Objectives:

1. The student will be able to identify the ABCDs of first aid.
2. The student will be able to explain what bloodborn pathogens are, how they enter the body, and how to follow universal precautions to prevent exposure to themselves.
3. The student will be able to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of:
   1. Severe bleeding
   2. Shock
   3. Asthma attack
   4. Allergic reaction
   5. Cardiac arrest (heart attack)
   6. Stroke
   7. Seizure

Directions:

1. View, discuss, and take thorough Cornell notes for each of these You Tube videos:
   1. First Aid Training Video 1
   2. First Aid Training Video 2
2. Turn your notes in to your folder when done

1. View and take notes on the video Food Matters (Netflix, IMDB)
2. Complete response notes covering each topic in the film

Post your work to the Nutrition blog. This includes your menu, shopping lists with prices, recipes, pictures and captions showing how your meals comply with USDA nutrition recommendations. Pictures may reflect the prepared meal, or you may take pictures of a meal you prepare, or both. Include links to resources you used. 

Create just one blog per person b/c you can keep editing the same one. Make this blog something you could see yourself coming back to for ideas when you want to cook a healthy meal.

1. Printable version of these directions
2. Work in pairs
3. Each pair must have access to at least 1 computer
4. Choose an item to research from the topics below.
5. Brainstorm what you already know about it. Create a spider web or other organizer. Revisit this each day to modify it based on your new knowledge
6. Develop a plan and a back up plan for when partners fail to show or in the event of technical issues. What steps will you take to make sure you remain efficient and productive no matter what?
7. Create a folder on your account for this project
8. Begin a blog post with a unique title and both your names on it
9. Conduct research from numerous sources to address the topic. NO wikis!
10. Evaluate your sources. Only use high quality sources.
11. Keep track of your sources
12. Take 2 pages of response and 2 pages of Cornell notes on your topic
13. Develop categories for your topic and organize your notes accordingly
14. Write an entertaining (or at least interesting) informative article teaching others about your topic, along with test questions and answers
15. Use the full writing process: Note-taking, pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing. NO copy/paste, rewording, summarizing or restating
16. Save all pictures, documents, etc. to the folder you created on your school district account
17. Post your progress each day to your blog

1. 1 full page of notes, including both sides filled up and a full, thoughtful reflection completed
2. Daily exit slip from each person
3. Daily meeting log completed

1. 4 pages of notes each (8 pages total)
2. 5 excellent resources for further study
3. 5 pictures
4. Progress reflection (½ page)  (each person)
5. Recent statistics (minimum 10) from a trusted source
6. Follow the total writing process
7. Submit assignment evaluation

1. Adolescents and depression
2. Are people with boy/girlfriends or husbands/wives mentally healthier than single people?
3. Compare and contrast suicide rates across different occupations, cultural backgrounds and social status
4. Complete definition of mental health in all its aspects
5. Coping strategies when you live with a mentally ill parent, sibling or other family member
6. Genetic factors in mental illness
7. History of electroshock therapy as treatment for various conditions
8. History of the treatment of mental patients in the United States
9. Home treatment for mental illness: Good advice or big mistake?
10. How mentally ill people have been treated from prehistoric times to the present
11. How our beliefs about mental illness and its treatment have changed over time.
12. How to recognize when a friend or family member may need professional help
13. Mental health factors associated with living in poverty
14. Mental health reforms of Philippe Pinel
15. Noticing stress in your life and positive coping strategies for relieving it
16. Mental health factors associated with drug dependence
17. Questions you should ask your shrink and other ways to get the most out of therapy
18. Research the treatment of the mentally ill in Medieval Europe
19. The differences between mental illness, developmental disability and physical disability
20. The most important components of a successful treatment program/facility
21. The psychological basis for music therapy
22. The social and personal costs of returning soldiers with PTSD
23. Treating drug dependence and addiction as a mental illness
24. What your dreams say about your mental health

Directions:

Use the required content to guide your study of mental health. Do not go down into the special topics until you know what you are looking. Use examples and information from special topics only to support your work from the required list.

1. Do not copy anything from any site
2. All writing must be in your own voice based on research
3. Cite every source you use inside that particular blog
4. Relate everything to mental health
5. Go farther than simple definitions and summaries

1. your writing: Definitions, examples, analysis
2. pictures (make them link back to their source)
3. numbers (statistics, demographics, etc.)
4. other useful information
5. and don't forget to source everything with a link to where you got it

1. environment
2. genetics
3. abuse
4. addiction
5. anger
6. anxiety/fear
7. depression
8. emotions
9. grief
10. self injury
11. self-esteem
12. stress
13. suicide

1. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
2. agoraphobia
3. alcoholism
4. anger disorder
5. anorexia
6. arachnophobia
7. bipolar disorder
8. borderline personality disorder
9. bulimia
10. catatonic disorder
11. delirium
12. derealization
13. empowerment
14. erotomania
15. factitious disorder
16. gender identity disorder
17. histrionic personality disorder
18. hypoactive sexual desire disorder
19. hypochondriac
20. insomnia
21. intermittent explosive disorder
22. kleptomania
23. narcissistic personality disorder
24. necrophilia
25. obsessive compulsive disorder
26. oppositional defiant disorder
27. panic disorder
28. paranoia
29. post traumatic stress disorder
30. pyromania
31. rumination
32. schizophrenia
33. seasonal affective disorder
34. social phobia
35. somatoform disorder
36. spirituality
37. turrets/full body turrets