Choosing Kindness
7^th Grade Lesson

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Objective:Students will be able to: Identify that we are faced with choices when bullying occurs and that how we choose to act affects the outcome of the event.  Explore what people can do to make a difference in their school, their community, their country, and the world.

Activities: Discussion, Video Response, Walking in Someone’s Shoes, Kindness Zone Program

Skills: Listening, Making Inferences, Interpreting Visual and Written Material, Communicating Orally and in Writing, Critical Thinking

Lesson Materials: 
What is Bullying? Group Work, cut into half sheets before class, one for each group
Foundation for a Better Life DVD: Locker, Cafeteria clips (http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/66-Cafeteria)
Bullying Discussion Info (from Dr. Bill Porter and Sally Stoker, MSW, of Bully Proofing Your School, Denver)
Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes Worksheet (© 2011 Colorado UpLift, Denver), cut apart before class. Each student will need a Shoe #1 and a Shoe #2
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