Again as a reminder from one of my last posts "The Bullying Project" we created a lesson plan based around bullying. We showed videos and collected secrets students had involving bullying. We had high hopes for the projects, students were very motivated and excited to participate in. After reading some of the secrets, things came to a halt and were redirected. We found some secrets students wrote that were a little too sensitive to share to the class. Leading us to turn the project into a more positive light. The next time we came back to the class we had students remember their original secret and create a solution or resolution to the problem. They could also focus on what an ally was.
Within this change, the projects also shifted.
6th grade- Create slogans and images to stop bullying which will be turned into iron-ons for t-shirts. The best in each class will be combined to create a peace sign, printed onto shirts to be sold to the school.
7th grade- Students create a wordle poster adding words that represent allies and what they are. The posters were laminated and placed throughout the school in areas where students thought bullying happens
8th Grade- Students produced creative videos in which they worked in groups or alone to edit to their liking, adding statistics and quotes, music and sound.
I can't show you the videos due to the fact that I can't put these kids pictures up online! You'll just have to take my word for it, they came out great!
