January 17, 2013

Need Ideas for No Name-Calling Week?

No Name-Calling Week is rapidly approaching! No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying in their communities. Here are some ways you can celebrate! 

1. Conduct a school wide Name-Calling survey.
2. Review the No Name-Calling Week Planning Guide
3. Use Twitter and Facebook to spread the word #wordscanhurt
4. Conduct NNCW lessons
5. Read excerpts from “The Misfits” by James Howe and hold a group discussion.
6. Develop a classroom no name-calling policy
7. Create a school wide display and enter it into our Creative Expressions Contest.
8. Show GLSEN’s Think B4 You Speak PSA and hold a discussion about the phrase “That’s So Gay”
9. Discuss sportsmanship in physical education classes with the Changing the Game resources.
10. Wear a No Name-Calling Week Sticker.
11. Hold an school wide assembly on name-calling and bullying
12. Dedicate a class to an art themed anti-bullying lesson plan
13. Hold an essay contest “How Name Calling Makes Me Feel.”
14. Display No Name-Calling Week Posters in all classrooms and around building.
15. Send home our Tip Sheet for Parents.

We would love to hear what you have planned; click here to let us know what you are doing to celebrate No Name-Calling Week.

   

About Meg Ten Eyck

       

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