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Where is it in the Michigan Model®? |
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Bullying Prevention in the Michigan Model
Kindergarten-Grade 6 |
Grades 7-8 |
Grades 9-12
The Michigan Model is a comprehensive curriculum. Each grade level includes activities and lessons that teach students skills for dealing with bullying situations. To aid in locating these lessons, the following chart is provided. Our thanks to Eaton Intermediate School District for sharing this concise report.
Lesson links will take you to teacher pages for specific lessons. Use your back button to return to this listing.
To view a chart of Prosocial Skills Instruction on this same topic, click here.
| Grade | Objectives | Lessons |
| K-6 | Communication, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills are taught at each grade | Phase I |
| K-6 | Personal Safety is taught at each grade. Students are taught how to avoid inappropriate touch and what to do if it occurs. Bullying is apparent in the lessons in kindergarten through fifth grade. | varies |
| K | I Know a Lot Already! & Rules to Stay Safe So We Can Learn: Students learn the rules for school and how they help them stay safe and get along with others. | Phase
I Lesson 1 Phase I Lesson 2 |
| K | Making Friends: Students describe and practice ways to make friends. | Phase I Lesson 3 |
| K | We Are Alike and Different & Similarities and Differences: Students identify ways they are alike and different from each other. They list personal qualities they like that make them unique. | Phase
I Lesson 4 Phase I Lesson 5 |
| K | What to Do About Strong Feelings: Students list ways to settle down when they are having strong feelings. They practice skills to help them control emotions. | Phase I Lesson 7 |
| K | Learning to Solve Problems & Practice Solving Problems: Students learn how to solve a problem between friends and practice problem solving interpersonal conflicts. | Phase
I Lesson 8 Phase I Lesson 9 |
| K | The 2 D's for Telling: Students are taught to always tell a trusted grownup when something is either dangerous or destructive, such as bullying. | Phase I Lesson 10 |
| 1 | What Is Health?: Students learn the school rules for staying safe and getting along with others. | Phase I Lesson 1 |
| 1 | Lots of Feelings & More Feelings: Students learn to identify and talk about feelings: happy, surprised, calm, and upset. They review the skills for settling down during strong emotions. They practice asking others how they feel. | Phase
I Lesson 5 Phase I Lesson 6 |
| 1 | Showing Courtesy to Friends: Students list ways to show courtesy to a friend, name ways to make friends, and play how thy will show courtesy. | Phase I Lesson 8 |
| 1 | Solving Problems: Students learn steps for solving a problem involving a child who doesn't have a friend. | Phase I Lesson 9 |
| 1 | When to Tell: Students learn the 3 D's for telling an adult when something is Dangerous, Destructive, or Disturbing, such as bullying. | Phase II Lesson 9 |
| 2 | We Are Special: Students explore likenesses and differences and identify the characteristics that make them special. | Phase I Lesson 2 |
| 2 | You and Your Friends: Students learn four ways to make and keep friends and identify how to be a better friend. | Phase I Lesson 6 |
| 2 | Confronting Annoying Behavior: Students learn an appropriate way to talk to a person who is doing something that bothers them. They review and practice skills for settling down when they become upset. | Phase I Lesson 8 |
| 2 | I'm Angry: Students identify situations when peers might feel angry. They review the 3 D's for Telling and Adult when something is Dangerous, Destructive or Disturbing, such as bullying. | Phase I Lesson 9 |
| 3 | Making Friends & Keeping Friends: Students identify ways to make a new friend and practice with hypothetical situations. They list ways to keep friends, including listening, and interview an adult about friendship. | Phase
I Lesson 3 Phase I Lesson 4 |
| 3 | Asking for Help: Students identify situations when they should ask for adult help, such as bullying. Three D's, Dangerous, Destructive or Disturbing, are reviewed. | Phase I Lesson 5 |
| 3 | Name That Feeling: Students list a variety of feelings and classify them. They predict how someone might feel in different situations, including bullying. | Phase I Lesson 6 |
| 3 | Deciding What to Say: Students learn appropriate ways to express appreciation and to express what bothers them. They review skills for settling down when they are upset. | Phase I Lesson 7 |
| 3 | All About Anger: Students learn skills for managing anger and practice controlling anger by using hypothetical situations. | Phase I Lesson 8 |
| 4 | Control--It Comes in Different Forms!: Students list forms of control, including self-control. They discuss ways self-control and following rules helps them get along with others. | Phase I Lesson 1 |
| 4 | Standing Up for What Is Right: Students describe how ridicule affects people and write a story telling how they would confront ridicule. | Phase I Lesson 5 |
| 4 | Friends Are Important, Too: Students differentiate between positive and negative friendships. They describe characteristics they like in a friend and review ways to make and keep friends. | Phase I Lesson 7 |
| 4 | When Cooperation Gets Tough, Avoid the Heat: Students review ways to settle down when they get angry and practice expressing what bothers them. | Phase I Lesson 10 |
| 4 | When Cooperation Gets Tough, What to Do: Students review situations when it is important to tell an adult , if it is Dangerous, Disturbing or Destructive, like bullying. | Phase I Lesson 11 |
| 5 | Becoming a Team: Students identify characteristics of effective teams and the importance of following rules and working together. | Phase I Lesson 1 |
| 5 | How Teams Benefit From Four Types of Control: Students review forms of control, including self-control, and how it makes effective teams. | Phase I Lesson E-1 |
| 5 | Teamwork in Friendships and Families: Students discuss guidelines for positive friendships and family relationships. They make plans for making and being positive friends. | Phase I Lesson 2 |
| 5 | Feelings--A Basic Ingredient for All People: Students predict how people might feel in hypothetical situations and practice identifying feelings in themselves and others. | Phase I Lesson 4 |
| 5 | Relationships and Teeter-Totters (Parts I & II): Students practice their skills for expressing appreciation, expressing what bothers them, and settling down. | Phase
I Lesson 5 Phase I Lesson 6 |
| 5 | Using What We Know to Deal With Bullies: Students learn ways to handle a bully. Reading a "choose your own adventure" book, they contrast the outcomes that result from responding appropriately with the consequences of fighting a bully. | Phase I Lesson 10 |
| 5 | Trouble, Trouble Everywhere: Students list situations that could get them into trouble. They practice skills for identifying and avoiding trouble, including bullying. | Phase VI Lesson 4 |
| 5 | Avoiding Violence: Students describe dangerous situations and factors that can lead to violence, including bullying. They identify ways to avoid violence. | Phase VI Lesson 5 |
| 6 | The Challenges and Hazards of Friendships: Students identify positive and negative risks in friendships. They describe characteristics of positive and negative friends and identify ways to make and keep positive friends. | Phase I Lesson 2 |
| 6 | Checking Out Emotions: Students describe how to identify feelings in themselves and others by observation and asking. They practice responding to others' emotions. | Phase I Lesson 3 |
| 6 | Expressing Emotions in a Positive Way: Students practice using a formula for expressing positive and negative emotions appropriately. | Phase I Lesson 4 |
| 6 | When You're Mad...: Students differentiate between angry feelings angry behavior. They learn ways to manage anger positively by watching and discussing a video. | Phase I Lesson 5 |
| 6 | But It's Just Teasing!-Part I: Students learn three steps for dealing with a bully by watching a video titled Don't Pick on Me! They discuss and practice the skills to use with bullies. | Phase I Lesson 9 |
| 6 | But It's Just Teasing!-Part II: Students distinguish between teasing and harassment. They apply skills for dealing with harassment in hypothetical situations. | Phase I Lesson 10 |
| 6 | Only One Me...Only One You!: Students examine how a lack of acceptance for others impacts people by observing and discussing a video. A Family Resource Sheet on bullying is sent home following this lesson. | Phase I Lesson 11 |
| K-6 Family | Family Resource Sheets are sent home at each grade. Topics include conflict resolution, communication, anger management, friendships, and bullying. | Phase I |
continue to grades 7-8 | return to top
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