{"id":105,"date":"2026-03-18T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/?post_type=part&#038;p=105"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:15:16","slug":"human-biology","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/part\/working-with-both-narratives\/human-biology\/","title":{"raw":"Human Biology: Stress, Trauma, and the Body","rendered":"Human Biology: Stress, Trauma, and the Body"},"content":{"raw":"This unit explores the impact of stress, trauma, and survival through a human biology lens. Using the graphic narratives \u201c<strong>A Kind of Resistance<\/strong>\u201d from<strong> <em>But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust<\/em><\/strong>, which tells David Schaffer\u2019s story, and <strong><em>Two Roses<\/em><\/strong>, which tells Rose Lipszyc\u2019s, students examine how the body responds to danger, prolonged stress, and limited access to food. Students investigate the nervous system and the fight, flight, freeze response, explore how malnutrition affects body systems, and consider how trauma can have lasting effects on physical and mental health. Moments from David\u2019s and Rose\u2019s stories are used to provide real-world context for understanding how the body reacts to fear, uncertainty, and survival conditions. By connecting scientific concepts to narrative experiences, students develop a deeper understanding of how the human body adapts to extreme stress and how resilience and recovery can happen over time.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nStudents will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>explain how the nervous system responds to danger through the fight, flight, or freeze response.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>describe how stress hormones affect different body systems.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>explain how malnutrition impacts physical and cognitive functioning.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>connect biological stress responses to experiences described in narrative sources.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Guiding Questions<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>How does the human body respond when it perceives danger?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What happens in the body when stress continues for long periods of time?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How does limited access to food affect the body and brain?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How can scientific knowledge help us better understand experiences of survival and trauma?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How can the body recover and build resilience after periods of extreme stress?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Sequence<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Lesson 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/stress-response\/\">Fight, Flight, Freeze: The Body under Stress<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Lesson 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/survival-and-stress\/\">Survival and Stress<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Lesson 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/stress-and-resilience\/\">Stress and Resilience<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>This unit explores the impact of stress, trauma, and survival through a human biology lens. Using the graphic narratives \u201c<strong>A Kind of Resistance<\/strong>\u201d from<strong> <em>But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust<\/em><\/strong>, which tells David Schaffer\u2019s story, and <strong><em>Two Roses<\/em><\/strong>, which tells Rose Lipszyc\u2019s, students examine how the body responds to danger, prolonged stress, and limited access to food. Students investigate the nervous system and the fight, flight, freeze response, explore how malnutrition affects body systems, and consider how trauma can have lasting effects on physical and mental health. Moments from David\u2019s and Rose\u2019s stories are used to provide real-world context for understanding how the body reacts to fear, uncertainty, and survival conditions. By connecting scientific concepts to narrative experiences, students develop a deeper understanding of how the human body adapts to extreme stress and how resilience and recovery can happen over time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>explain how the nervous system responds to danger through the fight, flight, or freeze response.<\/li>\n<li>describe how stress hormones affect different body systems.<\/li>\n<li>explain how malnutrition impacts physical and cognitive functioning.<\/li>\n<li>connect biological stress responses to experiences described in narrative sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Guiding Questions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How does the human body respond when it perceives danger?<\/li>\n<li>What happens in the body when stress continues for long periods of time?<\/li>\n<li>How does limited access to food affect the body and brain?<\/li>\n<li>How can scientific knowledge help us better understand experiences of survival and trauma?<\/li>\n<li>How can the body recover and build resilience after periods of extreme stress?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sequence<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lesson 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/stress-response\/\">Fight, Flight, Freeze: The Body under Stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lesson 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/survival-and-stress\/\">Survival and Stress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lesson 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/chapter\/stress-and-resilience\/\">Stress and Resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"parent":96,"menu_order":11,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-105","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/105\/revisions\/384"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/artsbasedholocaustremembrance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}