Jenn Sayre & Leanna Casale Date: October 5, 2017
Mrs. Evans Time: TBD
Grade: 3
Subject: Social Studies
Anti-Bullying Lesson
1. Essential Questions
a. How does bullying affect the victim?
b. What are some ways to stop and prevent bullying?
2. Standards
a. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on
grade 3 topics and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own
clearly.
b. 6.3.4.D.1 Identify actions that are unfair or discriminatory, such as bullying, and
propose solutions to address such actions
3. Learning Objectives and Assessments
Learning Objectives Assessments
Students will be able to identify actions, like Students will listen to the teacher read
bullying, that are unfair/discriminatory. Chrysanthemum aloud to the class and they
will recognize examples of bullying
throughout the story. Students will discuss the
examples with a partner and with the class.
Students will be able to discuss solutions to Students will answer questions posed by the
unfair treatment. teacher about how to solve issues with
bullying.
Students will be able to identify ways they can Students will complete I Can Stop Bullying
stop/prevent bullying. By worksheet.
4. Materials
a. 19 pre-cut red hearts
b. 1 large red heart
c. Band-aids
d. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
5. Pre-Lesson Assignment and/or Prior Knowledge
a. Students will come into this lesson most likely having already witnessed or heard
about various acts of bullying in their school and community. They may have
even been in a situation where they werent sure the appropriate way to respond.
Students will bring these different perspectives and experiences into the activity,
activating a lively, diverse discussion.
6. Lesson Beginning
a. Have a riddle on the board and ask the students to solve the riddle
i. Its not in your tummy but its somewhere above. It is often thought of as
a symbol of love.
ii. Answer: A heart
iii. What does a heart symbolize?
7. Instructional Plan
a. Teacher will hand each student a heart and tell students to describe how the heart
looks.
i. Big, happy, red, nice, etc.
b. Explain that when they notice an example of bullying, they will fold/crinkle the
heart and when there are examples of someone being kind to Chrysanthemum,
they should smooth out a little of the heart.
c. Teacher will read Chrysanthemum.
d. After reading the book, students will Turn and Talk about examples of bullying
and kindness they noticed in the book for 2 minutes and then they will share with
the whole class.
e. Discuss as a class what happened to the heart throughout the book (when they
crinkled them). What does this symbolize?
f. Ask students how their hearts compares to the heart on the board.
g. Discuss as a class how the heart will never look the same or be the same again
after being bullied.
i. Even when we say were sorry, people still remember the hurtful things
we did.
h. Students will then return to their seats and write down examples of how they can
help someone who is being bullied or prevent bullying.
i. The teacher will ask if anyone wants to share what they wrote.
8. Differentiation
a. For students who dont want to share their answers, the Turn and Talk will give
the teacher the opportunity to listen in on each student as they talk with a partner.
9. Questions
a. What does a heart symbolize?
b. What are some examples of bullying/kindness you saw in the book?
c. How does your crinkled heart compare to this heart?
d. Decide if your heart is really fixed. Why or why not?
e. How can you help stop bullying?
10. Classroom Management
a. The students will follow the rules of the classroom.
b. All materials will be pre-cut.
11. Transitions
a. Students will be called onto the rug by table at the beginning of the lesson.
b. The teacher will ask students to return to their desks quietly to work on the
worksheet.
c. The teacher will call one table at a time to place their band-aids on the heart.
12. Closure
a. Students will write their names on a band-aid. Students will pledge that they will
not bully others and will help those who may be getting bullied. The students will
place their band-aids on the large heart to sign the pledge.
