Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education Additional Supports ...

Violence and Risk Taking Behaviour
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Unit #3 Activity #5
Teaching Learning Strategy #1
Teacher Resource (Background Information)
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Unit #2 Activity #2
Teaching Learning Strategy N/A
Instructions:
1. Provide students with a definition of violence and abuse. Divide students into small
groups to reflect on and discuss the following questions:
• Describe an experience in which you or someone else was hurt or made to feel
unsafe.
• What happened?
• How did this make you or the person involved feel?
Definitions:
Violence:
• the exertion of harsh language and/or physical force that causes damage, pain, injury
or fear
Abuse:
• the mistreatment of a person that results in physical, emotional, and/or
psychological harm
2. Following the small group discussions, bring the class back to the large group and ask
them to generate a set of categories that identify the types of violence/abuse people
experience.
3. Introduce the chart (Types of Violence/Abuse) as a starting point to build a list.
Begin by giving the students the type of violence/abuse and the subcategory. Have
them identify examples of each. Use the communication rubric (see Teacher/Student
Resource (Communication Assessment Tool) to formatively assess the studentsÕ
ability to describe types of violence/abuse.)
4. Distribute the Student Resource (Worksheet) Personal Opinion Survey on
Relationship Violence Schools to students. After students have completed the survey,
use a Four Corners activity to provide the class with the opportunity to discuss the
statements and identify their perceptions. For the Four Corners activity, post a sign
with one of the following at each corner: Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly
Disagree. Identify the middle of the room as the spot to go if you are Undecided.
Use the Teacher Resource (Answer Sheet) Personal Opinion Survey on Relationship
Violence Schools for specific research support related to each statement.
5. Ask the class to consider the following question: Should schools have a role in
increasing awareness of the effects of violence and how to prevent it? Discuss how
the school can be responsible for and involved in the awareness and prevention of
relationship violence.
Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education (PPL30), Module #3 Violence and Risk Taking Behaviour
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