Using Film in the Classroom/How to Read a Film

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.04.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Demographics
  5. Psychological Disorders Through Film
  6. Depression
  7. Schizophrenia
  8. Strategies
  9. Activities
  10. Bibliography
  11. Appendix A
  12. Notes

Deepening One's Understanding of Psychological Disorders through Film: From One Extreme to Another - Depression and Schizophrenia

Barbara Ann Prillaman

Published September 2015

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Appendix A

Two content standards set by the American Psychological Association’s National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula help to shape this unit. These include:

Content Standard 1: Perspectives on abnormal behavior

Students are able to (performance standards):

1.1 Define psychologically abnormal behavior.

1.4 Discuss how stigma relates to abnormal behavior.

1.5 Discuss the impact of psychological disorders on the individual, family, and society.

Content Standard 2: Categories of psychological disorders 


Students are able to (performance standards):

2.1 Describe the classification of psychological disorders.

2.2 Discuss the challenges associated with diagnosis.

2.3 Describe symptoms and causes of major categories of psychological disorders (including schizophrenic, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders).

2.4 Evaluate how different factors influence an individual’s experience of psychological disorders.

This unit also addresses two History/Social Studies Common Core Standards: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Integration and Ideas/CSSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7  Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem

Integration and Ideas/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.

Students will be able to synthesize multiple texts (written and film) to better understand these two illnesses – depression and schizophrenia. They will individually read many different texts such as our textbook, the DSM-V Manual, individual accounts, and view the films, The Hours and Clean, Shaven. While reading and viewing, they will take copious notes to use during the communal Socratic Seminar. Afterwards, they will write individual patient reports for the three patients – Virginia, Laura, and Peter. Lastly, they will use their acquired knowledge and understanding to create collaborate Public Service Announcements to share with our school community.

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