Students think about the impact of group labels and social hierarchies on their sense of identity, self-esteem, and the way they socialize with others. Through discussion, poetry and personal narrative, students explore ways to bridge the social boundaries at their school. They learn about Mix It Up, a project that challenges students to move beyond cliques by socializing with people from a variety of groups, and plan a Mix It Up event for their school.
This set includes three art lesson plans that can be used during No Name-Calling Week. The lessons will lead educators step by step in engaging their students in thought, dialogue and creative expression around name-calling and bullying in their schools. The lessons are meant to stand alone or to be used in conjunction with other No Name-Calling Week Lessons, both Middle and Elementary Level. All three lessons will bring students through a creative process to create art pieces expressing their feelings about to name-calling. Educators are encouraged to submit these pieces to the annual No Name-Calling Week Creative Expression Contest.
This lesson is designed for use in the Physical Education class. The objectives of this short lesson are to:raise students' awareness about the effects of name-calling; have students learn the names of classmates; review Safe Sports Space Rules; elicit a commitment from students to stop name-calling in physical education class.
Let the students know they will be doing a role_play during this activity, and ask them to remain respectful, and to refrain from using any offensive language during this activity. The lesson begins with leading the students in a brief discussion about the affects of labels. Students will gain an understanding labels and attached stereotypes. Students will gain an understanding of seeing someone as a whole person. Students will agree to abstain from labeling one another.
This lesson is designed to help draw students' attention to name-calling, bullying, and harassment that targets sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, specifically name-calling, bullying, and harassment that is anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (anti-LGBT). Students will engage in discussion and activity focused on the prevalence of anti_LGBT name-calling, bullying, and harassment in schools (including their own), consider how anti-LGBT bias in schools hurts all students, and begin to think about how they might address these issues through the creation of their own anti-bullying film.
Invite students to decorate shirts with a name that they have been called, or have heard other students being called. Ask them to be conscious of the effects these words may have on other students. Be sure to support students and make sure they are using these words to express their dislike for being called names, and not to further bully other students. Once the shirts have been decorated, students can wear them for the day or you can display them in a public setting such as the school library or cafeteria. Let students know that although you may not see it normally on students, others may make them wear these labels daily when they are name_called or bullied.
This lesson is designed with four objectives in mind: to heighten awareness of the dangers of making assumptions; to identify assumptions we make in the development of groups; to highlight the simplistic perception that we sometimes use to view others; to allow reflection on times when participants may have felt singled-out.
This lesson is designed with four objectives in mind: to heighten awareness of the dangers of making assumptions; to identify assumptions we make in the development of groups; to highlight the simplistic perception that we sometimes use to view others; to allow reflection on times when participants may have felt singled-out.
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