Unit of Inquiry - Who We Are

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Primary Years Program - Student Inquiry

Theme:

Who We Are

Central Idea:

Mental Health affects relationships and physical wellbeing

Lines of Inquiry:

·        Mental health affects our relationships

·        Personal health varies from person to person

·        Community health affects society

Student Driven Inquiry:

Fact Page – Compose a fact page that includes definition of the particular illness being investigated and websites associated with. Report upon how the community helps and what support they give (report should be half a page in length)

Role of mentally ill person - Compose a diary/journal entry from the point of view from a person suffering from a particular mental illness. The diary/journal must demonstrate the effects of mental illness on the individual and how treatment is going.

Communication to a loved one – Explain your diagnosed illness to that person and how this has affected your relationship with them and others.

*The last two tasks must include – symptoms/treatment, physical changes, affect on lifestyle 

Assessment Checklist:

¨ A fact page with appropriate information

¨ A record of where you sourced information

¨ A diary or journal like presentation demonstrating the impact of a mental illness

¨ Some form of communication (that allows a decent level of depth) to a loved one

¨ Images with appropriate captions

¨ Handed in by Due date: