Fighting the War in Your Head: Examining Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans
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- Aug 29 2010 11:14 AM
Matching // Celeste Higby
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- Original Source:ReadWriteThink
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Description
In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students analyze the experiences of a fictional soldier in a war and create a mental health profile for that individual. They then emulate psychiatrists and propose treatment strategies for their particular soldier's post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 6 to 12
Topics: Health & Physical Education, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, Health Education, World History
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ELA.11-12.LS.C.1.1 Recognize strategies used by the media to inform, persuade, entertain, and trans...
ELA.11-12.R.CAGLAT.2.4. Make warranted and reasonable assertions about the author's arguments by using e...
ELA.9-10.LS.C.1.1 Formulate judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments...
ELA.9-10.R.CAGLAT.2.5 Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis...
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Instructional Strategy
Grouping: Large Group Instruction
Teaching Method: Cooperative Learning; Discussions; Brainstorming