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A Beautiful Mind - Lesson Plan

A Beautiful Mind

Prepared by Sandie Linn

DAY 1 – 5 Discussion Page - Story Behind the Movie A Beautiful Mind

  1. Read Chapters 1–2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8


  2. Write the theme here:


  3. Write 4 facts and 4 opinions from the story here:


Facts Opinions
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.

 

Write the supporting details here:

Who When
What Where

 

DAY 1: What are some of the symptoms of schizophrenia?

DAY 2: What does Professor R. J. Duffin recall about John Nash?

DAY 3: How does Dr. Nash describe what he went through?

DAY 4: What does Dr. Nash say about the movie which features his life?

DAY 5: Write about healing from a mental or physical illness.

 

Write details about the characters and events in the story, A Beautiful Mind.

John Nash Reality
Alicia Larde Nash Delusions
Norber Weiner Game Theory and Mathematics
Lloyd Shapely Nobel Prize

 

Complete the sentence below and write your essay here:

A Beautiful Mind is a good description of John Nash because

Book-quote page

Write sentences to explain the following excerpts from the book, A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar.

  1. Pg 67 - Nash was very interested that everyone would recognize how smart he was, not because he needed this admiration, but anybody who didn't recognize it wasn't on top of things.
    2.  
  2. Pg. 141 - It was amazing what he was willing to talk about. There was a sense of infinite time in every conversation.
    3.  
  3. Pg. 167 - All through his childhood, adolescence, and brilliant student career, Nash had seemed largely to live inside his own head, immune to the emotional forces that bind people together.
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  4. Pg. 178 - He wanted to marry a real intellectual girl. He wanted to marry somebody in the same capacity as he was.
  5. Pg. 196 - Alicia said, "Nash was very intelligent. It was a little bit of a hero worship thing."
  6. Pg. 237 - Cohen was the more articulate. But occasionally Nash could shut them up. He could say an enormous amount in three words.

 

ANSWER KEY - BEAUTIFUL MIND / QUIZ - AWESOME STORIES