Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Unit Purpose:
Students define bullying and analyze the roles of victims, bystanders, and the whole community. Students recognize that bullying is a civil rights issue that must be addressed for their community to be fair and safe for all. They create a survey and poll members of their school and family communities. Youth utilize the persuasive power of oral writing and visual media as instruments of change.
Focus Question: What is the effect of bullyling on the community, and what can be done to minimize bullying and its influence?
Unit Duration:
Six 45-Minute Class Periods, Plus time to create, poll, and analyze a survey, and time to carry out a service project
Unit Objectives:
The learner will:
- define philanthropy as giving time, talent, and treasure and taking action for the common good.
- define bullying as repeated negative behavior with a desire to harm someone with less power (size, strength, or other perceived imbalance of power). The aggressor appears to enjoy the interaction, and the victim feels oppressed.
- identify the causes and effects of bullying.
- research techniques for bullying prevention tactics and effective responses to incidents.
- assess the state of bullying in a school community and communicate findings.
- identify bullying as a civil rights issue.
- discuss the results of private citizen voluntary action intended for the common good on public policy changes.
- explain why private action is important to the protection of minority voices.
- define philanthropy as giving time, talent, and treasure and taking action for the common good.
- define civil virtue and give examples.
- explore examples of victimized minorities who were denied their rights.
- define the civil society sector and discuss citizen's responsibility to address society's needs.
- utilize the persuasive power of written or oral communication as an instrument of change in the community, nation or the world.
- select a service project based on interests, abilities, and research.
- articulate and demonstrate the safety procedures that are part of the volunteer experience.
- describe the procedures and the importance of sensitivity to the people with whom students are working.
Service Experience:
Students take action to help youth respond to bullyling or to help schools stop bullying. Some ideas follow:
- Use video cameras to make PSAs against bullying and to teach people how to respond. (High School students may teach anti-bullying techniques to younger children.)
- Use persuasive writing as an instrument of change.
- Educate and support victims of bullying, including support groups, conflict resolution posters, or wallet cards listing things to do if you’re bullied.
- Think about ways to help bullies stop being bullies.
Unit Assessment:
Review students raw data (surveys and interviews) and compare it to their presentations (charts and graphs). Does the presentation format match the raw data collected and respresent the information accurately?
Do students communicate their findings clearly? Does the service project students plan and carry out reflect the needs they identified?
School/Home Connection:
In lesson one, students survey family members as they collect data about bullying observations.
Bibliographical References:
- Alexie. Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little Brown, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0316068208
- Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. ISBN-13: 978-0142407325
- The National Center for Victims of Crime "Teen Victim Project http://www.ncvc.org/tvp/main.aspx?dbName=Bullying#2
- What Is Bullying? stopbullying.gov http://www.stopbullying.gov/topics/what_is_bullying/test_your_knowledge/index.html
- Pacer's National Bullying Prevention http://www.pacer.org/bullying/stories/
- Department of Education statement about bullying and civil rights: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201010.html
- William Throckmorton's summary of the intent of the statement: http://wthrockmorton.com/2010/10/26/department-of-education-releases-bullying-prevention-guidance/
- Here is the government's Stop Bullying Now campaign with resources: http://www.stopbullying.gov/
- Golding, William. The Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber,1954.
State Curriculum and Philanthropy Theme Frameworks:
See individual lessons for benchmark detail.
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