To help promote students learning anti-bullying techniques, here are eight (8) character education lesson plans appropriate for grades five to eight.
Each lesson includes nine sections:
Section 1: Lesson Objectives
Section 2: K-W-L MODEL discussion (‘K’ and ‘W’ questions)
Section 3: Vocabulary
Section 4: Story
Section 5: Popcorn Review
Section 6: Role-Play
Section 7: Bloom’s Taxonomy discussion questions
Section 8: Writing assignment
Section 9: K-W-L MODEL discussion (‘L’ questions)
These field-tested lessons are totally self-contained. They come with teaching posters and role-play downloads – all for FREE. Everything you need is there for you simply by clicking on the links. Feel free to copy and paste them onto your computer so that you can use them with your classroom students.
One of the ways students learn about character education techniques, conflict resolution strategies, and anti-bullying processes is to try them on for size. Through the use of engaging stories and fun role-plays about realistic middle school students, young people start to incorporate the concepts taught in each lesson.
These lessons were all utilized in a class called ‘Communication Skills’. The author, Debbie Dunn, taught over 500 middle school students (Grades 5-8) a year for five years until a budget-cut eliminated many of the school’s special extracurricular programs. During that time period, she created over 3000 pages of curriculum based on real middle school conflict resolution and anti-bullying issues.
For the benefit of middle school students, middle school teachers, guidance counselors, and concerned parents, the author posts many of these lesson plans on Examiner.com. Feel free to subscribe to Debbie Dunn’s school conflict resolution Examiner page should you wish to keep abreast of each lesson as it gets posted.
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Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Accept Me for Who I Am
Story Description: Some kids start making fun of basketball player Jason just because he is short. In the first part of the role-play, seventh-grader Jason reacts badly to their ridicule. He ends up getting beat up. The last part of the role-play shows how much better the situation can be when Jason demonstrates enough self control to talk reasonably with his tormentors. As a result, they react in a more tolerant fashion as well. The role-play is called “Accept Me for Who I Am.” This Conflict Resolution role-play is based on an idea shared with me by one of my past seventh-grade students who struggled with being a lot shorter than the other 7th-grade guys. ====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Animal Justice for the Hyena and the Hare
Story Description: The Grandmothers of the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya tell stories to teach the children important lessons like don't be greedy. One of those children, Ann Njeri Mwangi, orally shared this tale with me in 1990. Hyena helps Hare find a cub-sitting job for Queen Lion. Unfortunately, Hyena demands a very unreasonable reward in exchange. Listen to this Character Education tale and see if you agree it also has a strong message about Justice and about being Responsible.====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Be part of the Solution
Story Description: Students participate in acting out the twelve (12) skits called “Be part of the Solution Skits.”====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): How the Tortoise Got Cracks in his Shell
Story Description: The Grandmothers of the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya tell stories to teach the children important lessons like don't be greedy. One of those children, Ann Njeri Mwangi, orally shared this tale with me in 1990. Many of the birds were invited to a party in Heaven. Tortoise convinced them that a way must be found to bring him along as he was such a Sweet Talker. Read about his elaborate con job. Listen to this Character Education tale and see if you agree it also has a strong message about the necessity of being a strong Leader and Trustworthy.====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): How to tactfully handle acquaintances who leach on to you
Story Description: Here is a story scenario you can use to help teach about the importance of the Character Education traits of Caring & Giving, Leadership, Tolerance & Allowing, Valuing & Respecting Self, and Valuing & Respecting Others. Jenny never wanted a school shooting to happen at her school. Her solution: Find and befriend an outcast. Her problem: The loner she found, Anne, began to follow her around everywhere she went. How could Jenny still be Anne’s friend yet maintain her own personal boundaries? Additional Note: Sometimes, when we become an advocate for someone perceived as a loner or outcast, that person can suddenly expect you to become his or her best friend. So, in that case, it is important to learn an assertive way of handling that situation.====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Making Friends with Kids from Other Schools
Story Description: I used to teach at a middle school that had 6 feeder schools: 3 were K-6 and 3 were K-5. The newly entered sixth-and seventh-graders found it challenging to meet so many news kids. This story addresses the best way to expand your network of friends.- Story
- Role-Play download
- Back to school game: The getting acquainted treasure hunt
- Create small group role-plays about how to form new friendships
- Lesson Plan
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Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Sarah and Jennifer End Their Friendship
Story Description: While Jennifer was out sick, Sarah hears rumors that Jennifer had been saying bad things about her. When Jennifer returns to school, Sarah verbally attacks her. Can their friendship be saved? This story demonstrates the importance of checking your facts. It also demonstrates the importance of finding a balance between the Character Education traits of Valuing& Respecting Self and Valuing & Respecting Others.====================
Character education Lesson Plan (Grades 5-8): Three Outcomes for Denise
Story Description: This story demonstrates the three different outcomes to conflict: LOSE-LOSE, WIN-LOSE, and WIN-WIN. It also illustrates three character education traits: Valuing & Respecting Self, Valuing & Respecting Others, and Valuing & Respecting Authority. See if you can figure out when each happens.====================
Resources
- Multiple Bullying Prevention Articles Resources on Pinterest
- Multiple Anti-Bullying, Be Bully Free Videos on Pinterest
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