Loss & Grief links to Social Responsibility

Understanding life changes result in loss and grief

Change - pages 22-23

Grief reactions - page 24

Grief stories (video) - page 24

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Reactions to loss and change

Grief reactions - pages 25-26

‘Normal’ grief reactions (handout) - page 28

Extension activity - page 27

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Reaching out, reaching in

How to help - pages 29-30

Helping yourself, helping a friend (handout) - pages 31-32

Helping a friend - page 30

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Helping friends

Types of support - pages 33-34

Giving advice - page 34

Dear Dr Wright letters (handout) - page 36

Seeking help - page 35

Newspaper article (handout) - page 37

What to say - page 35

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Feelings and fears

Different fears - page 38

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

Ranking fears - page 39

My fear (worksheet) - page 41

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

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

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

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 

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

Grief is normal

Change and stress - page 50

‘Normal’ grief reactions (handout) - page 52

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

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

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

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

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

Controversial issues: the way people die 

Defining euthanasia - page 62

Discussion and sample questions - page 63

4.8 Responsibility and freedom: 

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

Responding to help seeking 

A friend in need - page 65

What can you do to help? - pages 66-67

Getting help - page 67

A friend might need help when… (OHT) - page 68

What can you do to help? (handout) - page 69

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.