Leader's Guide to The Courage to Be Yourself
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Leader's Guide to The Courage to Be Yourself

True Stories by Teens About Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming Peer Pressure

  1. 170 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Leader's Guide to The Courage to Be Yourself

True Stories by Teens About Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming Peer Pressure

About this book

Activities, exercises, and discussions help teens go deeper into the stories, relate them to their lives, and build skills for overcoming conflict. Includes reproducibles. For teachers, social workers, and other adults who work with youth in grades 712.

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Information

Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9781631987526
Edition
0
Topic
Education

Table of contents

  1. A
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Contents Cont.
  6. Contents Cont.
  7. List of Reproducible Pages xi
  8. Introduction: Accepting Differences, Promoting Peace 1
  9. Leading the Sessions 4
  10. How the Sessions Work 5
  11. Selecting and Organizing the Sessions 6
  12. Preparing to Lead the Sessions 11
  13. Getting Started 12
  14. Establishing a Safe, Respectful, and Productive Atmosphere 12
  15. The Sessions 15
  16. Session 1: We All Belong to Groups (Part 1) In Defense of Misfits, by Andrea Uva 17
  17. Session 2: Being Different A Stranger in a Strange School, by Esther Rajavelu 23
  18. Session 3: What Is Harassment? Afraid to Learn, by Omar Morales 26
  19. Session 4: How Do We Experience Conflict? Sticking with Your “Own Kind,” by Cassandra Thadal 31
  20. Session 5: We All Belong to Groups (Part 2) Which Crowd Did You Pick? by Satra Wasserman 35
  21. Session 6: Acceptance in Your Life Fashion Un-Conscious, by Nadishia Forbes 38
  22. Session 7: Interrupting Bullying and Harassment Lighten Up on Heavy People, by Jennifer Cuttino 44
  23. Session 8: Types of Peer Pressure Losing My Friends to Weed, by Jamel A. Salter 49
  24. Session 9: Responding to Conflict-What Do We Do? (Part 1) Getting Guys off My Back 52
  25. Session 10: Countering Stereotypes and Prejudice My Boy Wanted a Boyfriend, by Odé A. Manderson 59
  26. Session 11: Resisting Conformity Princess Oreo Speaks Out, by Dwan Carter 63
  27. Session 12: Interrupting Prejudice and Stopping Verbal Abuse I’m Both Arab and American 66
  28. Session 13: Exploring the Nature of Violence Gay on the Block, by Jeremiah Spears 72
  29. Session 14: The Power of Cliques Nasty Girls, by Alice Wong 76
  30. Session 15: Racial and Ethnic Identity Sticks and Stones, by Yen Yam 79
  31. Session 16: Understanding Power--Who Has It? Who Doesn’t? Beating the Bullies, by Miguel Ayala 82
  32. Session 17: Exploring the Nature of Conflict It Ain’t Easy Being Hard, by Danny Ticali 85
  33. Session 18: Overcoming Preconceptions and Stereotypes (Part 1) At Home in the Projects 89
  34. Session 19: Responding to Conflict-What Do We Do? (Part 2) My Secret Love, Anonymous 92
  35. Session 20: All About Anger My Group Home Scapegoat, by Angela Rutman 95
  36. Session 21: From Being a Bystander to Taking a Stand There Are 20 Sides to Every Story 103
  37. Session 22: Letting Go of Labels (Part 1) Who’s the Real “Problem Child”? by Marcus J. Howell 108
  38. Session 23: Overcoming Preconceptions and Stereotypes (Part 2) A Different Kind of Friend 111
  39. Session 24: Letting Go of Labels (Part 2) She’s Cool, She’s Funny, She’s Gay, by Sandra Leon 114
  40. Session 25: Introduction to Mediation Back Off: Peer Mediation Can Help, by Zainab Muhammad 120
  41. Session 26: How Can People Make a Difference? My School Is Like a Family, by T. Shawn Welcome 125
  42. Sessions Group Assessment 129
  43. Teaching and Learning Strategies 133
  44. Resources 137
  45. About Educators for Social Responsibility 143
  46. About Youth Communication 145
  47. Index 147
  48. About the Authors 152
  49. B