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No Name-Calling Week
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GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week is a week organized by K-12 educators and students to end name-calling and bullying in schools. No Name-Calling Week was January 15-19, but educators and student leaders can pre-register for No Name-Calling Week 2019. |
How to Participate
Founded in 2004 with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, and evaluated by GLSEN research, No Name-Calling Week was inspired by James Howe’s novel The Misfits about students who, after experiencing name-calling, run for student council on a No Name-Calling platform.
The week is rooted in the idea of #KindnessInAction — not merely recognizing the importance of kindness, but actively adding kindness into our every action. See below ways to participate and put #KindnessInAction, including lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school!
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RegisterAll registrants receive free streaming of LGBTQ-inclusive classroom documentaries from Youth & Gender Media Project, and first access to resources! |
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PlanUse our planning guide, first-year guide, and activities and suggested media. Also share resources with parents, health and safety professionals, and administrators. |
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TeachGLSEN has a host of lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school students on the topics of name-calling, bullying, and bias in schools, perfect for the week! |
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Put #KindnessInActionText KIND to 21333 to send an anonymous message of kindness to an educator colleague! Then, teach students to be an ally, not a bystander, when they witness bullying. |
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#KindnessInAction ArtCreative Expressions Exhibit submissions closed on January 31st. Watch queer and trans students of color perform their poetry about putting #KindnessInAction! |
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Make It OfficialPass a proclamation in your area, and have your students sign this pledge. Show you're against name-calling by sharing the names you want to be called with this sign! |
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RegisterAll registrants receive free streaming of LGBTQ-inclusive classroom documentaries from Youth & Gender Media Project, and first access to new resources! |
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Put #KindnessInActionText KIND to 21333 to send an anonymous message of kindness to a fellow student! Then, learn how be an ally, not a bystander, when you witness bullying. |
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OrganizeGLSEN has a list of No Name-Calling Week activities you can organize. You can also advocate for your teachers to use our planning guides and lesson plans! |
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#KindnessInAction ArtCreative Expressions Exhibit submissions closed on January 31st. Watch queer and trans students of color perform their poetry about putting #KindnessInAction! |
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Make It OfficialPass a proclamation in your area, and organize signing of this pledge! Show you're against name-calling by sharing the names you want to be called with this sign! |
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Spread the WordShare about No Name-Calling Week with all your friends and educators! Share on Facebook and Twitter to encourage them to register their participation at school. |
Lesson Plans
Beauty is Skin Deep
In this lesson, elementary students explore their experiences with name-calling based on physical appearance.
Blow the Whistle on Name-Calling
In this lesson, elementary students develop a strategy for group self-monitoring of name-calling in the Physical Education class.
Building a Bully-free Building
This lesson helps students begin to think about what a school without name-calling and bullying might look and sound like.
Garden of Kindness
In this lesson, students create a classroom or school-wide display to demonstrate their commitment to kindness.
It's All In A Name
Students explore what names are, why they are important to us, and what the difference between names that feel good to hear and names that feel bad to hear.
Poetic Reactions
In this lesson, elementary students express their feelings regarding name‐calling using an artistic form of poetry.
Poster Design
Students will discuss various types of name‐calling situations and develop messages to discourage such language.
Situation Re-creation
Students analyze name‐calling experiences to reflect on why it happened and how it could have ended differently.
Staying SAFE
Students learn concrete strategies for what to do if they are being called names or bullied so that they can stay safe and healthy.
Think Before You Act
Students identify what they value about how people treat each other and fashion their statements into a class “code of ethics.”
We're All Different Alike
This lesson presents an opportunity for students to feel united with their peers by both their similarities and their differences.
What If It's Not Me
In the lesson, students will explore what they can do when they witness an incident of name-calling or bullying.
Pinky and Rex and the Bully
This book talk provides an opportunity to explore name-calling and put-downs at a developmentally appropriate level.
I Was Just Kidding
Students are asked to consider the difference between good-natured teasing and bullying through discussion of fictional scenarios and reflection on real-life situations.
That's a (Gender) Stereotype!
This lesson will explain what a “stereotype” is to elementary students. By playing the “Stereotype Game”, students will get to participate in challenging gender stereotypes, and the many ways that we can fit or break them.
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Partners
These organizations provide invaluable support for No Name-Calling Week! If your local, state, or national organization is interested in participating, sign up to endorse GLSEN's programs.