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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the psychological coping mechanisms of cancer patients and relate individual cancer survivors' stories to Dr. Kubler-Ross' stages of grief. They use first-person accounts, discussion and journals to explore these concepts. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read about what causes stress for students when their parents divorce, how students of different ages respond differently to divorce, and strategies that can help all family members cope. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students consider how the nervous system helps humans to cope with changes in their environment. They read and discuss articles, write short essays and build models of the nervous system. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss information about reasons babies cry and ways to cope with the crying. It also provided information about Shaken Baby Syndrome. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss how personal experiences of loss and grief can affect survivors, discuss various ways to cope with loss and grief, ways to help others cope with loss and grief, and specifically, with the aftermath of violence. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students brainstorm a list of the various scenerios going on their family life at home. In groups, they read about different perspectives on survival and identify ones they could use in their own lives. They share their own experiences more in detail with a partner and summarize their partner's experiences. To end the lesson, they write a poem about how they want to live their lives and survive the situation they are in. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students read Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's, The Diary of Anne Frank while focusing on the survival and coping skills of the people living in the Secret Annex. They create a group slideshhow which shows how they would survive in a stressful situation and tell about a current world situation that might necessitate the use of coping skills. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students build on knowledge of brain and nervous system in order to write about how their nervous systems help them cope with change in environment. Students navigate online sites to explore different parts of brain and nervous system. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore, analyze and study personal safety skills and coping strategies for managing life changes or events. They participate in small groups to identify and present coping skills when experiencing possibly the loss of a pet or relative. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students analyze photographs representing leisure and transition during a global conflict. Working in groups, students review pictures from a web exhibit. The group completes a graphic organizer analyzing the photograph for items of interest that convey how people cope during conflict. Full Review »

