January 24, 2012

Looking for a No Name-Calling Week lesson plan?

We made it! No Name-Calling Week is now in full swing! Are you looking for a lesson plan?

Check out Let’s Get Real, a short film produced by GLSEN’s long-time organizational partner, GroundSpark. Let’s Get Real doesn’t sugarcoat the truth or feature adults lecturing kids about what to do when kids pick on them. Instead, it examines a variety of issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. The film not only gives a voice to targeted kids, but also to kids who do the bullying to find out why they lash out at their peers and how it makes them feel. The most heartening part of Let’s Get Real includes stories of youth who have mustered the courage to stand up for themselves or a classmate.

At GLSEN, we recommend this excellent short film to use with your students in grades 5 – 9. Let’s Get Real is widely hailed as one of the best tools for opening up meaningful, life-changing dialogue in schools today.

As a special offer for No Name Calling Week, GroundSpark is providing free streaming of Let’s Get Real the entire week. To obtain your free digital stream, just send an email to streamfree@groundspark.org saying “Let’s Get Real” NNCW 2012 in the subject line.

   

About Meg Ten Eyck

       

Meg Ten Eyck is an education associate at GLSEN--the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.