| The Minnesota Initiative
The Minnesota Initiative
Harassment and Bullying: (19 minutes)
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Includes lesson plan for elementary classes/4th or 5th grades. Art-based
lessons define the concepts of "mean, kind, bullying, harassment, and
making a stand." Lessons also teach the basics of a classroom circle and making
amends.
(Lesson plan is immediately available. The movie is currently backordered. Please call for details)
One class in a St. Cloud, Minnesota elementary school chose to take on these issues in an innovative, positive and creative way.
Students at Jefferson Elementary School agreed to take part in an experiential art-based class and participate in making a movie; pro-actively learning about the underlying cause and the harmful effects of bullying and harassing behavior. Using clay, they learned to understand the abstract concepts of: mean, kind, harassment, bullying and Making a stand. Students learned how to create a classroom circle and use the principles of the Restorative Justice Process.
They used this movie throughout the school year, teaching other classes. By the end of the year, there was a 58% drop in harassing and bullying incidents: schoolwide.
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