Loss & Grief links to Studies of Society and Environment

Understanding life changes result in loss and grief

Change - pages 22-23

Grief reactions - page 24

Grief stories (video) - page 24

Culture and identity

• Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people. 

Reactions to loss and change

Grief reactions - pages 25-26

’Normal’ grief reactions (handout) - page 28

Extension activity - page 27

Culture and identity

• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
   

Feelings and fears

Different fears - page 38

Similarities & differences in our fears (worksheet) - page 40

Ranking fears - page 39

My fear (worksheet) - page 41

Culture and identity

• Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
   

Grief in a zoo community: funerals and grief rituals

Exploring grief - page 42

Newspaper article (handout) - page 44

Funerals - page 43

Newspaper article (handout) - page 45

Research - page 43

Culture and identity

• Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
• Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively.

Loss: a universal experience

Change and loss - page 46

Feelings - page 47

Categories of loss (handout) - page 48

Holmes-Rahe survey of loss (worksheet) - page 49

Culture and identity

• Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
   

Understanding loss in response to death

Different deaths - pages 53-54

Determinants of grief - page 54

Determinants of grief (student handout) - page 55

Determinants of grief (teacher information) - page 56

Culture and identity

• Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
• Community perceptions of Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures have resulted in positive and negative responses to Indigenous people.
   

Supporting grieving friends and relatives
(2 lessons)

Grief reactions - page 57

Masculine and feminine grieving patterns - pages 58-59

Unhelpful strategies (handout) - page 60

Guidelines for being a supportive person (handout) - page 61

Culture and identity

• Cultural research involves following protocols and acting sensitively.