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Gossip - 4th & 5th grade

7/11/2017

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Objectives:
  • Understand how spreading rumors is hurtful
  • Understand that both positive and negative rumors can be hurtful
  • State one way to stop the spread of rumors
Standards:
  • Sense of belonging in the school environment
  • Create positive and supportive relationships with other students
  • Demonstrate empathy
  • Demonstrate ethical decision-making and social responsibility
  • Demonstrate advocacy skills and ability to assert self, when necessary
  • Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment
Materials:
  • Mr Peabody’s Apple by Madonna
  • Two Truths and a Lie
  • Blank Paper
two_truths_and_a_lie.pdf
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Directions:
Read story
Discuss story
Ask students why might people spread gossip? (to get attention, revenge, to draw attention away from something they did, etc.)

Two Truths and a Lie (celebrity) [the lies do not have periods at the end of the sentences, all info was gotten off IMDb]
Talk about how even flattering rumors can still hurt someone. (if you got a new video game and I told everyone, it would take away from your joy of telling people)
Talk about how spreading embarrassing truths can also hurt someone. 
Talk about ways to stop/decrease spreading of rumors (ask students what they think they can do to stop the spread of rumors?)
Have students fold a paper in half for every time they agree with a statement.
  • Have you ever been hurt by gossip
  • Have you ever had a friend hurt by gossip
  • Have you ever shared something true about someone else that hurt their feelings
  • Has someone shared something true about you that hurt your feelings
  • Have you ever shared something that you weren't sure whether it was true
  • Have you ever shared something you knew wasn't true
Then have them try to smooth out the wrinkles. The paper is damaged just like our relationships and it takes a lot of patience and effort to restore the relationship to a decent place.
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