Psychology of Disaster Course Project Many topics of interest and importance are covered during the course; Week 7, especially, provides an opportunity to explore several, often overlooked topics that are critical to our understanding in the discussion of the psychology of disaster. For your course project, you are tasked with selecting one of the following areas, presented during week seven of the course, and examining a disaster event, using the selected area as the foundation of your work. The areas from which you may select include: Secondary Traumatic Stress (Effects of disasters on first responders/BH providers)Environmental Vulnerabilities and ConsiderationsCritical Infrastructure FailuresDisaster in School Environments In a 10 to 15 slide PowerPoint presentation, identify a recent disaster event (within the most recent 10 years), providing a description of the major events of the disaster leading up to, during, and after the event, to the extent possible. Incorporating the selected area above, discuss, with detail and support, how the area is illustrated in the disaster event. Explore how the selected element influenced disaster response efforts. Provide details of the ways in which these influences were observed. Discuss any barriers presented by the selected element in providing effectual behavioral health interventions. Prepare a plan describing how the challenges experienced might be more effectively navigated using the principles of disaster behavioral health learned throughout the course. Share the steps and resources you would deploy to overcome or avoid the challenges faced in the selected element. In developing your work, be sure to rely upon academic, scholarly sources to support the definitions and recommendations provided. Ensure the plan presented is based upon evidenced based practices established in the field as effective in addressing psychological needs in disaster settings. Work should be submitted in a PowerPoint file or other compatible file, and be 10 to 15 slides in length, excluding the required title slide and separate reference slide. Detailed speaker notes should accompany slides containing mostly bullet point data to include the details expected in the instructions above. Scholarly sources should be cited both in-text and on the reference page of the submission. A minimum of three academic, scholarly sources are required to be cited in the work. Submissions should be formatted per 6th edition (revised) APA standards. For assistance and resources on APA formatting style, please see the APUS Writing Center at Writing@APUS.

ASSIGNMENT:How do superheroes reflect the cultural values important to our society today? In current superheroes in film and TV today, we see the importance of a variety of cultural values, such as:justicefreedom / independenceresponsibility and dutyteam buildingmulticulturalism / diversityfeminism / female strengthleadershiphonorfriendship / familyFor this investigation, select ONE film, TV show, or comic book based on a superhero. In your paper, explain how the superhero(es) in the text reflect and illustrate ONE cultural value that is important to American society today. You may choose from the list above, or identify a different cultural value.To be more specific, using Superheroes Decoded: American Rebels and our discussion of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as a model, construct your own essay in which you create a clear thesis statement that shows your understanding of how a superhero in a film, TV show, or comic book demonstrates the importance of ONE specific American cultural value or belief in today’s society.INSTRUCTIONS:Your investigation into superheroes should be a direct response to the prompt outlined above. You essay should be in MLA format and style, including a Works Cited page; a minimum of 4-6 pages in length (1,500 words); and it should include at least 4 sources. You are required to use ONE film, TV show, or comic book as your primary source that represents a superhero and at least three secondary sources (outside research that might include the historical or biographical context for the text; critics of the film or TV show, etc). ***You may not use Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as your primary source since we will use the film as a model text.REQUIREMENTS:4-6 pages (at least 1,500 words)MLA format. 12-point font, Times New Roman. Works Cited PageA creative title that hints at the subject matter. 
Indicate a clear focus in a well-written thesis statement that includes a focus on how the superhero reflects ONE cultural value.Your essay should be well-structured with a clear beginning, middle, and end.Concrete evidence properly cited and integrated.Include at least 4 sources (1 primary source and 3 secondary sources). The evidence should clearly support the topic sentence and the overall thesis statement.Each body paragraph should have at least 2-3 sources (primary source + 1 to 2 secondary sources)Provide a conclusion which states why your argument is significant
Implement proper stylistic conventions to include: sentence variation, college-level vocabulary, complex sentence structure.Write the paper as if addressing a scholarly audience.Demonstrate thoughtful revision and editing/proofreadingGOALS:This assignment will help students meet the following Student Learning Objectives, as stated on the course syllabus:Utilize the writing process to produce complex, high-quality work.Evaluate the validity and soundness of arguments and the evidence within them.Synthesize ideas of two or more writers to create a broader understanding of an issueUtilize critical reading strategies to pull meaning from complex texts.APPROVED FILM/TV LIST:The following is a list of films or TV shows you should consider; however, you are not restricted to the list. At the same time, if you choose a film or TV show that is not here (or a comic book), please run it by me for approval (send me an e-mail). I will not accept papers on films, TV shows, or a comic book not listed here if you do not run it by me first. When choosing a film, please make sure the focus of the film is on a superhero, and the movie is “current” (produced within the last 10 years).For summaries of these films, consult the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) found at www.imdb.com (Links to an external site.).AquamanThe AvengersAvengers: Age of UltronAvengers: Infinity WarAvengers: End GameBlack PantherCaptain America: The First AvengerCaptain America: The Winter SoldierCaptain America: Civil WarCaptain MarvelDr. StrangeDeadpoolOnce Upon a DeadpoolFantastic FourGuardians of the GalaxyGuardians of the Galaxy: Volume IIIron ManIron Man 2Iron Man 3ElektraBirds of PreyBatman vs Superman: Dawn of JusticeJustice LeagueWonder Woman (2017)Wonder Woman 1984The Dark KnightThe Dark Knight Rises Joker (2019) Kick-AssShazam!ThorThor: The Dark WorldThor: RagnarokMan of SteelSpider-Man: HomecomingSpider-Man: Far from Home X-Men: First ClassX-Men: Days of Future PastX-Men: ApocalypseDark PhoenixLoganThe Watchmen (Movie)The HulkBig Hero 6