Story of Ren Gill

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 3

Good afternoon B3A!

Please grab a pen/pencil and write down the following on the piece of paper on your table:

What kind of music do you listen to?

Write down your 3 favourite artists! (Or artists that you like)

How are we feeling on a scale of 1 to 9?

Raise your hand!

What are your favourite artists?

One at a time!

Tell me about one of the artists you wrote down.

Why do you like them?

Why did I ask you to write down your favourite artists?

Well, I want to talk about one of my favourite artists as well!

                                                                                                    (This guy)  ----->

His name is Ren (Gill)!

He's one of my favourite artists because most of his 

lyrics (songteksten) tell a story.

And Ren also has a bit of a strange life's story.

But before we talk about that.... lets listen to

some of his music!

Before we listen...

Please remain as quiet as possible (so everyone can hear the song!)

At the start of the video there's some text at the bottom. If you read/listen closely you might get an idea of what happened to Ren. Try and challenge yourself!

While the video is playing I will hand out chromebooks. You may log in, and go to lessonup.app. But please don't do anything else with them yet.

Did you guys like the song?

Why/Why not? Raise your hand of course!

Now we're going to watch Ren talk about his life.

Please log into the LessonUp on LessonUp.app (.app not .com!) if you haven´t yet!

While we watch the video questions will appear on the screen.

Each question will appear twice. Once to prepare, the second time you will answer.

Sometimes a question will say: 'Discuss' this means we will talk about it in the class.

Please do not talk during the video! There are some harder words in there and I want everyone to be able to follow along.

Please close your chromebooks!

00:11

For who did Ren make this video?

A. For fans of Ren’s music and people that might be interested in him

B. For people going through a similar experience and people that want to know more about his experience.

C. For people that are struggling with mental health and with depression.

D. For other rap-artists and other musicians.

00:33

For who did Ren make this video?

1. For fans of Ren’s music and people that might be interested in him.
2. For people going through a similar experience and people that want to know more about Ren’s experience.
3. For people that are struggling with mental health and with depression.
4. For other rap-artists and other musicians.

01:18

Ren gives several reasons explaining why he didn't make this video earlier. Which reason is NOT one of them?

A. The more information he shares, the less private his life becomes.

B. He’s not a medical expert, and doesn’t want to give advice on medical topics.

C. He’s scared of making someone else’s problems worse by sharing his story.

D. The story he shares is about a time in his life where he saw a lot of people die.

01:47

Ren gives several reasons explaining why he didn't make this video earlier. Which reason is NOT one of them?

1. The more information he shares, the less private his life becomes.
2. He's not a medical expert, and doesn't want to give advice on medical topics.
3. He's scared of making someone else's problems worse by sharing his story.
4. The story is about a time where he saw a lot of people die.

03:41

Did Ren enjoy interacting with people when he was young?

A. Yes, he had many friends in university.

B. No, he didn't like many people.

C. No, he struggled with anxiety.

D. Yes, he partied very often.

04:05

Did Ren enjoy interacting with people when he was young?

1. Yes, he had many friends in university.
2. No, he didn't like very many people.
3. No, He struggled with anxiety.
4. Yes, he partied very often.

04:06

Open question: How did Ren deal with being unable to talk to people?

04:19

How did Ren deal with being unable to talk to people?

06:13

True/False: The doctors successfully diagnosed Ren.

06:28

True/False: The doctors successfully diagnosed Ren

1. True
2. False

06:37

Open Question: What effect did bipolar medication have on Ren?

06:52

What effect did bipolar medication have on Ren?

08:10

This part had a couple of tricky words, so let me quickly explain:

'Cognitive dissonance' is als je twee tegenstrijdige gedachten tegelijkertijd hebt. Ren werd verteld dat zijn symptomen door zijn depressie kwamen, terwijl zijn depressie juist door zijn symptomen kwam.

09:57

Open question: What happened two days after Ren talked to his friend Joe?

11:26

Open question: What happened two days after Ren talked to his friend Joe?

12:14

Did the police find Joe's body?

12:34

Did the police find Joe's body?

1. Yes
2. No

13:11

(Prepare!)

Discuss: What made Ren decide not to commit suicide as well?

13:26

Discuss: What made Ren decide not to commit suicide as well?

Lets talk about that....

First things first, I want to talk about the topic of suicide.

2 years ago, 1,916 people committed suicide in this country. Almost twice as many men committed suicide compared to women. That's five people every day.

If you're struggling with mental health or anxiety you can call 'de kinder telefoon' at 0800-0432

If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can call 113 or talk to someone over chat at 113.nl

If there is anything you want to talk about, your teachers here are always available if you need help.

Finally, if you suspect someone you know struggles with something like this, reach out. Talk to them.

On that (somewhat depressing) note.

What did you think of today's lesson?

Would you like to do something like this again?

Would you like to hear more about Ren's story? (There's 8 chapters total)