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LESSONTHREE:ThePowerofWords

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LESSON THREE: The Power of Words

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GOAL
ForYouth

1. Forstudentstounderstandthepowerofwords.
2. Forstudentstounderstandtheimpactofnegativemessagesbeingpostedonthe
Internet.

Poster

TIME:1hour
ItsTimetoMakeaChangePoster

AGE:10andup

LessonPlans

REVIEW:(5minutes)

LessonOne

Havestudentsreadouttheirhomeworkassignments:threethingstheyshoulddoand
threethingstheyshouldntdoiftheyseebullyinghappening.Discusstheanswers.

LessonTwo

LessonThree

ROLEPLAY(15minutes)

Facebook
Brainstormwiththeclasssomereasonswhyonestudentwouldbullyanother.Choose
one.Brainstormwhatkindsofthingsthebullywouldsaytothatpersoninthatcontext.

StopAboriginalBullyingonFacebook!

Chooseafewappropriatesituationsontheboard.

Links

1. Havefourstudentscomeuptothefrontoftheroom.Oneisthechildisbullying,
oneisthechildbeingbulliedandtwoarewitnesses.Roleplayasituation

KidsHelpPhone

discussedbytheclass.
2. Startbyhavingthechildwhoisbullyingsaysomethingtothechildbeingbullied,

Prevnet

sayStop!Asktheclassforthingsthechildbeingbulliedcouldsay.
3. Thechildbeingbulliedcansayoneofthosethings.Havetheroleplaycontinue.

NationalAboriginalRoleModel

4. Sendinthetwowitnesses.Theychoseanappropriateresponsetothechild

Program

doingthebullying.

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5. Repeatwith4newstudents.Chooseadifferentscenariofromtheboard.

NationalAboriginalHealthOrganization

NAHOResources
TYPESOFBULLYING(10minutes)
1. Asktheclassforexamplesofbullying.Writethemontheboard.
I. Writethefourtypesofbullyingontheboard:physical,social,emotional,
cyber(moreinformationcanbefoundonthebullyingfactsheetsat

HowCanYouImproveYourEmotional
Health?InuitMensHealthSeries
English/Inuktitut

www.naho.ca/aboriginalbullying
II. Readtheexamplesthestudentsgaveoutandhavethemwritedown
whethertheythinkeachoneisphysical,social,emotionalorcyber.They
canbemorethanone.Discusstheiranswers.

Resilience:OvercomingChallengesand
MovingonPositively
(Booklet),IT2007

2. Isonetypeworsethananother?Whyorwhynot?
3. AsktheclassaboutCyberbullying.Whatiscyberbullying?
4. Whyiscyberbullyingbecomingmorepopular?

HelpingInuitClients:Cultural
RelevanceandEffectiveCounselling
(DiscussionPaper)
NAHO,2004

Ikajurniq,BasicCounsellingSkills:Inuit

Voices,ModernMethods

THEPOWEROFWORDS(10minutes)

(Manual)IT,2009

SuicidePreventionandTwoSpirited

1. Askstudentsiftheyveheardtherhyme,Sticksandstonewillbreakmybones,
butnameswillneverhurtme.Dotheyagreeordisagreewithit?Whyorwhy

People,FNC
FNCSuicidePreventionToolkit

not?
2. Writeontheboard,Youreagreatpersonandalotoffun.andwriteYourean
idiotandnoonelikesyou.

HonouringLifeNetwork
HonouringLifeNetwork

3. Havethestudentsrepeateachsentenceafteryou.Doitagainbutfirstaskthem
tothinkabouthowitfeelstosayeachsentence.Havethemsayeachsentence

HealthyBeginnings

togetherandthenhavethempauseforasecondandaskthemhowtheyfeel
immediatelyaftersayingeachsentenceoutloud.Getaclassreaction.

ISPAYINMtisYouthExpressYourself

4. Nowhavethemfindapartner.Havethemlooktheotherpersonintheeyeand
saybothsentences.
Askthestudentswhosaidithowtheyfeltsayingittosomeonesface.
Askthestudentswhoheardithowitfelttohearit.
Havepersonwhowaslisteningsaythesentencesthistimeandthenaskforreactions.

THEPOWEROFTHEINTERNET(10minutes)
1.Askyourstudents:

WhousestheInternet?
Whatdoyouuseitfor?
Whousesittotalktofriends?
Whatsitesdoyouuse?
Hasanyoneeverseenorexperiencednegativemessagesbeingsentfromone
persontoanotherontheInternet?

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Whydoyouthinksomeonewoulddothat?
Howdoyouthinkitfeelstoreadmessageslikethataboutyourselforsomeone
youcareabout?

2.Read:Cyberbullyinghasbecomemorecommonbecauseoftwomainreasons:its
easytosendamessageanditcanbedoneanonymously.Becausepeoplecansenda
messageanonymously,theyoftensaythingsthattheywouldneversaytosomeones
face.Theycansaythingsthataremeanandhurtful.Itmightbeeasytosaythese
things,butitisveryhardtohearthem.Themessagesstickandcanberemembered
foralongtime.
Itisalsoveryeasytospreadamessagefrompersontoperson.Inminuteshundreds,
oreventhousands,ofpeoplecanbegivingtheiropiniononasubject.Ifpeopleare
sayingbadthingsaboutoneperson,eachpersonmightonlybesayingonething,butit
canquicklyaddup.Remember:anythingwrittenorpostedontheInternetisforever
andcangoimmediatelyanywhereintheworldforanyonetosee.

GAME(10minutes)
1. Handoutonepieceofpapertoeverystudent.
2. Tellyourclassyouregoingtogivethemoneminute.Inthatminutetheyhaveto
writeameancommentonthepieceofpaper.Nothingviolentorrudejustthe
kindofthingsomeonemightwriteontheInternetaboutsomeonetheydontlike.
3. Whentheyhavewrittensomething,theyhavetopassthepapertosomeoneelse
whodoesthesamething,whothenpassesittosomeoneelse,andsoonforone
minute.
4. Thestudentsaretryingtowriteasmanycommentsastheycanonasmany
piecesofpaperastheycaninoneminute.
5. Whentheminuteisupsay,Stop.
6. Tellthestudentstoimaginetheyhavejustfoundawebsitethathasalotof
commentsaboutthem.Tellthemtoreadthecommentsonthepaperimagining
thatthosecommentsareonthiswebsiteandareaboutthem.
7. Haveadiscussionabouthowitfeelstoreadthesethings.
8. Dothegameagain.Handoutonesheetofpaperperstudent(orturnthesheet
over),butthistimeinsteadofmeanandhurtfulcomments,everyonehastowrite
somethingpositiveandnice.
9. Afteroneminuteofpassingthepaperaroundhavethemimaginetheyrereading
allthesethingsaboutthemselves.Askthemthedifferenceinhowitfeelsfor
themtoreadthenegativeandpositivecommentsandhowitmustfeelforanother
studentto.

ADDITIONALACTIVITY
FRIENDSHIPPOLICY
HavethestudentscomeupwithandagreeonaFriendshipPolicywhichstateshow
theywillpromisetotreatoneanother.Whattheywillandwontallowintheirclassroom.
Onceithasbeencreated,printoffacopyforeveryoneandhaveeachpersonsigntheir
owncopyofthepolicy.Gettheirparentstosignittoo.

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