#3062. Bullying Skit with Music

other, level: all
Posted Wed Nov 9 03:43:29 PST 2011 by Randy Sauer (Randy Sauer).
"Walk In My Shoes" song
Hays, KS USA
Materials Required: Song(Walk in my Shoes) students to act out skit.
Activity Time: 10 - 20 min. including discussion time.
Concepts Taught: Identify different types of bullying.

Lesson Plan Title: Bullying skit with music.
Concept / Topic To Teach: Bullying
General Goal(s): To help students identify the different types of bullying.
Required Materials: The song "Walk in my Shoes" and people for the skit. And a source for the music to be played from. Song can be played online from: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10904279
Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): Tell students that they may not always realize the actions they do are forms of bullying. Students should think about how the person being bully feels and how it would feel to them if it was happening to them.
Step-By-Step Procedures:
Explain to students that bullying comes in many forms and this song and skit will help them identify different forms of bullying.
Teach students the chorus of the song so they can sing along on the chorus.

Chorus
Take a walk in my shoes
And I think you will see
How it makes me feel
When you bully me

Have the students selected to perform the skit start and have them help the class sing along with the song on the Chorus.
Here are the verses to be acted out:
Verse 1
You invited all of the class to your birthday party
Leaving me out thinking you were a smarty
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.
Verse 2
I was standing in line and you pushed me from behind
Thinking you were cool when I fell on my behind
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.
Verse 3
I was walking in class and you stuck your foot out
Making me trip and people laugh out loud
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.

Verse 4
I was waiting for the bus and you called me some names
Making other people laugh and do the same
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.
Verse 5
I sat down by you to eat my lunch
You got up and sat with a different bunch
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.
Verse 6
You made funny comments about the clothes I wear
Teasing me all day and making fun of me
Wish you knew how it makes me feel when you bully me.

- Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set): Talk about the different forms of bullying that happened in the song and discuss if it happens in their situations. Also ask what other things that happen that would be considered bullying. Discuss ways that students can help students that are being bullied.