<p>We modified the following lesson plan for our school but we wanted to give credit to the original authors so we have enclosed the original lesson plan written by the Rose Hill, Kansas police officers who developed this lesson plan.</p><p>LESSON PLAN FOR CONDUCTING A UNIT OF INSTRUCTION IN</p><p>RESPECT PROGRAM</p><p>PRESENTED FOR THE ABY SENIOR HIGH YOUTH CONFERENCE OTTAWA UNIVERSITY OTTAWA, KANSAS</p><p>PRESENTED BY OFFICER PAT FIREBAUGH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ROSE HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT USD #394 ROSE HILL, KANSAS</p><p>JULY 9TH AND 13TH, 2001 Unit Learning Goal</p><p>The goal of this program is to educate the conference audience so they might have a better understanding of diversity. All people are different and harassment, teasing, hazing, and bullying is harmful not only to the people who are the victims, but can be harmful to the people who commit the act. </p><p>Unit Learning Objectives</p><p>Upon completion of this program, participants will have knowledge of the effects of harassment, teasing, hazing and bullying, and will be aware of the possible consequences of this kink of negative activity. </p><p>Unit Learning Plan</p><p>A. Method of Instruction</p><p>1. Lecture 2. Discussion 3. Personal experiences</p><p>B. Instruction Aids</p><p>1. Classroom 2. Volunteers from audience</p><p>C. Method of Evaluation</p><p>Interaction with participants following the program conclusion </p><p>D. Student Target Population</p><p>Teens ages 13 – 19</p><p>E. Time Allotted</p><p>50 Minutes </p><p>Topical Outline</p><p>2 I. Introduction</p><p>A. Introduce self and background</p><p>B. Why this program is important to me</p><p>C. Present unit goals and objectives</p><p>II. Body </p><p>A. Define Harassment*</p><p>1. To disturb or irritate persistently. 2. To wear out: exhaust.</p><p>B. Define Teasing*</p><p>1. To annoy: pester 2. To make fun of : playfully mock 3. To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without affording satisfaction. 4. To coax: to gain by persistent coaxing</p><p>C. Define Hazing*</p><p>1. To persecute or harass with meaningless, difficult, or humiliating tasks. 2. To initiate by exacting humiliating performances from or playing rough practical jokes.</p><p>D. Define Bullying* </p><p>1. An act of a person who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people. 2. To intimidate with superior size or strength.</p><p>E. How many people have experienced harassment, teasing, hazing, or bullying?</p><p>1. How did it make you feel? 2. I am here today to help everyone know what it feels like and why it is wrong</p><p>F. Why do you think people tease, harass bully, or haze others?</p><p>G. Does it feel different to you if you are treated this way by someone you know compared to those you don’t know?</p><p>H. Did you know hazing is against the law in Kansas?</p><p>3 I. Can anyone give me some examples of how this kind of behavior has caused other problems?</p><p>1. Columbine 2. Other school shootings</p><p>J. Do you think these incidents would have happened if the shooters had been treated with the respect that we all have a right to?</p><p>K. Can people really help the way they look?</p><p>1. Height 2. Glasses 3. Hair color 4. The size of body parts</p><p>L. Why do people try to find the weak spots or things victims have no control over and then use these things to make the victim miserable?</p><p>III. Solutions to the Problem</p><p>A. Take time to get to know someone who is different.</p><p>Maybe they are not as different as you think.</p><p>B. Accept the differences in people.</p><p>That is what makes them special, just like you.</p><p>C. Take time to think about the difference you could make in someone’s life by just speaking to them.</p><p>D. Remember the old saying, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.”</p><p>E. If you treat others the way you wish to be treated you will have a lot less problems with others.</p><p>F. Last, but certainly no the least, treat people with RESPECT.</p><p>IV. Conclusion </p><p>A. Review goals and objectives</p><p>B. Always remember that this world is really small. You will see the people you go to school with again. Leave them with positive memories of you. You may end up having to ask that person for a job someday. That person </p><p>4 may be the one who delivers your child, or performs surgery on you to save your life or the life of a loved one. It will be a lot easier to face that person if they remember you in a positive manner.</p><p>Bibliography</p><p>Firebaugh, P. (2001) Lesson Plan Development Rose Hill Police Department</p><p>*Definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language New College Edition.</p><p>5</p>