Professional School Counselor Guidance Lesson Plan Form

School Corporation:

Yorktown Community Schools

School Name:

Yorktown Middle School

Contact:

Katie Preston or Liz Jones

Indiana Student Standards for Guidance Addressed

Standard(s)
addressed:

Instructional Development
Grade Level(s):

6th-8th grade

Title:

Introduction to Bullying

Indicator(s)
addressed:

9-12.3.1 Identify
appropriate resources
available to young
adults to help them
address stressors and
conflicts common to
young adults (e.g.,
parents, crisis hotlines,
school counselors).
IN 6-8:3.3 Discuss
responsibility for
reporting bullying
incidents to an adult.
IN 6-8:3.4 Describe
ways in which students
can support those who
are being bullied.
IN 6-8:3.5 Describe
how assertiveness can
be used to help prevent
bullying.
IN 9-12:3.2 Describe
challenges that are
typical for young adults
and successful methods
for addressing them.
IN 9-12:3.3 Describe
decisions young adults
make and the possible
consequences of those
decisions.

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Summary:

Define bullying and the different types and discuss YMSs stance
on bullying

Time Frame:

20 Minutes

Procedure:

1. Show a short video Break the Chain

http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/bullying/7265-best-viralantibullying-videos.gs
2. Read the bullying Section of the Student Handbook
(Number 4):
Students are to treat other students with respect. Name
calling, pushing, shoving, tripping, fighting, or intimidation
of any kind will not be tolerated. **Indiana Code gives the
following definition for bullying: Sec. 0.2. As used in this
chapter, bullying means overt, repeated acts or
gestures, including:
Verbal or written communications transmitted;
Physical acts committed; or
Any other behaviors committed by a student or group of
students against another student with the intent to harass,
ridicule, humiliate, intimidate, or harm the other student.
**Note that bullying is taken seriously at YMS and can be
considered as grounds for suspension or expulsion
3. Introduce and Discuss types of bullying:
Physical bullying: hurting a persons body or possessions;
hitting/kicking/punching, spitting, tripping or pushing, taking or
breaking someones things, and making mean or rude hand
gestures.
Verbal bullying: saying mean things; teasing, name-calling,
inappropriate sexual comments, mocking, or threatening to
cause harm.
Social bullying: hurting someones reputation or relationships;
telling other children not to be friends with someone, excluding,
gossiping, spreading rumors, humiliating, ethnic or racial slurs
Cyber: threats, intimidation, harassment via texting, email, social
networking (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc.), or other websites/apps
4. Read or have students Role play the following scenarios.

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Have them identify which type of bullying they think each
one is and discuss how to solve the situations appropriate
Verbal Bullying:
Sally & Katelyn are sitting in class. They look over a see
the way that Sarah is dressed. They start laughing at
Sarah and calling her names, loud enough so that she
can hear them.
Intimidation:
Joe & Dave are walking down the hallway. They catch
Jacob alone in the hallway. Joe threatens Jacob that if he
doesnt start doing his homework, hes going to beat
Jacob up.
Social Bullying:
Kathy doesnt like Amy. Kathy decides that shes going to
start a rumor about Amy. The rumor is that Amy sleeps
with a blankie at night and sucks her thumb. Other
students start asking Amy if this is true and laughing at
her in the hallway.
Physical Bullying:
Zack & Chase are walking down the hallway and they
block the hall, so that Devon cannot walk to his class.
Zack & Chase then knock her books out of his hands.
Cyberbullying:
Allie doesnt like Sierrashe feels that Sierra is trying to
steal her boyfriend. Allie posts her status, Im going to kill
Sierra! She thinks shes pretty and shes just an ugly
nobody. Wait until she gets to school tomorrow.
Evaluation
How will mastery of the
guidance indicator(s)
be evaluated?

1. Through classroom discussion of the topic

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Learning Resources
Resources needed:
e.g., technology resources,
media resources, books, web
sites

http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/bullying/7265-best-viralantibullying-videos.gs
Computer
Projector

Citation(s):
You may include
copyrighted materials in
resources needed, but do
not reproduce copyrighted
materials in your lesson
plan. Non-copyrighted
materials need to be
reproduced and included
with your lesson plan. Cite
sources here.

2014-2015 Yorktown Middle School Student Handbook. (2014,

January 1). Retrieved August 15, 2014.

School Corporation:

Yorktown Community Schools

School Name:

Yorktown Middle School

Contact:

Katie Preston or Liz Jones

Indiana Student Standards for Guidance Addressed

Professional School Counselor Guidance Lesson Plan Form

Standard(s)
addressed:

Instructional Development
Grade Level(s):

6th-8th grade

Title:

How to Handle Bullying

Summary:

Time Frame:

20 Minutes

Indicator(s)
addressed:

9-12.3.1 Identify
appropriate resources
available to young
adults to help them
address stressors and
conflicts common to
young adults (e.g.,
parents, crisis hotlines,
school counselors).
IN 6-8:3.3 Discuss
responsibility for
reporting bullying
incidents to an adult.
IN 6-8:3.4 Describe
ways in which students
can support those who
are being bullied.
IN 6-8:3.5 Describe
how assertiveness can
be used to help prevent
bullying.
IN 9-12:3.2 Describe
challenges that are
typical for young adults
and successful methods
for addressing them.

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Procedure:

1. Remind students that bullying fosters a climate of fear

and disrespect that can seriously impair the physical and
psychological health of its victims and create conditions
that negatively affect learning. Bullying includes
unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or
perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or
has the potential to be repeated, over time. The
imbalance of power involves the use of physical strength,
or popularity to access embarrassing information to
control or harm others. Bullying can occur anywhere (inschool or outside of school) and at any time both during
and after school hours. Bullying can include physical
bullying, verbal bullying, social/relational bullying,
and electronic/written communication.
2. Discuss what a bully is
Do all bullies look alike?
Are they all boys? All girls?
What is the body language of a bully?
How do bullies walk and talk?

3. Discuss reasons why students bully others. After

students have shared some ideas, present that Students
bully:
To gain power
To gain popularity and attention
To act out problems from home
To copy what someone else does that they admire
Because they perceive it as fun
4. Now its time to discuss the victims or targets of bullying.
Do all targets look alike?
Are they all boys? All girls?
What is the body language of a targets?
How do they walk and talk?

Discuss that just like bullies, the victims can be targeted

for a number of reasons. Regardless of why, they still can
experience emotional consequences of being bullied.
They may experience: low self-esteem, a fearful attitude,
sadness, headaches, stomachaches, fatigue, panic, fear
of school, and they may become withdrawn.
5. What can people do to stop bullying and prevent any
more people from experiencing the negative

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consequences of bullying?
Have students go to
http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/respond and
explore what bullies and targets can do.
6. Introduce what a bystander is: A person who stands near
or looks on but does not take part; an onlooker or
spectator.
Ask students: Is a bystander who watches bullying take
place without doing anything about it being just as harmful
as the bully?
Emphasize that:
a. If a person acts as a bystander and takes no action,
that person is also harming the victim
b. Bullies like when bystanders do nothing. Bullies rely
on bystanders remaining silent so they can continue
bullying.
c. Bystanders play the most important role in ending
bullying. When bystanders stand up to the bullies,
bullies lose their power.
Have students return their attention to the website and
explore how bystanders can stand up to bullies.
7. 7. Have students complete the Putting It All Together handout
and then discuss (time permitting)

8. Reiterate that the most important thing

anybody involved in bullying can do is
REPORT it.

**There are a few options of HOW you report

bullyingthe MAIN thing is that YOU NEED
to report it!!! Bullies wont just go away.
Who can you report bullying to?
Teacher
Principal
Asst. Principal
Counselor
Nurse
Parent

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HOW can you report it?

Verbally tell the adults at school
Tell your parent/guardian at home and have them
call the office to talk to Mr. Braun or Mrs. Preston
Write a note and give it to an adult at school

Evaluation
How will mastery of the
guidance indicator(s)
be evaluated?

1. Through completion of the Putting it all Together Handout

Learning Resources
Resources needed:
e.g., technology resources,
media resources, books, web
sites

Computer
Projector
http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/#/respond
Putting it All Together Handout

Citation(s):
You may include
copyrighted materials in
resources needed, but do
not reproduce copyrighted
materials in your lesson
plan. Non-copyrighted
materials need to be
reproduced and included
with your lesson plan. Cite
sources here.

Bonds, M. (2000). Bully Proofing Your Middle School. Sopris

West, Dallas, TX.
Teens Against Bullying. (2014, January 1). Retrieved August 13,
2014.