Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School Lesson Plan: Chapter 1 of 12

Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 1 of 12

Introduction to Series and Learning Objectives

Middle School students who participate in this set of twelve lesson plans focusing on Bullies, Bystanders of Bullying, and Victims of bullying-type behavior will receive the following benefits:

(1) They will become skilled in using the eight (8) tools of Anger Control developed by Dr. Tony Fiore. (Many thanks goes to Dr. Tony Fiore, also known as the Anger Coach, for freely providing these techniques to my readers. See more info about him in resource section.)

(2) Students who have been identified as bullies should decrease the instances of bullying-type behavior.

(3) Victims of bullying and bystanders of bullying will increase their ability to defuse bullying-type behavior.

(4) Students will increase their feelings of empathy for self and others.

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The stories included in these twelve lesson plans revolve around about a dozen each of seventh-grade bullies, bystanders of bullying, and victims of bullying who all attend a middle school we will call Kennedy Middle School or KMS. Both the story characters and the middle school are a product of the imagination of Debbie Dunn – a Conflict Resolution and Anti-Bullying Specialist since 1998; however, the actual bullying events are based on composite stories of real things that happen in middle schools across the country.

Debbie Dunn has been a professional storyteller since 1989. Since 1980, she has been a certified teacher of K-3 and 1-8. She taught elementary school for seven years; traditional middle school for two years; and conflict resolution, character education, and communication skills to over 500 middle school students a year for five years until a budget-cut eliminated most of the school’s special programs. Facilitating young people to deal with bullying-type behavior is one of her greatest passions in life.

These twelve lesson plans are self-contained. All stories, role-plays, discussion questions, and teaching posters are included as one of your free benefits of visiting this site and being one of my many readers. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 1 of 12

© 2011 by Debbie Dunn

In this first chapter, students will learn more about Anger Triggers, Anger Cues, Anger Styles, and the first tool of the Eight (8) Tools of Anger Control – Recognizing Stress. You will also get to know Nick Sanders and some other seventh graders at KMS.

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Posters needed for the Chapter 1 lessons

Poster: 8 Tools of Anger Control by Dr. Tony Fiore

Please note: This will print on 3 pieces of paper. You might want to tape the 3 pages together to make one big poster.

Poster: Anger Cues
Poster: Four Anger Styles

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 1 of 9

Part 1: Class discussion introducing program and 8 Tools of Anger Control poster

A. Description of program

B. Introduce 8 Tools of Anger Control Poster

Click link to read “Part 1 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 2 of 9

Part 2: Story called “Nick’s Anger Triggers”

A. Teacher reads story to class called “Nick’s Anger Triggers.”

B. Story Description: Seventh-grader Nick Sanders has to deal with the bullying-type behavior of his two older brothers almost on a daily basis. You also learn about the other anger triggers on the home front that contributes to him having a case of the ‘angries‘ once again.

Click link to read “Part 2 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 3 of 9

Part 3: Class discussion about Anger Triggers

A. The teacher will lead the students in a class discussion about Anger Triggers.

B. Students will analyze the Anger Triggers in the story about Nick.

C. Students will also discuss the Anger Triggers from their own lives.

Click link to read “Part 3 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 4 of 9

Part 4: Story called “Anger Cues plus Nick, Jordy, and Judd”

A. Teacher reads story to class called “Anger Cues plus Nick, Jordy, and Judd.”

B. Story Description: Nick Sanders is a seventh-grade student at Kennedy Middle School aka KMS. He entered KMS the year before and reveled in playing the role of being the biggest bully in the sixth grade. He hoped to continue his reign as a seventh grader; however, he finds he has a rival in new attendee Judd Ford. Nick is quite annoyed that suddenly he has competition in dealing with his favorite punching bag – Jordy Gibson.

Click link to read “Part 4 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 5 of 9

Part 5: Class discussion about Anger Cues

A. The teacher will lead the students in a class discussion about Anger Cues.

B. Students will analyze the Anger Cues in the story about Nick, Jordy, and Judd.

C. Students will also discuss the Anger Cues from their own lives.

Click link to read “Part 5 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 6 of 9

Part 6: Class discussion about Anger Styles

A. The teacher will lead the students in a class discussion about the four different Anger Styles: Acting Out, Displaced Anger, Ignored Anger, and Avoidance.

B. Students will analyze the Anger Styles employed in the story about Nick, Jordy, and Judd.

C. Students will also discuss the Anger Styles employed in their own lives.

Click link to read “Part 6 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 7 of 9

Part 7: Story called “Anger Styles plus Nick and Greg”

A. Teacher reads story to class called “Anger Styles plus Nick and Greg.”

B. Story Description: Since Judd got there first, Nick didn’t manage to extort Jordy for his lunch money. As a result, he was dealing with extreme hunger pangs. Thinking about his older brothers hogging up most of the breakfast cereal and knocking cigarette ash into his glass of orange juice provoked him to mutter aloud, “I hate Randall, and I hate Greg.”

Walking by at that very moment was seventh-grader Greg Garfield. He was greatly alarmed that Nick had suddenly decided to turn his bullying radar on him. He asked Nick, “What did I do?” Read what happens next to poor Greg.

Click link to read “Part 7 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 8 of 9

Part 8: Wrap-up class discussion about Anger Styles

A. The teacher will lead the students in a wrap-up class discussion about Anger Styles.

B. Students will analyze the Anger Styles employed in the story by Nick.

C. Students will analyze the Anger Styles employed in the story by Greg Garfield.

Click link to read “Part 8 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Chapter 1: Part 9 of 9

Part 9: Role-play called “Chapter 1: Bullies, Victims, & Bystanders at Kennedy Middle School”

A. Students participate in scripted role-play called “Chapter 1: Bullies, Victims, & Bystanders at Kennedy Middle School.”

B. By clicking this link, you will get directions plus the link to the PDF file for the scripted role-play to print for classroom use.

Click link to read “Part 9 of 9″ in the Chapter 1 section of the Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Series.

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Resources for the Teacher and Parents:

The eight (8) tools of anger management and control were developed by Dr. Tony Fiore. Dr. Fiore is also known as the Anger Coach. Among other things, Dr. Fiore is a licensed psychologist, marriage therapist, and certified anger management provider.

URL: http://www.angercoach.com/

The 8 Tools of Anger Control plus much of the other Anger Control material is also adopted with permission from the programs of The Anger Coach produced by psychologist Dr. Tony Fiore.

URL: http://drfiore.com
For daily anger tips, follow him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/angercoachonline. For adult anger management online, visit http://www.angercoachonline.com

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Coming Soon:

Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 1 of 12 (see above) Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 2 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 3 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 4 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 5 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 6 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 7 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 8 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 9 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 10 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 11 of 12 Bullies, Bystanders, and Victims Middle School lesson plan: Chapter 12 of 12

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