Coming Home: The Effects of the War on U.S. Soldiers

Salon.com has put together a really interesting project, called "Coming Home," collecting the stories of U.S. soldiers during the current war. Some reveal the military's neglect for soldiers well-being, others prove that some soldiers never should have been in combat, and others just show the destruction the war has caused on many lives.

These articles do have some language and those you object to you do not have to read. You have the choice of any of the articles in their project, acknowledging that you need to keep this school appropriate. Even if you choose a piece with language, we cannot have you repeating it unless you do it in a mature and scholarly fashion.

Here is the link to the "Coming Home" page:
http://dir.salon.com/topics/coming_home/


Questions/Ideas to Explore:

• Tell us about your soldier that you read about?
• What were some of the positive portrayals of the military?
• What were some of the negatives?
• How did the war affect the soldier(s) you read about?
• From this project, what ideas/feelings/thoughts about the war do you think Salon was trying to establish in publishing these stories?

If you still have time, read other stories before returning to the checklist of things you needed to make up (if you have not finished).