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Label on the Table - sample lesson


The teacher could convert this learning activity into a game by preparing in advance a "deck of cards" by sticking name tags ("Hello! My name is . . .") onto 4 by 6 file cards. One of the "labels" listed below would be printed on each card.

Students would be told that "labeling" is another word for name-calling, which is a form of verbal violence. Labeling is "out-of-bounds" because it could hurt a person’s feelings.

Students are instructed to come to the front of the classroom and pick a card from the deck which is lying face down on the teacher’s desk. Each student is asked to respond to the following questions:
1. How would you feel if someone called you by that label?

2. Why would it make you feel that way?
Labels. . .
1. Baldy 2. Big Mouth
3. Boring 4. Bully
5. Clown 6. Coward
7. Dingbat 8. Dope
9. Dumb 10. Dweeb
11. Fatso 12. Filthy
13. Forgetful 14. Four-eyes
15. Grouch 16. Hog-jaw
17. Ignorant 18. Lazy
19. Mean 20. Meathead
21. Messy 22. Nerd
23. Nutty 24. Quitter
25. Silly 26. Slow-poke
27. Sneaky 28. Stinky
29. Stubborn 30. Stuck-up
31. Stupid 32. Trouble-maker
33. Ugly 34. Wall-flower
35. Weirdo 36. Wise-guy

Note: This activity is taken from Unit 3 of the Grades 2-3 Volume of The FreeWay Curriculum. The topic of Unit 3 is Communications and Conflict Resolution.

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