Lesson Plan Number: 7

Subject: Religious Education Topic: Awareness of bullying

Year Group:

year

No. of Students: 28
Date:
Feb 2016
Time:
Length of
Lesson: 40 minutes
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1.
KEY CONCEPT(S):
What Key Concept(s) (ideas) will I teach in this lesson?

Raise the awareness of bullying especially cyber bullying.

Establish their input to bullying.

(The number of appropriate Key Concepts will vary depending on the lesson you intend on teaching)

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2.
LESSON AIM(S):
What am I going to teach?
In this lesson I aim to examine what is meant by the term Cyber bullying and to explore many aspects that
contribute to cyber bullying, along with how to prevent bullying.
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3.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to.
Demonstrate an understanding of the term cyber bully
Explain how we can minimise bullies in today's society
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4.
ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING:
How will I know that the learning outcomes are being achieved?
1. Key concept one will be assessed by: group discussion and videos to emphasise the reality of
bullying
2. Key concept one will be assessed by: participating in group games and online groups to prevent
bullying.
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5.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
What prior knowledge do students have about this topic?
Students might have a limited knowledge of this subject as it would not have been covered in a lot of depth in
primary school. However, for those students who are on social media they might have heard of various terms
and stories from different friends and family.

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TEACHER ACTIVITIES:
What activities will I use to facilitate the teaching of EACH Key Concept? How much time for each activity?

7.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
What activities will the students be engaged in to understand EACH Key Concept? How much time for each
activity?

8.

QUESTIONS:
Please list lower and higher order questions that are linked to each Key Concepts. (A minimum of six
questions specifically related to the key concepts, identifying higher/lower order with HO/LO)
1. Key
6. Teacher Activity
7. Student Activity
8. Questions
Concept(s)
Teaching
Take a roll call
Answer roll call
What day was yesterday?
Key
Concept 1 Encourage students to
Participate in questions as to what
What did you do to play your
establish what day yesterday
day yesterday was
part in preventing bullying?
was
Is everyone here on social
Hold a class discussion on the Participate in class discussion with media?
benefits and disadvantages of teacher for the benefits and
social media
disadvantages to social media and
Do you enjoy it?
internet.
Set up projector
What are benefits?
Answer questions on class video.
Show class video on teen
What are disadvantages?
from limerick about bullying.
(15
minutes)
Teaching
Key
Concept 2
(etc.)

Go online and describe group

activities

Participate and follow teachers

instructions

Participate in group activities

Discuss how to prevent bullying.

Discuss how to prevent

bullying in each of our own
lives.

(20
minutes)

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9.
DIFFERENTIATION:
How will I differentiate the content knowledge of this lesson so as to include all learners in a mixed
ability class?
Include both lower and higher order questions, facilitates all students to form their own understanding
in different ways. I also will use different forms of methodologies to suit different students, for
example videos, group work and games.
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10.
RESOURCES:
What materials/resources will I need/use?

A Question of Faith, Lori Whelan and Niamh McDermot

Faith Alive, Niall Boyle
Whiteboard
Whiteboard markers
Duster
Junior Certificate Religious Education Syllabus
Junior Certificate Religious Education Teachers Guidelines
Internet
Projector

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11.
LITERACY & NUMERACY:
What are the essential aspects of literacy/numeracy in this lesson?
In this lesson, students will come across new terms such as the cyber bullying. By conducting a class
discussion at the beginning of the lesson, this will allow students to see what they already know about the
topic. Also in this lesson I have incorporated a reading element. I will provide assistance should someone get
stuck on a word or do not understand the meaning of something in relation to the games
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12.
SELF EVALUATION:
Were the Learning Outcomes achieved? Why /why not? How do I know they were/were not achieved?

What have I learned about my own practice from this lesson?

What will I do differently in my next class?