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Bully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade Lesson PlanBully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade Lesson Plan
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Bully Free Systems
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7th
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Social Studies & History
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2008
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Bully Free Lesson Plans—Seventh Grade

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Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

bullying, cyberbullying, parent communication, classroom community, classroom rules, school community, friendship, peers, kindness, gossip

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a general education classroom or with an after-school peer counseling program
  • Include in a school-wide focus on bullying
  • Send home the parent letter at the beginning of the year to establish a supportive classroom environment
  • Share Dr. Allan Beane's story (located in the preface) with class members to establish to importance of shutting down bullying

Classroom Considerations

  • Sample resource is part of the larger Bully Free Program and includes two lessons, a parent letter, teacher guides, classroom worksheets, and a reference page; lessons detailed in the table of contents are available with the whole program

Pros

  • Provides several valuable resources for learners to discuss bullying and being a bystander
  • Delineates bullying behavior into seven types of words, making a nebulous concept more concrete

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.7.1.a

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