Introduction

You have recently discovered that your close friend is anorexic and you are disturbed by the fact that no one, not even the parents, were aware of it.  You have decided that it is important for you to inform parents and teens about eating disorders in both males and females to help prevent others from going undetected and untreated. You think an informative newsletter will be effective. 

The question you will answer is, "What are the causes and symptoms of eating disorders and how are they treated?"
 
 

• Your task is to create a newsletter to inform parents and teens about the causes and symptoms of eating disorders to encourage early detection and treatment. You will need to include the types of individuals and personalities that are most susceptible to eating disorders, how individuals silently cope with their food issues, and how families and friends can be beneficial in the treatment and support of their loved ones.

The following steps must be followed to complete this assignment:
You must research and read a minimum of 5 different articles on the topic of eating disorders in general, and these must include at least one of each of the specific eating disorders that have been identified
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General Information about Eating Disorders
The Center for Eating Disorders
 Something Fishy
 ANRED -general information

Females and Eating Disorders

 

Males and Eating Disorders
 ANRED-males

Treatment and Recovery
 ANRED-treatment/recovery
 ANRED-treatment help

Athletes
Athletes-mirror
Athletes-caring

Body Image
Body Image-about face
Body Image-nedic

Medical Complications
Medical Complications
Medical Complications-Fishy
 

1. Select the most important information that will be needed for your newsletter and take notes on it. Be sure to write down your sources so you will be able to give credit on your newsletter.
2. Organize your information in a way that breaks it into an easily understandable and user-friendly format. Remember that if there is too much information, people are less likely to read your work. You want to encourage interest in this topic that is so important to you!
3. Use Microsoft Publisher to create your newsletter. It must be a minimum of two pages, maximum of four pages. You must include graphics on each page. Be creative!
4. You might wish to include a checklist for identifying symptoms or a chart for showing numbers of young people who have eating disorders, or some other organizing structure.
5. Edit your work. Check for accuracy of information, grammar, spelling and punctuation, and appropriate citing of all sources used on the final page. Also make sure your name is listed as the editor. A peer must edit and sign a hard copy of your newsletter before you present it to me for editing. You must also have made the corrections noted by your peer before you submit it to me for editing.
6. After I have edited your work, make the appropriate corrections and print a final copy; hand in by the due date.

Your grade for this project will be based on the following rubric:

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Use of appropriate number of valid resources effectively used.	Less than # required; one type of disorder examined; ineffective use of resources	Minimum # of required resources used; somewhat effective	Required # of resources used; demonstrates competence in use of resources	Appropriate extra resources used; demonstrates highly effective use of resources
Material well organized and presented in interesting format with effective use of headings and graphics	Random organization; information not easy to follow	Somewhat organized; presentation includes minimum # of graphics	Material organized and interesting; effective use of headings and graphics	Material well organized and interesting; creative use of headings and graphics; presentation highly effective
Accurate information; editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation	Some information inaccurate; errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation	Information accurate; some errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation	Information accurate; few errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation	Information accurate; free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation
Appropriate citing of all sources used	Sources not cited or inaccurate citing of most sources	Some sources appropriately cited	Most sources appropriately cited	All sources appropriately cited in proper format and placed in proper place
Rough draft appropriately peer edited; final copy handed in by due date	Rough draft not appropriately peer edited; final copy not handed in by due date	Rough draft somewhat effectively peer edited; final copy handed in by due date	Rough draft appropriately peer edited; final copy handed in by due date	Rough draft well edited by one or more peers; final copy handed in by due date or earlier

By completing this project, you will be able to explain how certain individuals and/or personality types are more susceptible to eating disorders. You will be able to identify a friend or family member as having one of these disorders by recognizing the symptoms and then help them to get the appropriate treatment early.  You will understand the long-term effects of disorders that go untreated for long periods of time. You will also have gained experience in researching valid sources and in presenting information to an audience in a format that will encourage education on a topic that is important for the public to understand.

Much of the information found in this WebQuest is based on a Webquest created by Clara Lee Sharrard, High School of Commerce in Springfield, Massachusetts. Thanks for all the great links.

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