A friend has to teach a Y9 bottom set the poem "Havisham", which is about the Dickens character of the same name. She is getting nowhere fast as they have no interest in poetry and struggle with the concepts.
A senior member of staff suggested that she have them draw a "Crazy Woman", then use a thesaurus to find synonyms for crazy. I said that I found that totally inappropriate. I have previously been treated for MH issues, along with a number of friends, family, colleagues and, if the stats are to believed, 25% of the population. I see no value in this exercise, even if, as instructed, it links back to the treatment of the mentally ill in Victorian Britain and Dickens' attempts to encourage reform.
Thankfully, I don't have to do the lesson but I would hate either of my sons to be asked to do this.