GRADES 5
-12
Activities:
1. PLANNING A HEALTH
FAIR
A. * Have some of the students attend a Tribal Council
meeting or go to a Tribal Council representative to tell
them about the celebration and ask for their support. The
students should also talk to the Tribal Council about good
dates for the health fair. (For example, in Mentasta, the
fair was held on a Monday. In Chistochina, it was held on a
Saturday, according to community needs and school
structure.)
* Have students speak to the health aides, caregivers and
Tribal Council members about important health concerns in
the community. They may want to ask, "What is health?" or
"How can our community stay healthy?"
B. * In small groups and as a class, discuss the focus
for the health fair. Consider the community needs, student
knowledge from previous lessons and health fairs and local
resources. What have they learned during the school year?
The theme should provide focus for the following activities.
What health information would they like to share with their
community?
* What are the different parts of the focus? Have the
students break into groups according to these parts of the
focus. These groups will work together to create the
interactive "learning center".
* Have some of the students talk to the K-4 students
about the upcoming celebration. Encourage the students to
create a partnership with the younger students to work on
their learning centers.
C. * Ask students to attend a school board meeting to
invite the school board's support and participation.
* Write a letter (or have the students do do) inviting
the parents to participate in the health fair
preparations.
* Form a list of people in the community who the students
would like to have included as a health fair presenter. (A
massage therapist, EMT, nurse, dentist, nutritionist, health
aide, etc.)
* Write invitations and do a community-wide mailing or
community "walk-around" to deliver invitations.
* Design a poster to be posted in the community about the
event.
* Plan a student and community work party to decorate the
gym or place where the fair will take place.
* Invite local health education and community groups to
present learning centers, do blood screenings, perform
audiology tests or do a dance performance.
* Create a radio clip to be broadcast on the local radio
station(s).
* Have students host the fair by bringing Elders to
different learning centers, "teaching" their subject and
serving refreshments. The health fair is an opportunity for
kids to share what they know, where they received their
information and what they would like to learn more
about.
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