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Phrenology, the belief that parts of your brain control certain aspects of your personality, is described in Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science. While we now know much more about the brain, learners use this idea as inspiration to create their own personal phrenology charts.
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Instructional Ideas
- Invite learners to take their charts a step further and fully illustrate them as a final project
- Have pupils chart another character in order to analyze his or her development
Classroom Considerations
- This is designed to be completed after pupils have read the section of the text that explains phrenology
Pros
- Comes with a worksheet to help pupils prepare for an reflect upon the activity
- A model phrenology chart is provided
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