Eighth graders discuss bullying in an interpersonal skill building lesson. After researching the effects of bullying and discussing ways to handle bullies, they create a skit showing situations related to bullying, the effects of bullies, and how to handle them. 

Concepts

bullying

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Additional Tags

bullies, bullying, skits, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners provide personal anecdotes about their experiences with bullying

Classroom Considerations

• Requires access to the computer lab or a class set of tablets
• Lesson plan was written by a student teacher, and contains a lot of procedural explanation and scripted instruction
• Consider providing more guidance and direction during the research part of the lesson, and adding more sites for groups to view

Pros

• Includes a short rubric for assessment
• Aligned to the steps of Bloom's Taxonomy

Cons

• None