Foster dignity and respect and combat youth aggression
As middle school students adjust to tougher academics, they also find themselves introduced to increasingly complex social situations—including conflicts on social media, racism, anxiety, and bullying—and the choices they make can have repercussions far beyond the classroom. But they are not alone.
This new edition from bestselling author and Cultures of Dignity co-founder Rosalind Wiseman is packed with the latest research-based strategies, reviewed by high school and middle school students and revised to include all that she has learned while working over decades with young people. Owning Up has helped teachers, counselors, and leaders give students the tools they need to own up and take responsibility—as perpetrators, bystanders, and targets—for unethical behavior and to treat themselves and others with dignity. This bigger, comprehensive edition features:
· Three flexible, dynamic curricula separated by grade
· A new chapter on successfully implementing a social and emotional learning program in every school
· More games, role-playing activities, and provocative discussion questions to use in co-ed or single-sex groups
· Even more lessons and resources, updated to address social media, bystanding, and how young people can develop strong, healthy relationships with adults
Designed for use both in school and out, Owning Up helps prevent many of the common issues young people face and promotes friendships in these critical years. As educators, we must enlist the people who can make a real difference: the students.
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Foreword by Donna Hicks
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
6th Grade
Session 1: Getting Started—And (Hopefully) Not Wasting Your Time
Beach Ball Questions—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 2: Dignity and Respect—Words That Matter
Drawing Dignity and Respect—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 3: Listening to Each Other—Giving and Getting Advice
Ally—Sixth Grade Handout
Giving and Getting Advice—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 4: Just Kidding—Why Are We Really Laughing?
Session 5: Understanding Anger—Managing a Difficult Emotion
Anger and Your Brain—Sixth Grade Handout
Iceberg—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 6: SEAL—I Know What the Problem Is, but How Do I Fix It?
Applying SEAL—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 7: Apologies—What’s a True Apology?
True or Fake Apologies?—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 8: Friendships—Developing Good Friendships
Friendship Bill of Rights—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 9: Navigating Friend Groups—When Friendships Are Complicated
Session 10: They Said What?—How to Stop Rumors and Gossip
Session 11: When and How Do I Speak Out?—Building Empathy and Courage in Bystanders
Bystanding—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 12: Getting Out of the Box—Are We Boxed Into Gender Norms?
Session 13: Double Standards—Are People Being Treated Fairly?
Double Standards Scenarios—Sixth Grade Handout
Knowing What to Say—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 14: Understanding Advertising—What’s My Style?
Analyzing Ads—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 15: Getting Past the Products—The Influence of Advertising
Interview an Adult—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 16: The Mirror—How Do We See Ourselves? How Do We Want Others to See Us?
Session 17: Talking With Adults—How Do We Communicate Effectively?
Helping Adults—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 18: Managing Technology—It’s Not All Bad
I < 3 Technology—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 19: What Do You Share?—Deciding What to Post Online
What Do You Share?—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 20: Why Do You Share?—Knowing Why You Post Online
Pleasing the Invisible Audience—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 21: Do They Like Me?—Crushes and Rejection
This Stuff Is So Complicated!—Sixth Grade Handout
Session 22: Recognizing and Respecting Boundaries—How Far Is Too Far?
Session 23: Sexual Harassment—It’s Complicated
Session 24: Race and Bias—What Do We Really See?
Session 25: Race and Bias—Did I Say Something Wrong?
Session 26: Concluding the Program—Please Say You Learned Something!
I Am . . . —Sixth Grade Handout
7th Grade
Session 1: Getting Started—And (Hopefully) Not Wasting Your Time
Session 2: Dignity and Respect—Words That Matter
Drawing Dignity and Respect—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 3: Listening to Each Other—Giving and Getting Advice
Advice Situations—Seventh Grade Handout
Ally—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 4: Just Kidding—Why Are We Really Laughing?
Session 5: Understanding Anger—Managing a Difficult Emotion
Hiding and Showing Anger—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 6: SEAL—I Know What the Problem Is, but How Do I Fix It?
Session 7: Apologies—What’s a True Apology?
True or Fake Apologies?—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 8: Friendships—Developing Good Friendships
Friendship Bill of Rights—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 9: Navigating Friend Groups—When Friendships Are Complicated
Group Conflict—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 10: They Said What?—How to Stop Rumors and Gossip
Definition Game—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 11: When and How Do I Speak Out?—Building Empathy and Courage in Bystanders
Bystanding—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 12: Getting Out of the Box—Are We Boxed Into Gender Norms?
Session 13: Double Standards—Are People Being Treated Fairly?
Session 14: Understanding Advertising—What’s My Style?
Analyzing Ads—Seventh Grade Handout
What’s Authentic?—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 15: Getting Past the Products—How Does the Advertising Affect Me?
Are You a Walking Advertisement?—Seventh Grade Handout
Interview an Adult—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 16: The Mirror—How Do We See Ourselves? How Do We See Others?
The Armor Handout
Session 17: Talking With Adults—How Do We Communicate Effectively?
Helping Adults—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 18: Managing Technology—It’s Not All Bad
Session 19: What Do You Share?—Deciding What to Post Online
What Do You Share?—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 20: Why Do You Share?—Knowing Why You Post Online
Pleasing the Invisible Audience—Seventh Grade Handout
Thinking About What We Share—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 21: Do They Like Me?—Crushes and Rejection
This Stuff Is So Complicated!—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 22: Recognizing and Respecting Boundaries—How Far Is Too Far?
Thinking About Boundaries—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 23: Sexual Harassment—It’s Complicated
Session 24: Race and Bias—What Do We Really See?
What Do You Say?—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 25: Race and Bias—Did I Say Something Wrong?
I Really Don’t Know—Seventh Grade Handout
Session 26: Concluding the Program—Please Say You Learned Something!
I Am . . . —Seventh Grade Handout
8th Grade
Session 1: Getting Started—And (Hopefully) Not Wasting Your Time
Session 2: Dignity and Respect—Words That Matter
Drawing Dignity and Respect—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 3: Listening to Each Other—Giving and Getting Support
Ally—Eighth Grade Handout
Support Network—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 4: Just Kidding—Why Are We Really Laughing?
Session 5: Understanding Anger—Managing a Difficult Emotion
Understanding Anger—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 6: SEAL—I Know What the Problem Is, but How Do I Fix It?
Session 7: Apologies—What’s a True Apology?
Session 8: Friendships—Developing Good Friendships
Thinking About Vulnerability—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 9: Navigating Friend Groups—When Friendships Are Complicated
Group Conflict—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 10: They Said What?—How to Stop Rumors and Gossip
Session 11: When and How Do I Speak Out?—Building Empathy and Courage in Bystanders
What Really Happened?—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 12: Getting Out of the Box—Are We Boxed Into Gender Norms?
How Do These Rules Affect You?—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 13: Reputations and Double Standards—Are People Being Treated Fairly?
Session 14: Understanding Advertising—What’s My Style?
Session 15: Getting Past the Products—The Influence of Advertising
Are You a Walking Advertisement?—Eighth Grade Handout
Interview an Adult—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 16: The Mirror—How Do We See Ourselves? How Do We See Others?
What’s Up With Labels?—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 17: Talking With Adults—How Do We Communicate Effectively?
Helping Adults—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 18: Managing Technology—It’s Not All Bad
Session 19: What Do You Share?—Deciding What to Post Online
Session 20: Why Do You Share?—Knowing Why You Post Online
Flip Chart Questions—Eighth Grade Handout
Social Media Armor—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 21: Do They Like Me?—Crushes and Rejection
This Stuff Is So Complicated!—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 22: Recognizing and Respecting Boundaries—How Far Is Too Far?
Giving and Getting Consent—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 23: Sexual Harassment—It’s Complicated
Session 24: Race and Bias—What Do We Really See?
What Do You Say?—Eighth Grade Handout
Session 25: Race and Bias—Did I Say Something Wrong?
Session 26: Concluding the Program—Please Say You Learned Something!
What Are You Proud Of?—Eighth Grade Handout
Owning Up Pretest
Owning Up Posttest
Appendix A: Parent Welcome Letter (English)
Appendix B: Parent Welcome Letter (Spanish)
Resource Guide
Over de auteur
Rosalind Wiseman is the founder of Cultures of Dignity, an organization that shifts the way communities think about our physical and emotional well-being by working in close partnership with the experts of those communities—young people, educators, policy makers, and business and political leaders. Her other recent Corwin publication is Owning Up: Empowering Adolescents to Create Cultures of Dignity and Confront Social Cruelty and Injustice (2020), a comprehensive social justice program for grades 4-12 which is in widespread use across the world. She is the author of the New York Times Best Sellers Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, the groundbreaking book that was the basis for the movie and Broadway Musical Mean Girls; and Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World, which addresses the social lives of boys and was awarded Best Parenting Book by Books for a Better Life. Follow her on Twitter at @cultureodignity.