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These questions will engage students to further understand that relational aggression
is the use of relationships to hurt others. Tell the class that over the next few weeks,
all forms of covert (hidden) aggression, with a special emphasis on relational
aggression, will be discussed.
Ask the students:
• Has anyone in this classroom ever experienced or seen others involved in
relational aggression?
Allow for students to share stories as time permits; emphasize that NO NAMES
should be used. If no student volunteers to tell a story, you can relate a personal
experience or refer to the role playing cards in lesson 4.
If there is time, pass out survey sheets to all children and ask them to complete the
survey with yes/no responses. Let all children know that their responses are
confidential and they should not put their names on them
Collect the surveys and shuffle responses. Redistribute surveys so that each child has
someone else’s survey. Read three or four of the questions out loud and ask each
child to stand if they have a common answer that illustrates relational aggression.
Point out to the class that this is a way to see how different types of aggression have
affected our class.
Closure:
1. Ask students to respond to the essential question.
2. Revisit the buttons and discuss the fact that only some students had them. Ask the
class: How did it feel if you did not get one? How did you feel if you did receive one?
3. Relate this example of exclusion to relational aggression. For example, exclusion,
being different, being singled out because of how you look, etc.
4. Pass out a button to everyone to show unity and a commitment to helping and
actively supporting each other in the classroom and the school.
5. Students can write responses on Reflection Activity 1 OR work in groups of five
to discuss the answers and then come together to share them in the larger group.
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