Ledyard Middle School Workshop for 7th Grade
8:05 Groton STA bus picks up New London High students
8:25 Groton STA bus picks up Fitch High students
8:30 More Than Words students arrive at Ledyard Middle School
8:30 Workshop Preparation:
Separate into teams of 3-5 high school students
Seventh graders will be put into groups of 15 to 20 stuents, approximately 8 to 10 groups
Review problem solving scenarios and workshop format
Introduction – explain difference between bystander and upstander
Icebreakers: birth order of class group without talking, this or that (Sarah has list)
Skits: middle students will be put into small groups of four to five and asked to develop skit to illustrate upstander response to a scenario.
You hear a joke that is just over the top (for making fun of a group).
One of your friends keeps pressuring you to use the n-word. (They may even say you have a pass because your uncle's wife is Black or whatever.)
You hear one student say to another (who is mixed), "It looks like someone rubbed dirt on your skin."
You see someone touching a Black student's afro and saying, "It's so soft."
You hear someone saying any of the common slurs, e.g. n-word, f-slur, r-slur.
You overhear students planning a "fight" where they "pants" another student.
You see a student touching another student (unwanted) or standing really close hovering over them making them feel uncomfortable.
Students are making fun of another student with special needs.
9:30 – 10:39 Conduct workshops
11:00- 11:40 Lunch with middle school students
11:40 – 1:30 More Than Words students get-together:
debrief on workshop experiences
share with each school’s club is doing
hold separate school More Than Words meeting
Walk/play outside -weather permitting
1:30 Bus departs Ledyard Middle School
1:40 Drop off Ledyard High students
2:00 Drop of Fitch High students
2:30 Drop off New London High students