Overview
The purpose of the home work is to assist students in understanding how to identify the various stages of grief.
Based on the readings, website link and presentation. Students will find a movie where the main character has experienced the loss of a loved one. Majority of the movie should focus on grief, working through grief and/or various strategies on how the main character overcame the grief.
Midterm Criteria:
- Paper must be uploaded in link below
- No specific formatting of how the paper should be written, i.e., APA or MLA
- Paper - minimum of 5 pages double-spaced(no title page)
- Times New Roman (font)
- Paper should include the following:
- Name of Movie
- Main Characters
- Summary of the movie
- Explain how the main character dealt with the loss.
- Identify the stage(s) of grief the main character demonstrated in the movie and provide 4 examples and explain why you think their behavior reflected the stage you chose.
- Explain how the main character transitioned through the stages or remained in 1 stage.
- Based on the counseling skills you have learned, what 2 skills would be best if you were their counselor and explain why.
- Provide 2 strategies you believe may have helped the main character work through their grief.
Here are some sample movies:
Sample movies: The Notebook, Ghost, My Life, Philadelphia, Terms of Endearment, Lila & Eve, We Bought a Zoo, Dr. Doo Little with Robert Downy Jr, Southpaw, Mystic River, Message in a Bottle, Marley and Me, Ordinary People, My Girl, 50/50, Nothing Common, Corina Corina, Manchester by the Sea, PS I Love You, Fault in Our Stars, Up, Big Hero 6, City of Angels, Rabbit Hole, The Descendants, If I Stay, Collateral Beauty, Sweet November, South Paw, The Secret Life of Bees, Simon Birch, Things We Lost in the Fire, Catch & Release, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Monster Calls, Pieces of a Woman, Beautiful Boy, This is Where I leave you, etc.