 16 affluent democracies that include Australia, Canada, Japan, and many western European countries. The nine key areas of health include: infant mortality and low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections; prevalence of HIV and AIDS; drug-related deaths; obesity and diabetes; heart disease; chronic lung disease; and disability. Among 11 high-income countries surveyed, the U. ranks last overall on five key measures health, and is the only one without universal health insurance coverage.
AP® WITH WE SERVICE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE A 11 Taking Action Global and Local Service Projects WE Villages For more than two decades, WE Villages has been engineering an international development model to end poverty. We partner with developing communities around the world and collaborate on projects and programs that equip families with the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty through our five Pillars of Impact: Education, Water, Health, Food, and Opportunity.