Rachel Gilmore
Will Austin
Ian Warren
Trisha Quinlan
Megan Bedoun
Kelly Sloan
Bullying Policy Lesson
Set:
Journal assignment written on board: What is bullying? What should teachers do about bullies?
Essential Question:
How should schools deal with the problem of bullying?
Benchmark:
3 1 MS 3
Objectives:
Students will know what bullying is and its forms.
Students will be prepared to decide if the state should implement a bullying policy that schools will have to follow.
Resources:
http://www.stopbullyingnow.com
Materials:
Poster boards
Markers
Instructional activities:
Class is divided into five groups, and each group is assigned a poster to make.
Group one: Define bullying, with examples.
Group two: How do you know if you are being bullied?
Group three: What is the harm of being bullied?
Group four: What rules should there be about bullying?
Group five: How should bullies be punished?
After the groups create their posters, students will do a carousal, where they go around the room to each poster and add their own thoughts about the topic. The class will then come together and discuss what they wrote.
Assessment:
Students will write a letter to the school board about why or why not the school should adopt a bullying policy.
Extensions of lesson:
Students will take a school-wide poll about whether or not the state should have a policy about bullying that all schools must follow.