Identity and Relationships

Fight vs. Flight

The Red Badge of Courage

Global Context / Statement of Inquiry

• Global Contexts – Identities and Relationships

• Key Concepts –Identity

• Related Concepts – Theme, Context, POV

• Statement of Inquiry – “Students will be able to acknowledge, and appreciate how our relationships impact our personal / cultural identity through analyzing multiple point of views.”

Fight vs. Flight Response

• Coined by Walter Bradford Cannon.

• Studied animal responses to threatening situations.

• Adrenal Mendula produces hormones:• Norepinephrine• Epinephrine

Categorized as “General Adaption Syndrome”,

Psychological Background

• Walter Bradford Cannon derived the theory.

• Theory expresses that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, priming the animal for fighting or fleeing.

• The adrenal medulla produces a hormonal cascade • Results in the secretion of catecholamines,

Norepinephrine, and Epinephrine

Animal Survival Studies

Fight Adaption Flight Adaption

What forms our identities?

• Family

• Friends

• Environment

• Society

• Life Experiences / Actions

Flight vs. Fight

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9Q1cm_Tnw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxbXf6YndU

The Red Badge of Courage – Stephan Crane

• Themes:• Hope / despair• Flight / fight• Naturalism• Realism• Impressionism• War

Work Cited

• Myers, David G. Psychology. 8th ed. New York: Worth, 2007. 2-8. Print.

• (Mr. Cook when you do your work cited incorrectly...) ---------------------

Text to Life Connections

Global Context• What do you feel

identity is?

• What are positive examples?

• Negative?

• Examples from life.

• Examples from text.

Statement of Inquiry

• How would you describe your identity?

• Can it change?

• How so?

• How are ways your identity has changed over the years?

• Why?

Lit. Circle Discussion Questions

• Why does Crane use nicknames, and accents?

• What POV is the novel written in?

• What was the difference between Battle 1 and Battle 2? Why was it so important?

• How is the Global Context (Identities and Relationships) and Flight vs. Fight displayed in the novel?

Lit. Circle Discussion Questions

Global Context – Identities and Relationships• How has Henry’s

identity changed? Find examples.

• How have relationships affected his identity? Find examples

• How has lying played a role in his identity?

Flight vs. Fight

• Find 4 ways Henry has shown fight or flight responses.

• Why / how has Henry had both responses?

• How has lying affected his responses?