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__5-D-1 GROUP PROJECT: Flicker Lesson Plan__
**I. INTRODUCTION TO FLICKR TOOL AND OVERVIEW OF LESSON:**

Flickr is a video and image hosting website. The website is used to share personal photos. It also allows bloggers to embed photos from Flickr into their personal blogs. It was reported in 2010 that Flickr was hosting more than 5 billion images. Flickr has an offical app for iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7.

**II. LESSON GOALS AND GRADE LEVELS:**


 * __LessonTopic__:** Bullying
 * __Grade Level__:** This lesson is for Middle and High School students.
 * __Goals__**: The overall objective of this lesson is to teach students what bullying is, how it affects the bullied students, and what a student can do to address bullying when it happens to them, or to someone around them.

**III. SPECIFIC LESSON DETAILS:** (S=student activity and T=teacher activity)

**A. What is Bullying?**

T: show the word "Bully" on the board S: brainstorm what the word bully means. n Share answers n Write answers on the board T: group ideas that are given (person bullying v. person being bullied) S: help with groups T: go over what a bullying means

**B. What are the types of bullying?**

n Physical bullying: n Verbal bullying:
 * Hitting, kicking, pushing – or threats
 * Stealing, hiding materials
 * Making someone do something they do not want to do
 * Name calling
 * Teasing
 * Insulting
 * This can also be done online with cyber bullying

n Relationship bullying: S:ask questions – volunteer other ideas of each type of bullying
 * Refusing to talk to someone
 * Spreading lies or rumors
 * Make someone do something they do not want todo
 * This can also be done online with cyberbullying

**C. What are some of the effects of bullying?**

T:explain what effects bullying has on a student who is bullied: n Depression n Fear of school or location n Loneliness n Anxiety n Low self-esteem n Physicalillness n Suicidal thoughts or actions S: listen and add additional effects they have T:ask for class volunteer S: volunteer goes to the front of the room (if nobody volunteers you can use a mannequin or a tracing of a person)

**D. ILAC Campaign = "I am Loveable and Capable"**

T: place a ILAC sign on the student n ILAC stands for “I am Loveable and Capable”. All individuals should respect their own sign and everyone else’s sign in life n Ask for another volunteer S: have student come to the front of the class T: give the student a largecut out paper heart

n Readthe ILAC story (use the student name with the sign if you wish) (story from PBS.org and was modified to match the age range) n As you read, the holder of the heart will rip up the heart when told (see story) Story S: listen to story and see the heart break T: ask students what they thought of the story

n What type of bullying was occurring? n How did the student respond? S: participate in the discussion T: ask students how students who are bullied should handle themselves S: working in small groups –develop a list T: have students share ideas. Be sure that the following ideas are shared:
 * Ignore the bully – walk right past them, pretend you did not hear them – don’t look atthem
 * Don’t cry, get angry, or show you are upset – that is the goal of the bullier
 * Turn a comment in to a joke
 * Remove yourself from the situation
 * Remember you are not the one with the problem – the bullier feels like they have to be mean to be popular or taken seriously – have confidence that you are OK.
 * S: participate in conversation

T: the students will now be making a poster/book on why they are special, and "I like me” product. This will help all the students to learn about their classmates. Students who are bullied will always have this as something to look at if they ever feel sad.

n Use images from Flickr n Include:
 * Favorite food
 * Favorite sports
 * Favorite music
 * Favorite movies
 * Favorite TC shows
 * Words that describe me best
 * What I like about myself
 * Something that most people would be surprised to know about me

S: make poster/book – use Flickr to find images or words that will help with the product T: post the products around the room or in a book sostudents can learn about each other.

**IV. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:**


 * Read the book “Bully on the Bus” from Carl W. Bosch (middle school). This book is a choose your own endingbook. Students can then have a discussion about the book or blog about the book.
 * Read the book “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss. Student can discuss the book; diagram the main points, or blog about the book.
 * Read “Freak” by Marcella Pixley. Students can discuss the book, diagram the main points, or blog about the book.
 * There is a large list of great books found at [] so that you can choose one that is appropriately for the students you are teaching.
 * Show the following video to students: []. Have students make a storybook or video with a main character who has been bullied. They can use
 * They can use a free program like Storyboard, Moviemaker (iMovie for Macs), Xtranormal or a number of other technology tools. Share them with the class including discussion on how each bullied victim feels.

**V. RESOURCES:**

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