Sprague High School Diversity Project

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Sprague High School Diversity Project

• Wellness I

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Diversity- a state or an instance of difference,
unlikeness

• People are pretty much alike.
• Its only that our differences are more
  susceptible to definition than our similarities.
• -Linda Ellerbee

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ADHD Autism Retardation Mental Illness Bipolar
disorder Schizophrenia Depression Panic
disorder Alzheimer's Synesthesia
Diabetes Obesity Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Dyslexia Asthma Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Albinism Speech
disorders Narcolepsy Paralysis Conjoined
Twins Muscular Dystrophy Scoliosis
Choose a Diversity

• Blindness Visually Impaired
• Deafness Hearing Impaired
• Cerebral palsy
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Spina Bifida
• Tourettes Syndrome
• Downs Syndrome
• Epilepsy

Cancer Leukemia Cystic Fibrosis Hemophilia Amyotro
phic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Parkinsons
Disease Lupus
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What would life be like if you had this
diversity?

• Create a character that has your diversity. Begin
  a journal entry describing your character. Use
  first person narrative
• Name, My name is Jill.
• Age, I am 16 years old.
• Family Background
• Daily life, friends, school, hobbies, etc.
• Mention your diversity

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You dont fully understand the diagnosis for your
diversity. Research information about the
diversity using the Health and Wellness Resource
Center.

• Describe 3-5 symptoms of the diversity.
• How is the diversity diagnosed?
• What is the treatment(s)?
• Describe the initial reactions to the diagnosis.
• Bibliography
• Fiction Book, Health Wellness Resource Center

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You wonder how other people live with this
diversity. Using EBSCO, find a magazine article
about a real person that has your diversity.

• Journal Assignment Compare your character to
  someone in a magazine article who has this
  disease in real life. What happened to the person
  in the article? How did they manage to live with
  their diversity? How do you think that your
  character will have to adapt?
• Bibliography
• Fiction Book, Health Wellness Resource Center,
  Magazine Article

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Your diversity is hard to live with, and you wish
that things would change. Where can you turn for
help when the going gets tough?

• Find two advocacy groups for your diversity.
• What are these groups doing for individuals who
  are affected by this diversity?
• New research? Laws? Fundraising? Chat groups?
  Education?
• Bibliography
• Fiction Book, Health Wellness Resource Center,
  Magazine Article, Websites

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Compare your character to the character in your
Fiction Book.

• Now that you have a better understanding of your
  diversity, write a paragraph about your character
  and the character in the book you read.
• How are the characters the same or different?
• Was the description of the diversity in the book
  accurate? Why or why not?
• What did you learn from the character in the
  book?