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Health 1
LESSON
Six
Building Skills for Active Bystanders
60 Minutes
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Lesson Overview
Students will learn about being an active bystander, and ways to identify potentially harmful situations. Students will discuss potential barriers to intervention, and will practice language to use and actions to take to effectively intervene in harmful situations.
Lesson Objectives
- Define the concept of being an active bystander.
- Identify warning signs of high-risk or potentially harmful situations.
- Identify personal obstacles that prevent them from intervening in high-risk or potentially harmful situations.
- Practice various options for action strategies to effectively intervene in harmful situations.
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Compassionate response reminder: Teaching prevention education helps provide students with language and tools to define and identify abuse. Often while teaching prevention education, students will disclose experiences of harm or abuse to trusted adults. This lesson is trauma-informed and has been designed to acknowledge the varied experiences students may have. Before teaching please be sure you feel equipped to respond to instances of disclosure with a compassionate, trauma-informed approach. Please also confer with other school staff on how to handle student disclosures and navigate sensitive topics raised during these lessons.
There are small group breakouts within this lesson. Be prepared to split your students into small groups.