About This Lesson
The experience of combat is perhaps the ultimate test for human beings. No other human activity creates such heightened emotions. No other human activity is so potentially final in its results. Humans have an often paradoxical relationship with combat and war; sometimes it is revered and other times despised. We see it glorified in our literature and condemned in our political speeches. In this activity,students will explore the testimonies of several different people who experienced combat, some of whom suffered physical or psychological injuries in the process.
