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This cartoon reveals the alienation due to social media. This is a modern world cartoon, and there have been many studies showing the teens receive much of their self-esteem from social media. Unfortunately, social media also leads many kids to depression and loneliness.

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Reciprocal Prospective Relationships Between Loneliness and Weight Status in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence

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Adolescents who do not conform to weight ideals are vulnerable to disapproval and victimization from peers in school. But, missing from the literature is a prospective examination of weight status...

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The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)

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Based on the book Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Dave Connis: Everything

Lyrics:

P: I'll leave my comic books open for you

We'll weave into each others worlds

My Walkman will sing to us as we navigate

The halls and wings of us

 

E: I'll read your comic books over you

This back seat is home as much as you

I'll keep you far enough away from me

To keep us safe

 

P: I'll drive to keep evil from finding you

Just say we'll be alright

Distance is not a beast to swallow us

Goodbye is just goodnight

 

E: You drive and we will end when we arrive

Just love me hard for now

No Hollywood magic for our love story

Goodbye will be goodbye

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The isolation and loneliness of adolescence

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Tenth Grade

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Eleanor and Park is a story told from the title characters' alternating points of view as they meet, and begin to fall in love. Eleanor, an overweight red head, is bullied and ridiculed at school, and goes home to an abusive stepfather and dysfunctional home. Park, whose father is a Vietnam veteran and mother is from Korea, struggles with his own identity and fitting in. Eleanor and Park bond over comics and music, and these motifs are repeated throughout the novel. The story’s lower reading level coupled with a higher level intended audience and relatable themes is a good fit for students who may be reluctant readers.

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How does an individual’s point of view affect the way they deal with conflict?

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The purpose of this text set is to discuss the isolation and loneliness of adolescence and analyze varying ways people cope.

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2.1.b   Analyze important ideas and supporting evidence in an information source, by using logic and informed judgment to accept or reject information.

3.2.a   Analyze information from multiple sources and identify complexities, discrepancies, and different perspectives of sources.

3.3.a   Explain how meaning is conveyed in image and sound and recognize that many media messages are constructed to generate profit, influence viewers, or both.

4.3.a   Read and listen to a range of literary and other creative forms of expression (e.g., poetry, drama, film,literature, visual arts).

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This song is about the lead singer's crippling shyness. His shyness caused him to feel alienated and alone, and in this song he laments that he wants people to recognize he is a human and is craving to be noticed and loved, yet keeps finding himself alone.

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Medium- Students will likely be able to understand the tone of the lyrics, but might be confused with words like "heir" in the context. Working with a partner should help with

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Written lyrics and mp3 to play for the students.
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/smiths/howsoonisnow.html

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Students could listen to the song while reading the lyrics, underlining phrases that they think are important. They could share their underlined parts with a partner and then together choose the one most important line of the song. Then the class can share and explain their choices.

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Shakespeare's play deals with two feuding families from Verona. Two of the children from the families fall in love but are forbidden to be together. Juliet's father has found her a husband, whom she does not love, and is trying to force her to marry him. Juliet instead runs away to be with Romeo, but due to complicated circumstances, they both die as a result of a misunderstanding. The families are left to recognize their part in this tragedy.

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High- Shakespeare's language is difficult for even the most advanced readers, so this assignment would need a lot of teacher led instruction.

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Excerpt from the play where Juliet's father calls her names and tries to shame her for not marrying a man he has picked for her yet she detests.

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The teacher could show Juliet's loneliness from not being connected to her parents and how this alienation allows her to make the rash decision to leave it all for a possible life of connection with Romeo. Then she could ask the students to write a poem about loneliness and alienation.

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Dan Savage wrote a book of this name and started a non-profit to show young people how they need to hang in there through high school as life does get better. His organization addresses bullying and loneliness, originally mostly targeted at the LGBT community, but due to its importance in encouraging all teenagers who are suffering from depression, bullying, alienation, to see that there is hope.

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The Breakfast Club is an iconic movie from the 1980s directed by John Hughes. This movie is about 5 high schoolers who have received a Saturday detention for various reasons. The five come together when trying to outsmart the principal (the one at school to supervise). Once there is a level of camaraderie between these very different kids, they start opening up about their fears, anxieties, problems with parents, etc. The teens come to Saturday detention holding a disdain for each other and leave as friends.

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This song deals with perception and how it changes as you grow up. Life's experiences challenge one's optimistic illusions from youth. Reality darkens one's perceptions,but one can still hold on to illusions to get through it all. And if you think about the big issues you might conclude you know nothing about anything.

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This is an award-winning graphic novel with themes based around human failings that takes place in an alternate reality of the United States. A group of superheroes struggle to investigate the murder of one of their own, discovering their own failings and depravity along the way. The selection for this class will focus on the story of Jon Osterman (aka Dr. Manhattan), and his reflection on the tragedy that led to his superpowers.

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This is an original song inspired by the book Eleanor & Park. The songwriter took Eleanor and Park's story and turned it into a haunting melody, reminiscent of many of the songs talked about in the book.

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This article is an examination of weight status and feelings of loneliness that might come from those experiences. The researchers found that loneliness in adolescent girls led to weight gain among 12-13 year olds. They conclude that
interventions focused on reducing loneliness and increasing connection with peers during early adolescence could help in reducing obesity.

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High - The mature content and themes, along with the illustrations make this book intended for a higher level audience. Although the graphic novel format may make it easier for lower level readers, the themes are complex.
Lexile Range: 1215-1355

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This is a paining by Edvard Munch and depicts the feeling of being alone that the painter felt one evening while crossing a bridge with friends.  He may have had people around him, but his loneliness and anxiety with his place in the universe is expressed most in the central figure's face.

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Graphic Novel/Comic Book

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The class will read Chapter 3 (pages 1-27) associated with Jon Osterman (aka Dr. Manhattan), then discuss how Eleanor might have related to Dr. Manhattan's feelings of abandonment and alienation while reading the graphic novel in the book. They should strive to answer the following question: Are there any parallels between Eleanor's life and eventual removal from Omaha and Dr. Manhattan's tragedy and removal from humanity?

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Medium- This information is not difficult to understand, but it is a complicated issue, and therefore have some teacher-led work that the student does independently seems appropriate.

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Medium- Students sometimes find cartoons confusing, so this one may need to be explained to some students.

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Low- Students should be able to understand what the characters are talking about and what causes them stress and anxiety. Students may not relate to all of the characters, but they will relate to the idea of people pre-judging each other.

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Medium/High- The ideas in these lyrics might be difficult (such as clouds being illusions) but with some teacher-directed set-up before the activity will help students understand the lyrics and assignment better.

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Medium/High - Music and lyrics can often work together to form a complex thought or meaning. The song takes elements from the books and weaves them into the songwriters interpretation of Eleanor and Park's thoughts.

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High - The reading level for this article is college level. It also looks at complicated data and makes educated conclusions based on the data.

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Medium- Students might be able to pull the tone and feeling from this painting without prompting, but having the teacher or peers contribute and share instead of only the person alone trying to work it out would make the lesson more successful.

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Handout of selection from the article and graph from the article showing the relation between loneliness at 12 years old and BMI at 13 years old by gender.

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Youtube video

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Handout

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Video clip

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Written lyrics to read as well as listen to mp3

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Soundcloud file of song and lyrics.

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Project the image from the computer on to the screen.

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Show a couple of It Gets Better youtubes (President Obama and Stephen Colbert). Ask the students to make a list of things they are looking forward to after high school. Then have them make a list poem with what they have come up with.

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Have the students look at the cartoon alone, then discuss it with a partner, and then journal about their own social media use and about whether or not the things in the cartoon cause them to feel alone at times.

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Show the clips of the kids opening up about what it is really like to be them, not what it looks like to the outside world. Then have students write about a time when either someone pre-judged them or when they pre-judged someone else.

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Ask students to think about something that they believed as a child, that brought them joy, and that now they no longer believe. Have them draw a picture of how this part life looked to them when they were younger, and a picture of what it looks like now. This can be abstract, collage, drawn, computer designed, etc.

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Use this as a starting point for students to create their own original content. Students will have to write song lyrics or a poem that is a conversation like this with a friend, parent, love, etc.

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Students will take home the article and read the conclusion portion of the article, along with viewing the selected graph. Each student will write a 3-5 paragraph essay on how Eleanor's home life and isolation may have impacted her weight, and discuss Eleanor's thoughts and experiences around this issue.

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As a class, share what students think this painting is about and what feelings it emotes. Find another painting using books or the internet to try and find one that also expresses a feeling.  Write a paragraph explaining the choice

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Rowell, R. (2013). Eleanor & Park: A Novel. New York: St. Martins Griffin.

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Shakespeare, W. (2014). Romeo and Juliet. Place of publication not identified: Millennium Publications.

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Moore, A., Gibbons, D., & Higgins, J. (2008). Watchmen. New York: DC Comics.

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Qualter, P., Hurley, R., Eccles, A., Abbott, J., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. (2018). Reciprocal Prospective Relationships Between Loneliness and Weight Status in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,47(7), 1385-1397. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0867-9

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The Smiths. (2014, February 06). The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Official Music Video)[Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=hnpILIIo9ek

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It Gets Better Project. (2011, July 13). Stephen Colbert - It Gets Better [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8

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Suuperachael. (2009, August 07). The Breakfast Club - Group Therapy [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdrTKPyW018

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Mitchell, J. (2010, October 19).Both Sides Now (HD) [Recorded by Joni Mitchell]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

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Shafali. (2011, December 26). A Toony Pretzels Cartoon – Defining Loneliness. Retrieved from https://shafali.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/cartoon-toony-pretzels-by-shafali-on-loneliness-in-modern-day-depressed-woman-facebook-twitter-email-blogging/

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Connis, D. (2014). Eleanor & Park [Recorded by Dave Connis]. On Soundcloud [mp3 file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/daveconnis/eleanor-park

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Munch, E. (1893). The Scream. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/later-europe-and-americas/modernity-ap/a/munch-the-scream