The Process of Research

You have read The Thing About Jellyfish" and have witnessed Suzy Swanson experience the loss her best friend, twice!  First to her peers and then to death.  Grief is a real thing that most people experience in their lives.  It can take on many different forms and be caused by many different things.  It is important to understand grief and how to navigate it as the person going through it and as someone witnessing another person experiencing it.  In this Webquest, you will explore and learn about grief.  This exploration will help you understand what grief is, how to work through it and how to be a support to someone else who is going through it.   

• You are going to explore a variety of online media related to the topic of Youth and Grief.  You will identify the physical and emotional responses of grief, tools used in the process of grieving, and witness young people who have first hand experience with grief.  You must be familiar with what grief looks like, how to cope with it, and some of the you can be a support to someone going through the grieving process.  
• After your exploration and becoming knowledgeable about grief, you will share your findings through a paper slide show, to a classmate. The paper slide show will be an informational piece that will help inform them about grief.  It will identify what grief is, ways to deal with it, and how he or she can support someone else going through the process.   

• Visit the links below and then answer the related questions found at the top of each corresponding link.  Write you answers in your writing journal or type them into a google doc in google.classroom.  You will then consider the information you obtain to think about how it relates to Suzy Swanson in The Thing About Jellyfish and other characters in the book.  Think about how this knowledge would make a difference for Suzy Swanson, her parents, and Justin.  Did Mrs. Turton take the right steps to support Suzy?  You will have the choice to focus on a specific topic your researched or present a general overview of your findings.    

http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/someone-died.html?WT.ac=t-ra#