Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD
This is a serious topic that some adults, teens, and children deal with everyday. These books and resources will help bring PTSD to life in order to bring awareness to this very real issue in America today that can be addressed during a health unit.
Trailer for The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Answer the discussion questions for this book while you are reading it.
Questions can be found at this link:
http://www.penguin.com/static/images/yr/pdf/LessonPlans_LHA.pdfPTSD research
Read the literature on PTSD at the below link from the VA department and connect the information with specific events that Hayley and her father have experienced.
More books/activities on PTSD
Another great read on this difficult topic