February 25th

Clique Quiz

We wrote about:
bystanders
bullies
being bullied

We then listened to a portion of a This American Life piece titled that.
If you were absent, then please listen to the first 24 (ish) minutes of this episode. We wrote down things that stood out to us as we listened and then shared those ideas/thoughts at the end.

Homework:

Due 2/27: Blog about "The Allure of a Mean Friend"...write a reflection

Due 3/3: Blog about a time you were bullied, a bully, or a bystander. Use sensory details.

February 23rd

Today the following people presented:
nobody

February 12

Discussion Norms:

1. Respect opinions (though Mrs. Sheldon will call out offensive/derogatory comments)
2. focus on the one person speaking
3. facilitator/someone to keep things going
4. notes/ideas/question to reflect on
5. eye rolling/awk. body lang./ laughter/side conversations (none of this)
6. sometimes people talk too much (rule of 3)
7. no interruptions

Write a blog post about a selected era (see bottom). This is not group work.

Make sure you include the following:

• images
• quotations
• anecdotes
• video

Women's rights

Suffrage

roles in home

roles in society

roles in jobs

education

clothing

sports

leaders/politicians

military

authors

actors

scientists

artists

women who went against status quo

1900-20--Brianna

21-30--Adrienne, Sarah P

31-40--Sean

41-50--Abby

51-60-- Taylor, Christie

61-70--Marina

71-80--Charlotte
80-89--Jazmyn
90-99--Savannah, Sarah

February 10th

Cross the line activity.

I...

have played sports in school.

have traveled to another country.

am going to go to college

am going to be the first in my family to go to college.

have a step parent.

have been followed around a store when I shopped.

have broken someone’s heart

have raised/or killed food for consumption.

abandoned my faith at some point in my life 

have had someone close to me die 

love someone who has been or is in jail 

have someone that I love effected by alcoholism 

have been on welfare or social services 

am close to someone who is homosexual 

or someone I love has a learning challenge.

have caught myself judging someone before I met them.

have been bullied for something I have no control over.

have a friend or family member who has been sexually assaulted or raped 

have a friend for family member, or I was abused as a child 

February 4th and 6th

Wednesday the 4th:

Today we wrote about 8 things that are important in terms of understanding/knowing you (the things that make you YOU).

We shared some of the things we listed with the group.

We also listed 1-6 things people would noticed if they looked at us.

Friday the 6th:

Today we looked at/shared post secret assignments and created blogs.
We talked about some things that might happen in a school that would make it so that students did not feel safe, welcome, or respected based on their (or their loved ones'):

Gender
Sexual Orientation
Race
National Origin
Disability
Religion