What is the difference between the two? Have the participants get into base groups and discuss how they would introduce this lesson to their students and invent any variations on the activity that would be helpful to their students.Īctivity – The toothpaste activity – Ask for a volunteer to come to the front of the room. Cut this drawing out, but don’t wrinkle it. Statements like, “You did such a nice job, or I enjoy your friendship. This time write as many positive comments on the drawing as possible. Next have the participants do the drawing again. Bullying comments can destroy a person’s self image and often leads to a defeated body language in the victim.
Explain to the class that these drawings are examples of what negative comments can do to a person who is bullied.
Post the wrinkled drawings around the room. After Wanda is completely filled with a variety of negative comments, have the participants crumple the drawing, and then un-crumple it. These are statements that could be made to another person like, “You’re a loser, Nobody likes you, You are dumb.” Identify the drawing as a girl named Wanda. (See below for an example) Once the outline has been traced, the participants will write unkind, rude, and disrespectful statements all over the outline. Activity – Wrinkled Wanda – On chart paper, have the participants trace an outline of a full body person.
