Say Something- Bullying Prevention & UPstander Training!

Lesson Outline:

Skills addressed from the Guidance Roadmap:

3rd Grade:
Caring Classmate 4.If someone hurts my feelings or body I am able to identify several possible choices that I can make.  I can identify those actions that have the best chance of making the problem better.

Caring Classmate 6.  I know how powerful and important it is to be a involved bystander.  Given an incident of peer aggression, I am able to identify the three ways that I can be helpful and show that I care.  

4th Grade:

Caring Classmate 4. If someone hurts my feelings or body I am able to follow steps to solve a conflict without a script or an adult reminder.

Caring Classmate 6.  I know how powerful and important it is to be a involved bystander.  Given an incident of peer aggression, I am able to identify the three ways that I can be helpful and show that I care.  I can give examples of when I have used these strategies or others have used them to help me.

Review previous lesson about what works when we are working and playing with peers.  Ask the question: What can we do when a peer is doing something that makes us feel unsafe? What is the person is our friend? What if we see it happening but are not involved?

Read the book Say Something by Peggy Moss

Turn and talk about the following:
Were the situations described in the book bullying? Why or why not?
What would you suggest the people in the book who were being treated badly do?
Did the main character do the right thing?

3 Strategy Activity
Students will use role-plays and writing to explore the three ways to be an UPstander.
1. Be a friend
2. Speak up
3. Get help