October
Coping with and Counteracting Bullying and Harassment
Below are the activities for the month of October . Within each day there are 4 activities, one for each week of the month. Some relate more to the monthly theme than others, but all have the potential to be useful and enjoyable. You are not obligated to complete each of these activities. Be flexible with this outline... go off script and realize that some may take more than one session and others may be requested to be repeated. Listen to what your students want and have fun with it :)
If you have any questions or feedback related to the activities, please contact Mr. Jacob Schnall or Mrs. Clara Fernandez
"Mindful" Monday
Week 1: Definition of Bullying and Reflect on the Impact of Bullying using a true story (Google doc with materials)
Week 2: If you've Bullied Others
Here is a link to a google document of the checklist: Am I Bullying Someone?
Week 3: What is Cyberbullying? (cyber bulling mini quiz)
"Topic" Tuesday
Week 1: If Someone Bullies You
Week 2: Be an Upstander in the Face of Bullying
Week 3: Responding to Cyberbullying
Week 4: The power of words: Video
Watch the video and reflect on the power of words. Make a list of 5 words that may be harmful and 5 words that may bring a smile to your face. Try using your 5 last words and bring a smile to someone's face.
"With it" Wednesday
Week 1: Where Do I Stand?
Students fill out an anonymous survey about behaviors in a dating relationship and discuss the results.
Have students complete survey on final page for the activity to be done.
Week 2: Be Aware
Students discuss how dishonesty and communication affect friendships and romantic relationships.
Week 3: Online Bullying
Students discuss incidents of online bullying they've witnessed and who they can ask for help.
Week 4: The Word "Gay"
Students discuss the effects of using the word 'gay' as a put-down and how they can help gay students feel welcome at school.
"Thankful" Thursday
Week 1: Types of bullying
This is a group activity. Divide the class into groups and give each group a set of cards with examples of bullying behaviors. Ask each group to put the cards in order, starting with the most serious at the top.
Week 2: My networks
Using student’s hands as templates get them to think about who they would be able to talk to if they had a problem. Get them to identify 5 people or organizations that they might be able to confide in or ask for help. Discuss what kind of people these might be and to describe what the important qualities are, such as trust, honesty, someone who will listen, etc.
Week 3: Let's talk about playing online games during class. Kahoot!
Week 4: Building Self Acceptance Through Positive Self-Talk: link here
Objectives:
Students distinguish between the terms self- esteem and self-acceptance.
Students discover ways to build self acceptance through self-talk and apply their own positive messages
"Fun" Friday
Week 1: How Does it Make you Feel
Get the class or group to think of as many words that describe feelings and emotions, both positive and negative. Put all the words individually into a container. Ask for volunteers from the group to mime a word that they have picked out of the container, the group have to guess what feeling or emotion is being mimed.
The idea is to show how easy it is to misunderstand what people are feeling by just looking at their body language, and facial expression and how easy it is for someone to hide their true feelings.
Draw a line on the floor, real or imaginary, and place the words Agree and Disagree at the opposite ends. Have ready a bank of statements that are read out to the class and ask the students to position themselves on the line as to whether they agree or disagree with the statement. Ask pupils to volunteer their reasons for their choice, they are allowed to move along the line if they are persuaded by other people’s opinions. Here are some suggested statements to get you started, but you can also make up your own to suit your own settings or to address particular issues: Spreading rumors about someone is bullying It’s their fault for not standing up for themselves Bullying doesn’t happen in my class/school Boys bully more than girls Forwarding pictures or texts that upset people is bullying.
Week 3: A Role of the dice
Dice required for this activity: Activity's PDF
Week 4: Don't break the ice
Plastic / wooden blocks required or similar. Fun guaranteed: Activity's PDF