Mental Illness

You have picked one topic and are researching through the website:  mindcheck.ca

Be ready to teach your classmates in a presentation!

Include the following points:

1. Define the mental illness.

2. How does it happen?  What are the symptoms?

3.  Show the video from the website.  Ask your classmates to answer the following questions:

What is troubling the person in the story?

What are some of the things that they are experiencing?

4. Find a celebrity or famous person who suffered/has suffered from this illness?  How did it affect them?  Did they recover?

5. Please give your classmates a few questions from the quiz.....


*Make your presentation creative and interesting......add photos, videos etc as you wish *

Begin Junior Achievement

Ok....Get ready and spend some time in your teams.  I will give you class time but it is up to you to play the game.  

Remember there prizes to be won!

And for your group mental health project:  www.mindcheck.ca 

Be ready for interviews tomorrow.  You will be interviewed in pairs and then hand in your questions to me. 

Depression

How do you define depression ?

What is the difference between being sad and depression?

What happened to Kevin Beel?

What is a stigma?

Why is depression a stigma?

How common do you think depression is for teenagers?

How can we help someone with depression?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qe8cR4Jl10

Writing a cover letter & volunteer opportunities

This will be your last assignment in this unit.  Please make sure that you have finished your interview questions and practice your answers.  I will be asking you interview questions on either Thursday or Friday.

For this last assignment,  you will be writing a cover letter to apply for a volunteer position in Victoria.  This assignment is important for a few reasons. To graduate from Stelly's, you will need to write a cover letter. Additionally, you will need to have completed volunteer hours.  Finally,  when you apply to university or even for a job after secondary school, you will need to write a cover letter.

Please go to the following website and find one position that interests you.

https://app.betterimpact.com/PublicEnterprise/76ed73dc-a57a-4f23-acc2-ac1d36636008


First,  in a sentence or two for each point below, describe the job:

Organization/ type of organization

Type of task (what are you doing in the job)

How long is the job? How often do you need to be available?

When does it start?

Second,  you will write a cover letter expressing interest in this job. Please look at my example and tips sheet.

Print out the assignment but please keep a copy in your planning folder!

Dream Job Poster!

Create a poster of your dream job.  Research shows that if you can visualize your goal,  the steps to make it happen will be clear. 

Make a persuasive poster.....convince me of how awesome your dream job will be! 

So your job is to make an appealing poster.  Use visuals and creativity more than text but please include the following details somewhere in your poster. Be specific. 

What is your dream job?  What is the title? Briefly describe.  

What are your duties? 

Where is your dream job?  

How much will you earn in salary? 

What is the company's name?  

You will be marked on creativity (10 marks) and information (10) marks.

Print out your poster but save a copy in your planning folder.