It's one thing to prevent yourself from becoming a bully, but how do you convince others to follow suit? Take the first step in creating a better world with a public speaking lesson plan that prompts learners to write and present persuasive speeches about ending bullying.

Concepts

bullying, cyberbullying, public speaking, persuasive arguments

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a cross-curricular lesson between social studies and language arts, or health and language arts
• Assign the provided infographics to small groups and have them analyze how effective their argument is

Classroom Considerations

• Designed for high schoolers but helpful for middle school classes as well
• Linked video of Barack Obama's election night speech is unavailable, but it is readily available online; consider using additional examples to demonstrate effective speeches as well

Pros

• Addresses both the topic of bullying and the skill of persuasive speaking in one lesson
• Encourages audience engagement during peer presentations
• Suggestions for the final presentation day makes the event special

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 SL.9-10.6 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.5 SL.11-12.6