Summer School Day 14

1) Timed readings 10 and 11

2) Finish Restrepo.

3) Research paper 2: How does war affect the human mind?

Title a new google document, "PTSD" and share it with me.

Visit these links:

Historical Examples of PTSD

Youtube Videos on PTSD

PBS Documentary on PTSD

Questions to address in your paper:

•   What is PTSD? Define and explain it for your readers.


•   Explain the history of PTSD


◦                     What are some examples of PTSD in the past?


◦                     What did they call PTSD in the past?


◦                     Where did the medical term PTSD come from?


•   Are there examples of PTSD or traumatic experiences in The Things They Carried or Restrepo?


How to write your paper:

- Break your paper up into different sections

Section 1: Introduction into the topic

Section 2: Defining PTSD and a brief history

Section 3: Example 1

Section 4: Example 2

Section 5: Example 3

Section 6: Conclusion (summary of main points)

Requirements:

•   MLA format 


•   1250 words minimum


•   5 quotations in your paper 


•   Works Cited page with at least 2 sources 


•   Spelling and grammar (10 pts)


•   Due on Friday, July 25 at the end of the day.


150 points total