Writing Assignments
For reference - these are the topics we will be covering in class. Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Topic Taking Charge of Health Stress Psychological Health Relationships Sexuality, Pregnancy, childbirth Contraception, Abortion Drugs Alcohol/Tobacco Nutrition Exercise Wt mgmt CVD, CA Immunity and Infection Aging Medicine Safety Environmental Health
Choose One for Each Assignment First Come, First Serve
I will finalize all assignments on the Assignments Webpage
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#1 Film Review Signup Sheet
Date listed is when the film review and presentation will be due. Chapter is the related topic (e.g., films listed for Chapter 3 deals with psychological health). Choose a film you have not seen before.
Film Imaginary Heroes (2005) Ordinary People (1980) Angela's Ashes (1999) As Good as It Gets (1997) Bedazzled (2000) I am Sam (2001) Into Great Silence (2007) John Tucker Must Die (2006) Liar, Liar (1997) Malcolm X (1992) Mean Girls (2004) Muriel's Wedding Rudy (1993) Shine (1996) Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Sylvia (2004) The Emperor's Club (1988) The Magdalene Sisters (2002) A River Runs Through It (1992) About a Boy (2002) Blast From the Past (1999) Boys Don't Cry (1999) Boys on the Side (1995) Coming Home (1978) Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood (2002) Fever Pitch (2004) Fools Rush In (1997) Guess Who (2005) Imagine Me & You (2006) Inventing the Abbots (1997) Just Friends (2005) Loser (2000) Date 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 Chapter 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Student (Print your name)
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Film Made of Honor (2008) Moonstruck (1987) Mozart and the Whale (2005) Mystic Pizza (1988) Saint Ralph (2004) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Separate Lies (2005) Smoke Signals (1998) Something to Talk About (1995) Terms of Endearment (1983) The Break-up (2006) The Bridge to Terabithia (2007) The Color Purple (1985) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) The Family Man (2000) The Family Stone (2005) The Human Stain (2003) The Joy Luck Club (1993) The Next Best Thing (2000) The Object of My Affection (1998) The Squid and the Whale (2005) The Turning Point (1977) The Way We Were (1973) Thirteen (2003) Volver (2007) What Women Want (2000) What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) What's Love Got to Do With It? (2003) You Can Count on Me (2000) You've Got Mail (1998) Zathura (2006) A Home at the End of the World (2004) Brokeback Mountain (2005) In & Out (1997) Normal (2003) Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) The Accused (1988) Transamerica (2005) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007) If These Walls Could Talk, Part 1 (1999)
Date 2/9/2009 2/9/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009
Chapter 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
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Film Juno (2007) Knocked Up (2007) Lake of Fire (2006) Lord of War (2005) Secrets and Lies (1996) The Cider House Rules (1999) Vera Drake (2004) Bigger, Faster,Stronger (2008) Brokedown Palace (1999) City by the Sea (2002) City of God (2002) Cocaine Cowboys (2005) Factory Girl (2007) Gia (1998) Half Nelson (2006) Layer Cake (2005) Less Than Zero (1987) Losing Isaiah (1995) Maria Full of Grace (2004) Midnight Express (1978) Rush (1991) SherryBaby (2006) The Basketball Diaries (1995) Traffic (2004) Veronica Guerin (2003) 28 Days (2001) Georgia Rule (2007) House of Sand and Fog (2004) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Sideways (2005) Thank You for Smoking (2006) The Insider (1992) Fast Food Nation (2006) Supersize Me (2004) Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) Shallow Hal (2001) About Schmidt (2002) Away From Her (2007) Dead Man Walking (1995)
Date 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009
Chapter 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 14 14 14
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Film Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Grace is Gone (2007) I Could Never Be Your Woman (2006) In Her Shoes (2004) Iris (2001) Must Love Dogs (2005) No Reservations (2007) On Golden Pond (1981) The Bucket List (2008) The Notebook (2005) The Savages (2007) Awake (2007) Awakenings (1990) Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Gattaca (1997) John Q (2002) Last Holiday (2006) Medicine Man (1992) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Sicko (2007) The Constant Gardener (2005) The Last Holiday (2006) The Painted Veil (2006) The Verdict (1982) American History X (1998) Babel (2006) Beyond Borders (2003) Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) Catch a Fire (2006) Children of Men (2006) Crash (2004) Domestic Disturbance (2001) Empire of the Sun (1987) Freedomland (2006) Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Higher Learning (1995) Kids (1995) Life is Beautiful (1998)
Date 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009
Chapter 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
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Film Mommie Dearest (1981) Monster (2003) Radio Flyer (1992) The Burning Bed (1984) The Last King of Scotland (2006) The Net (1997) The Pianist (2002) The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) The Snow Walker (2003) United 93 (2006) World Trade Center (2006) 10.5 (2003) A Civil Action (1998) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Blood Diamond (2006) Erin Brockovich (2000) Fun with Dick and Jane (2006) Hotel Rwanda (2004) In America (2002) Michael Clayton (2007) Norma Rae (1979) North Country (2005) Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Sahara (2005) Silkwood (1983) Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) Soylent Green (1973) The China Syndrome (1979) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Wall-E (2008) Whale Rider (2002) Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) Flawless (1999) My Left Foot (1989) Nothing In Common (1986) Regarding Henry (1991) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Wit (2001) 28 Weeks Later (2007) Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Date 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009
Chapter 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
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Film Out of Africa (1985) Outbreak (1995) Philadelphia (1993) The Host (2007)
Date 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009
Chapter 13 13 13 13
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#2 Web Critique Topics
Date listed is when the Summary Report and presentation will be due. Presentation # is on the syllabus.
Topic Effects of Stress on the Body Depression and Young Adults Alcohol and Pregnancy Low Birth Weight Babies Health Effects of Oral Contraceptives Anabolic Steroids Barbiturates Cocaine Herbal Supplements Pain Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Alcohol Poisoning Cirrhosis of the Liver Smoking and Cancer Acrylamide Gastroenteritis Sodas Visceral Fat Vitamin D Exercise and Blood Pressure Metabolic Syndrome Colon Cancer Epilepsy Lung Cancer Ovarian Cancer Skin Cancer Type 1 Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Chlamydia Genital Herpes Chapter 2 3 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 Report Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Date 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 Student (Print Name)
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Topic Tattoos and Piercing Tuberculosis Arthritis Osteoporosis Parkinson's Disease Acupuncture Genetic Testing Bullying Air Pollution and Heart Disease Allergies Hearing Loss Indoor Air Pollution
Chapter 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 17
Report Number 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Date 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 4/27/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009 5/4/2009
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#3 Health Behavior Diary Due Date
Date listed is when the one-week diary will be due. Diary # is on the syllabus.
Diary # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Due 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 2/23/2009 3/2/2009 3/2/2009 3/2/2009 3/2/2009 3/2/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/9/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/16/2009 3/30/2009 Student (Print Name)
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Diary # 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Due 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 3/30/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/6/2009 4/13/2009 4/13/2009 4/13/2009 4/13/2009 4/13/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009 4/20/2009
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