Lesson Plan Activities:
1. Review behavior in class-
-all have bad days
-going to be examining how those days can be a learning experience
2. Victim- write this word on the board inside a big circle
a. language of a victim- have students think of times when they didn't do their homework, were acting unruly, or made bad decisions. Make a list of these thoughts/explanations inside the victim circle.
b. have students compare these thoughts to their free write of a victim. Do these things look like something a victim would say?
*play Pink 'Don't Want to Get Me' song
c. what are the downfalls of being a victim? Put on board.
3. Punisher- other option (add to graphic organizer on the board)
a. what does a punisher do? Put on board
*play Disturbed 'Sickness' song
b. What are the downfalls of being a punisher? Put on board.
4. Rescuer- other option (add to graphic organizer on the board)
a. what does a rescuer do? Put on board.
*play Owen 'Don't Think I Can't Love You' song
b. What are the downfalls of being a rescuer? Put on board.
5. Link these roles to high school- students becoming victims
a. How have you taken a victim role in this classroom? In this high school?
b. how do you stop being a victim?
c. What other roles can you take in this class? In this school? (add to board)
6. My role- teacher
a. not rescuer
b. not punisher
c. guide, assistant, illustrator
Implications:
In this lesson, students may not be familiar with the terms 'victim', 'punisher', or 'rescuer'. However, using songs to highlight these roles gives students a familiar entry point, or way to approach the material. Each of these songs highlights important characteristics, actions, and behaviors of the specified role. After hearing these songs and reading the lyrics, students can move on to create concrete definitions of a term that may be very foreign to many adolescents. Ultimately, media provides students a concrete entry point to the definitions of abstract words.
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