TIPS WEB QUEST
DOMESTIC ABUSE
DAWN SAMUELS CIS22BX
INTRODUCTION: “If you leave me I am going to kill you.” These are some of the
words spoken to a loved one every day.
What some people don’t know is that this is the first sign of abuse. Abuse is the harmful treatment
of another person. This treatment can be
emotional, physical, or sexual. It can happen to a child, husband, wife,
girlfriend, boyfriend, or an elder person.
Most abuse accure in the home, and by some one we know and love. The
biggest question on everyone mind is, if you love someone, how you can hurt that person.
TASK: You
are a psychologist; you were asked to testify at a trial where a husband and
wife died. The only fact the police has is that this was an abusive
relationship. Who was doing the abuse no one knows. Some say it was the
husband, some say it was the wife. The parents of both, the wife and the husband
want an answer. It is your job to give them a profile of what an abuser looks
like. Your profile should be so accurate, that they will be able to tell who
the abuser base on this information.
PROCESS: Students will be divided into groups. Each group
will be responsible to answer one of the following questions:
1.
What
are some of the factors associated with a person becoming abusive?
- Does drug play a role
in an abusive relationship?
- What was an abusive
person childhood like?
- How does that person
feel about themselves?
- Are women abusive too?
- Can a person who was
abusive stop?
- Are there laws are that
can protect the victim?
- In order to answer the
above task questions, you must use the six TIPS PPA steps found at the
TIPS web site (see link #7).
RESOURCES:
To
help with the process, students will use the text book “Total Awesome Health”, to define and classify the different
types and kinds of abuse. They can also go to the library to find articles on
abuse. Along with the above resources students can use the following web site:
- http://www.vix.com/men/battery/commentary/dgross-hbat-html
- http://www.findarticles.com/cf-dis/m3231/n4-v28/20512632/p1/article.html
- http://www.police.nashivlle.org/bureaus/investigative/domestic/symptoms.html
- http://www.dvshelterour.org/
- http://www.members.home.net/abused/
- http://www.actabuse.com
- https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plgal/tips/welcome.html
EVALUATION:
Students will have to choose one of the
following ways to present there web quest: A mock trial, news reporter, oral
report or a play. Students (as a group) will be graded as followed:
5= Well in formed, had facts to back up presentation, was able to
answer all the questions that were
asked by classmates, used
all 6 PPA steps.
3= Informed, few facts to back up presentation, was not able to
answer all questions asked by classmates, used only 4 of the PPA steps.
1= Not informed, little facts to back up presentation, was not able
to answer questions asked
by
classmates and used only 2 PPA steps.
STANDARDS:
New York State Social Studies
Standard 5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the United States and other nations; the
United States Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional
democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship,
including avenues of participation.
New
York State
English Language Arts Performance Standards:
E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.
E2a: Produce a report of information.
E3b: Participate in group meetings.
E3c: Prepare and deliver an individual
presentation
CONCLUSION: In the end you will have
learned more about domestic abuse. You will be able to recognize the domestic
abuse danger signs and the possible bad endings to abusive relationships.
Unfortunately this is a way of life for many. Hopefully this web quest either
helps you or through you helps someone else. You will
also have learned how to use the six public policy steps when putting together any report or research paper in the future.
Don’t let your learning stop here, analyze and compare your life to others. Are
you in an abusive relationship at home? Do you know someone that’s in an
abusive relationship? Use this web quest experience for the future.