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Whole Student Approach
Student Empowerment
School Stories

Bullying and Harassment links to Social Responsibility

Activities & Sessions

Possible Outcomes 

Bodymapping – bullying behaviours 

I remember - pages 23-24

Sharing & comparing - page 24

Bullybodies: brainstorming bullying behaviours - pages 24-25

Identifying reasons for bullying - page 26

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Is it OK to tell? Effects of bullying 

Is it OK to tell? Effects of bullying - page 27

Sample questions - page 28

Is it OK to tell? (worksheet) - page 29

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Discrimination game 

Brainstorm discrimination - definitions & ‘labels’ - pages 30-31

Grouping - ranking labels - page 31

Pictorial version - page 32

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

Researching bullying 

Bullying survey - pages 33-34

Dear Dorrie letters - page 34

Reporting on survey results - page 34

Whole school survey extension task - page 35

Surveys (template) - page 36

Recorders (record sheets) - pages 37-41

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.9 Benefits of research: 

Society should support the advancement of knowledge in all its domains, promote scholarship and research that promise to improve the quality of life and share the benefits as widely as possible.

Advice & problem solving 

Advice & problem solving - pages 42-43

Sample questions - pages 43-44

Alternative for small group - page 43

Workbook activities: - page 44

• Create comic strips to solve problems

• Role-play a problem being solved

• Write letter, write a song or poem

Role cards (template) - page 45

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Speaking up 

Exploring the options at this school - page 46

Standing up for yourself - pages 47-48

Ingredients of an apology - pages 48-49

What can the bystander do? - page 50

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Designing a friendly environment campaign 

Designing a friendly environment campaign - page 51

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

4.6 Reconciliation: 

Strategies of cooperation and reconciliation are preferred to coercion and confrontation, especially where groups or individuals are in conflict.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom:

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

4.9 Benefits of research: 

Society should support the advancement of knowledge in all its domains, promote scholarship and research that promise to improve the quality of life and share the benefits as widely as possible.

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean? 

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean? - page 57

‘Being nobody’ poem - page 58

Giving voice (worksheet) - page 59

Giving voice using poem (worksheet) - page 60

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Bundling & cluster mapping 

How to? - pages 61-62

Bundling and cluster mapping (worksheet) - page 63

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

What do poets say? 

Small groups - page 64

Whole class - read poems, compare and discuss - page 64

Jumbled poems  (template) - page 66

Original poems (handout) - page 67

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Reading activity – let's tell a story 

What is the message? - pages 68-69

How is it said? - page 69

Brainstorm - how to pass messages on to younger kids - page 70

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Writing for purpose & audience – let’s make a story 

Discussing bullying - pages 71-72

Getting started - page 72

Let’s make a story (handout) - page 73

Brainstorm! (record sheet) - page 74

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom:

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

Let’s make a story 

Developing their story - page 75 -

Writing a story for younger children, illustrating and sharing

Completing the story - page 75

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom:

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

What do the newspapers say? 

Read it, talk about it - page 76

Comprehension questions - page 77

Improvise a play about it! - page 78

Newspaper articles (handout) - page 79

Improvise a play (scenarios handout) - page 80

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom:

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

Inform, explain, instruct – tell it as it is 

Preparing a short talk - page 81

Inform, explain, instruct (handout) - page 82

Prompt cards (handout) - page 83

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom:

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.

Status 

Warm-up games - pages 90-91

Power pairs - bullying tableaux - pages 91-92

‘Human Guinea Pig’ scenarios - page 92

Sample questions - page 93

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Scenes from stories 

Warm-up games - pages 94-95

Storytelling - remember and visualise - pages 95-96

Collecting material - sharing stories - page 96

Making a scene from a story - page 96

Coaching for liberation - page 97

Workbook - letters of advice/journal writing - page 98

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Belonging 

Warm-up games - page 99

Greetings game - mingle and greet - page 100

Conflict of wants - acting exercise - pages 100-101

Enter new kid - small group improvisation - pages 101-102

Mask it, move it - page 102

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

The Inside story 

Warm-up games - page 103

Inside the bully - sub-text exercise - page 104

Inside/outside - creating tableaux and a text collage - page 105

Creating a text collage - page 105

Sample questions - page 106

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

Standing up for yourself 

Warm-up games - pages 107-108

Paired protests - role-play assertiveness - pages 108-109

Hidden thoughts - a technique for exploring sub-text - page 109

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

Fantasy - reality - nightmare 

Warm-up games - pages 110-111

Nightmare-fantasy-reality - page 111

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

Group project - design a drama 

Group project - design a drama - pages 112-113

Use naturalistic and anti-naturalistic techniques to devise a short drama on the theme of bullying (several lessons)

Ideas for student feedback - page 113

4.1 Participation and citizenship: 

As a democratic society, Australia should encourage its members to participate in the political process and to contribute to community services consistent with good citizenship.

4.2 Community: 

Interpersonal cooperation and social responsibility are encouraged.

4.3 Diversity: 

The richness of many cultural expressions is recognised, and diversity in the context of shared community life is welcome.

4.4 Contribution: 

Society has something to gain from every individual life, and should maximise the opportunities for all persons to contribute to the common good.

4.5 Authority:   

People should respect legitimate and just authority structures and the rule of the law, while recognising and observing human rights.

4.6 Reconciliation: 

Strategies of cooperation and reconciliation are preferred to coercion and confrontation, especially where groups or individuals are in conflict.

4.7 Social justice: 

The right of each person to a fair share of society’s economic and cultural resources is recognised.

4.8 Responsibility and freedom: 

People have the right to choose their way of life, and are responsible for the impact of their choices on nature and other community members.