Young people in Africa continue to face challenging life situations that threaten their well-being and their chance to achieve their full potential in life - particularly with the added risk of HIV and AIDS.
Maskew Miller Longman has recognised the need to provide young people with knowledge about HIV and AIDS so that they become aware of their rights and feel empowered to assert them. We offer a wide range of material that stimulates the imagination and instill an awareness of social issues at a young age. Our course material also broaches the issue of HIV and AIDS in a sensitive and caring fashion.
NEW LITERATURE FOR AIDS AWARENESS
I Know You Still Love Me is a powerful collection of stories which explores the emotional and social turmoil encountered by people living with HIV and AIDS. Judge Unity Dow, the famous novelist, humanitarian and High Court judge in Botswana, has gathered her stories from her family, her community and her court room. With her characteristic bravery and outspokenness, she has told in beautiful prose, of the many painful outcomes of AIDS. Her characters wrestle with loss, fear and shame, and the conflicting messages of modern science and traditional values. But amidst the pain, Judge Dow extracts tenderness, hope and even triumph. The stories are accompanied by notes and activities for Literature Study and Life Orientation.
"I Know You Still Love Me is a unique, empathetic collection of stories that young South Africans will enjoy reading, will relate to and learn from." Cheryl Carolus
About the author Human Rights activist and lawyer, Unity Dow was appointed as Botswana's first female judge of the High Court in 1998. She says that in writing novels she is 'reclaiming the voice' to speak out on human rights and women's issues. Before her appointment as a High Court Judge, she won important advances in laws relating to child support, rape and married women's property rights. She has worked in collaboration with international human rights organizations such as the International Association of Women Judges, International Women's Rights Action Watch, Amnesty International, UNICEF and Africa Legal Aid.
Her critically-acclaimed novels include Far and Beyon', The Screaming of the Innocent, The Heavens May Fall and Juggling Truths.
Factual information and stories relating to real-life scenarios reinforce the message of prevention. Our material speaks to learners in their language and aims to bring about the necessary changes in behaviour and attitude.
A Life Orientation and HIV/AIDS Education Course Grades 4 to 6
The Sara materials successfully combine vitally important life skills with reading pleasure, and are an excellent programme to bring about change in the behaviour of adolescents and teenagers.
The Activity Books and Teacher's Guides offer an integrated, cross-curricular approach to Life Orientation and address HIV/AIDS in a holistics and age-appropriate manner. The course ensures learners develop esssential life skills in contexts that are familiar and meaningful to them.
For each Grade, the course includes:
an Activity Book with varied activities that give learners a chance to learn, practise and consolidate important life skills
references to Sara comic reader, which highlights issues relevant to the Life Orientation curriculum - the Grade 4 material is based on The Special Gift - the Grade 5 material is based on Who is the thief - the Grade 6 material is based on The Empty Compound
a series of four colourful and thought-provoking wallcharts, with corresponding activities related to key issues in Life Orientation and HIV/AIDS Education
a Teacher's Guide with detailed suggestions for introducing issues, guiding learners through the activities and assessing progres in many ways.
The materials have been combined into packs and kits to suit classroom needs.
The Teacher's Pack:
Teacher's Guide Four Wallcharts
Classroom Kit:
40 Activity Books 20 Comic Readers Teacher's Guide Four Wallcharts
Teacher's Resource Pack (supplementary):
Five Life Skills' Manuals
There is also a supplementary Reader for each Grade, for the teacher who wants to extend and enrich the classroom experience.
Sara: A Life Orientation and HIV/AIDS Education course Grades 7 to 9
A comprehensive Life Orientation course based on the appealing concept of comic readers.The Activity Books, Comic Readers and Teacher's Packs address HIV and AIDS in a holistic and age-appropriate manner.
Teacher's Packs consist of a Teacher's Guide and a set of wallcharts.
The following eight stories from the Stars of Africa series touch on AIDS issues in a compelling and sensitive way and is suitable for children from Grade 2 to Grade 7.
Granny works to hard Mbili's Story The day everything changed
Danger at the dump My name is Street Child, The jewel in my heart Beggar...Rose
The course comprises two readers and an informative Teacher's Guide. The Kagiso HIV/AIDS Intuitive Readers have been developed as part of a strategy to develop learner-awareness of HIV and AIDS. The readers are an ideal supplement in the English Language class and Life Orientation class.
The innovative TODAY series includes up-to-date and reliable information about HIV and AIDS in the context of acquired life skills. These titles encourage active learning through discovery and doing.
HIV and AIDS-specific topics covered include:
Living positively with AIDS
Knowing your human rights when it comes to HIV/AIDS
What happens to our bodies when we are HIV positive
The Longman Health Education Readers cover HIV and AIDS awareness through short stories that portray the lives of people who are affected by the disease. The "Facts about HIV and AIDS" section provides factual reinforcement of the key issues explored.
Stronger than the Storm is a compelling novel, by award-winning author Lutz van Dijk. The author skilfully weaves a thrilling plot for teenage readers while dealing sensitively and intelligently with the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. A comprehensive Teacher's Guide provides activity sheets and information that will assist teachers in dealing with the issues raised.
Other Young Africa titles that deal with HIV and AIDS:
We provide holistic resources to caregivers, counsellors, nurses, teachers, therapists, social workers, doctors, spiritual workers and volunteers who care for those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling maintains a fine balance between care and counselling and has a very practical and down-to-earth approach addressing content in a very accessible writing style.
Positive People is an accessible, user-friendly, activity-based course for managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace. It provides valuable information and skills for workers in all sectors of the economy and for people in all communities.
Community-Based Counselling for people Affected by HIV/AIDSis a clearly written and easily read guide. This book will be of great value to people without formal training in counselling who wish to become involved in or know more about, high quality care for people affected by HIV and AIDS.
Building Resilience in Children Affected by HIV/AIDS is for teachers and caregivers of children affected by HIV and AIDS. It is a hands-on guide to help children build their own resilience and be better able to take their destiny in their own hands.
