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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
Are You Part of the In-Crowd?
Students think about the impact of group labels and social hierarchies on their sense of identity, self-esteem, and the way they socialize with others
Beauty is Skin Deep
Students learn about media literacy and examine media images for "attractiveness messages" that impact our attitudes and behavior towards others.
Blow the Whistle on Name-Calling
This lesson helps students develop a strategy for group self-monitoring of name-calling in the Physical Education class.
Bullying Op-Ed Piece
In this lesson, middle school students will co-author an op-ed piece focused on ending name-calling and bullying in their school.
Creating an Anti-Slur Policy
In this lesson, middle school students will work collaboratively to develop an anti-slur policy for their classroom.
Don't Just Stand By
Students discuss what it means to be a bystander to bullying and why it is often difficult to intervene and support peers who are affected by bullying.
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.
Instant Replay
Students discuss and practice safe and realistic responses to name-calling and bullying by role-playing fictional scenarios.
Learning about Labels
In this lesson, middle school students will explore the damage that applying labels on people based on stereotypes can have.
Name-Calling in Our School
Students are provided with the opportunity to objectively observe the way in which name-calling and other types of disrespectful language are used in school.
Poetic Reactions
This lesson is designed for students to express their feelings regarding name-calling using an artistic form of poetry.
Shirts of Empowerment
In this lesson, students will experience what it’s like to be labeled and as a result, develop empathy for those who others label.
Situation Recreation
This lesson is designed for students to reflect on a name-calling experience, why it happened and how it could have ended differently.
Think Before You Act
Students begin by articulating their values regarding conduct toward others and fashioning their statements into a class "code of ethics."
Using Literature as a Tool to End Name-Calling
Bibliotherapy, or the guided use of books to help solve problems, can be used to address name-calling, both by supporting the targets of bullying as they express their feelings and learn coping strategies, and by helping those who bully to increase their empathy for others.
We're All Different Alike
This lesson provides students an opportunity to experience what it’s like to be labeled and as a result, develop empathy for those who others label.
Student Survey: Name-Calling & Verbal Bullying
Students can make their school a safer place by answering the following questions about about name-calling and verbal bullying.
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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.