This document outlines a lesson plan on bullying prevention. It discusses having students watch a video about bullying and answering discussion questions about what they saw. Students are asked to reflect quietly on how their words can positively or negatively affect others and whether they are part of the bullying problem or solution. The lesson teaches that every student has the right to feel safe at school and encourages students to be respectful, kind, helpful and aware of how their words impact others. It demonstrates how hurtful actions can damage someone like crumpling and destroying a piece of paper.

1. BULLYING PREVENTION…
Character Education Lesson #1: September 2016

2. DRSL’S:
 What:What isYOUR part in the prevention of bullying?
 Why: Responsible Citizen, Problem Solving, CriticalThinking, Communication

3. BULLYING PREVENTION…
 Watch the video clip on the next slide and pay close attention to what you hear
and what you see happening.

4. CLASS DISCUSSION…
 Discuss the video
 What age group would you guess these students are?
 Why do you think the students are picking on this student?
 Did anyone stand up for him?
 What would you do in a situation like this?
 If someone is different than you or your friends, does it give you the right to mock,
tease, or disrespect them?
 How do the students who didn’t do anything perpetuate the problem of bullying?

5. SPEAK UP… SPEAK OUT!

6. QUIET REFLECTION…
 Take a minute and reflect quietly on the following questions:
 How many lessons have you heard on bullying prevention?
 Are you paying attention to what is being said?
 Are you making the connection between what you sayTO others or ABOUT
others… and how it might affect them in a negative or positive way?
 Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?
 Are you trying to HELP or HURT others?
 Do you take personal responsibility for everything you do and say?

7. THINK BEFOREYOU SPEAK…

8. NEXTTIMEYOUWALK INTO SCHOOL…
 Notice the sign inside the first set of doors:
 Weber School District will not discriminate or deny services on the basis of race, color,
national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability.
 This means:
 Every student who walks through our doors has the right to learn.
 Every person who walks through our doors has the right to feel safe.

9. DOYOUR PART…
 Be respectful
 Be kind
 Be helpful
 Be empathetic
 Be friendly
 Be nice
 Be aware
 Be responsible for what you say and how you say it.

10. ACTIVITY…
 Choose a volunteer
 Have one student take a clean white piece of paper
 Crumple it up
 Smash it
 Stomp on it
 Throw it on the ground
 Tear it
Now try to smooth it back to it’s original state…

11. HOW DOESTHIS RELATETO BULLYING?
 Will this piece of paper be the same as before?
 Discuss how this relates to:
 Name calling
 Gossiping
 Teasing
 Mocking
 Being pushed around
 Excluded from a group