Remember
September 11
High
School (9-12)
Lesson Plans
Facing
Personal Feelings (rh01)
Objectives
Students
will:
- Identify
a range of personal feelings.
- Demonstrate
healthy ways to redirect uncomfortable thoughts.
- Identify
ways in which tragic events have been depicted
using art forms.
Purpose
To
help students:
- Understand
their personal feelings following a tragic event.
- Direct
their feelings in a non-stereotypical way.
- See
symbolism in music and art relating to tragic
events.
Key
Terms and Concepts
- emotional
triggers
- mural
- symbolism
- prejudice
- stereotypes/stereotypical
- imagery
- Pablo
Picasso
- evoke
- lyrics
Activities
- “Why
Do I Feel Like This?”
- “The
Tragedy of Guernica”
Home
Connection
- Why
Do I Feel Like This?
Linking
Across the Curriculum
- Art
- Music
- Literature
- History
Following
a tragic event, a young person’s view of the world
as a safe and predictable place is temporarily
lost. Young people become afraid that a similar
event will happen again and that they or their
family will be injured or killed. The damage,
injuries and deaths that can result from an unexpected
or uncontrollable event are difficult for most
young people
to understand.
Positive
reactions from parents and other adults following
any traumatic event can help young people recover
more quickly and more completely. Adults need
to remember that high schoolers express their
feelings and reactions in different ways. Some
young people will react by becoming withdrawn
and unable to talk about the event, while some
will talk incessantly, providing lots of gory
details. Others will feel intensely sad and angry
at times and at other times will act as if the
event never happened. Don’t be surprised if some
students don’t seem to be affected by what they
have seen and heard. Not everyone has immediate
reactions; some have delayed reactions that show
up days, weeks or even months later, and some
may never have a reaction.
Files
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Plan
Sheet 1
Sheet 2
This
Lesson Plan was contributed by the American Red
Cross.