The Interconnectedness of Violence

At the start of class:

• Test the Pre-Unit Survey link. Ensuring students can access the survey on the school server.
• Small groups (3-4 students) pre-determined to save time.
• Student journals ready to be distributed
• Chart paper and markers to record the final agreements
• Notecards (ca. 10 per group) for group discussions 
• Copies of H2.1-1 Developing Agreements Handout for each small group
• Copies of H2.1-2 Violence Pyramid Handout for each student

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Note to Educator

Throughout the unit, students will contribute ideas of how to disrupt patterns of violence on the violence pyramid. Throughout lessons, there will be prompts for students to brainstorm both solutions and challenges. This can be conducted as a class activity, using a violence pyramid created on chart paper in the classroom with students contributing solutions and challenges using two different colored post it notes. Alternatively, educators can choose to have students complete this process individually using the H2.1-2 Violence Pyramid Handout. 

To engage both outgoing and non-outgoing students, educators may choose to use both, allowing class discussion on the chart paper and time for students to reflect privately in their pyramid handouts. If using the H2.1-2 Violence Pyramid Handout, students should be instructed to keep them in their journals for reference throughout the unit. 

If using a classroom violence pyramid, draw a pyramid with five sections on chart paper. In each section, write the title (1. Loss, 2. Explicit Violence, Harassment, Abuse, 3. Institutional Discrimination, 4. Acts of Prejudice & Bias, 5. Biased Attitudes & Beliefs). Leave sections blank and contribute throughout the unit examples to each section.