Lesson Plan : Step Into Someone Else's Shoes
Teacher Name: | Katy Sybesma |
Grade: | Grade 1 |
Subject: | Arts and Crafts |
Topic: | Using information from books and prior knowledge to come up with a skit about bullying. |
Content: | Big Question: How does bullying make people feel? Key Concepts: bullying, feelings, physical and emotional pain. Vocabulary: sadness, happiness, excitement, frustration, anger, fear, embarrassment, hate and love |
Goals: | Theater, Grade 1 TEKS: (2) Creative expression/performance. The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations. The student is expected to: (B) assume roles through imitation; (C) dramatize limited-action stories |
Objectives: | The students will be able to relate to details from the story to come up with a skit in which bullying occurs as well as a plan for how to deal with bullying. |
Materials: | Book: Dealing with Bullies: Scheunemann, P. (2004) Dealing with Bullies .MN: ABDO Publishing |
Introduction: | Ask the students to identify different feelings that they have had. Have them define sadness, happiness, excitement, frustration, anger, fear, embarrassment, hate and love. Talk about how different people go through these feelings everyday. Next have the students choose the feelings that bullies might go through. Have them talk about why bullies might act the way they do. Have them then talk about feelings that people who are bullied go through. Ask them why these victims may go through those certain feelings. Tell the students that they will go through these emotions some time today and that they will have to deal with bullying. |
Development: | Explain to the students that talking about and re-enacting certain events can really help people to look back on prior experiences and learn for the future. Tell them that today they will be coming up with a production on their own by thinking back on what they have learned so far, using prior experiences, and imagining how others can feel in bullying situations. |
Practice: | Read Dealing with Bullies by Pam Scheunemann. Talk to the students about physical and emotional pain and how bullies can cause both of these. Ask the students if they have ever been bullied or bullied anyone before. Have them talk about what happened with a partner. Tell the students to discuss how they felt when they were bullied or bullied someone. Next have each pair share the feelings they had when the bullying occurred with another pair. |
Accommodations: | Pair the diverse learners with at least 2 advanced learners per group so that the diverse learners can have peer tutoring if they have questions or need some extra help. For some students, you can give suggestions and guide them in how they plan up the skit. |
Checking For Understanding: | Observe the students as they are planning their skits. Give them feedback on how they are doing and give suggestions when needed. Ask students questions about bullying that could get their minds clicking. |
Closure: | Have the students perform their skits. Let the other students give compliments each time a group is done. Ask the students if this activity helped them to better understand what a bully or victim goes through during bullying, how they feel during and after bullying. Go over the students' plans for dealing with bullying. Talk with the students about what plan they think is best for dealing with bullying. Have the students interview their parents when they go home about bullying prevention strategies. |
Evaluation: | Set up a rubric in which students must portray the bully and victim accurately and develop a detailed plan for dealing with the bullying. Grade the students on effort and creativity. |
Teacher Reflections: | This lesson went well. The students really enjoyed making their own skits, but they kept asking me what they should do. I guess next time I will have to have a demonstration skit for them! |
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