Advisory Lesson Plans

1. Advisory Lesson Plans Wednesday 9/5 Thursday 9/6

2. Wednesday 9/5 Advisory, Block A = 1,3,5 • Overview: • Collect Student Teacher Parent Compacts, Donuts and Juice to 1st class w/ all in… • 10th: In auditorium with Counselor, Mr. Ream • 9th : Icebreaker, Cyberbullying Power Point, Teamwork core value brainstorm • 11th: Icebreaker, Handbook part 2 • 12th: Icebreaker, Cyberbullying Power Point, senior class meeting (see your class officers)

3. Cyber bullying What you need to know.

4. Definition of Cyber bullying • Currently, cyber bullying is one of the fastest growing problems facing school administrators and local governments around the country. Cyber bullying is defined as using the computer or other electronic devices to intimidate, threaten or humiliate another individual. Cyber bullying most commonly takes place on the Internet among students from a given school or neighborhood.

5. Incidences of Cyber bullying • The “Kill Kylie” Campaign of Hate and Homophobia • Kylie Kenney, an eighth grade student from Vermont lost two years of her life as a result of cyber bullying from classmates. From junior high through her sophomore year of high school, Kylie was forced to deal with websites created by her classmates that featured names like “Kill Kylie Incorporated” that were filled with threatening, homophobic remarks about the young girl. These hurtful kids obtained screen names with handles close to Kylie’s name and used them to make suggestive remarks and sexual advances on Kylie’s teammates on the field hockey team. As a result police filed charges of harassments against the individuals responsible.

6. California Laws • As of January 1 2009, officials in California schools may suspend or expel students who harass their peers through cyber bullying, the Washington Post reports. Like California's law, anti-cyber bullying laws passed in other states call on school districts to develop policies regarding cyber bullying detection and punishment. • **stricter laws are in the process-especially for adults who participate.

7. The One That Started the Laws • Perhaps one of the most well-known cases of cyber bullying is that of Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl from Missouri who hanged herself after being harassed online by a middle-aged woman posing as a teenage boy on MySpace.com. After courting Meier and gaining her trust, 49-year-old Lori Drew (known to Meier as Josh) began sending insulting, hurtful messages to Meier, who had a history of depression and low self-esteem. Before her suicide, Meier told her mother of online posts including "Megan Meier is a slut" and "Megan Meier is fat," ABC News reports.

8. Moral of the Story • Think before you act • Is it worth jail time or living with the fact that you caused someone to take his/her life • NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) Tyler Clementi committed suicide Sept. 22, apparently after discovering that his Rutgers University roommate, Dharun Ravi, and friend Molly Wei, live-streamed Clementi in a sexual encounter with another male student without his knowledge, a lawyer for the Clementi family announced late Wednesday.

9. Punishment Facing Ravi and Wei • If convicted of the third degree offense of transmitting or distributing the images they could face up to five years in prison each under state law. A fourth degree conviction for collecting the images could mean up to 18 months in jail, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. • 5 years in big boy/girl prison, means they will be in their mid-20’s, with a felony conviction-just try to get a job with that!

10. Parting Thoughts • You are not the judge for how another lives his/her life. If you don’t like what someone does with his life, then find someone else to hang out with. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to participate. But you also need to realize that you are not perfect yourself. • Think first: ask yourself, would you like someone to post something about you that you are not comfortable with the world knowing?

11. Thoughts Cont’d • Remember you don’t like others judging you-so why judge another? • Not everyone agrees about everything-if we did, we would be sheep. • You were given a brain to use to better yourself, why waste time worrying about what others are doing?

12. Facebook • College admissions are now checking Facebook pages of potential incoming freshmen to “weed out” problems. • Your Facebook page speaks volumes about you. • Potential employers are also checking Facebook pages on potential employees.

13. Clean up your Facebook 101 • Remove or block any photos that show you drinking alcohol, even if you were in a situation where it was legal • Remove or block any photos that show you with people who are obviously under the influence • Remove or block photos with rude gestures (someone who doesn't know you won't find that middle finger shot funny) • Remove or block photos that are sexually suggestive • Remove or block any photos that portray illegal activity • Remove or block any photos that would make an admissions officer question your character or judgment

14. Clean Up Cont’d • Unsubscribe from any groups that show bias or bigotry (those "I hate Jane Doe" and "Old People Shouldn't Drive" groups suggest you're NOT the type of person a college wants to admit) • Unsubscribe from any groups that promote illegal activity (again, the "I Love Getting Stoned" and "Budweiser Rules" groups will give the admissions folks reservations about your application) • Remove contact information such as your phone number and address--not only is this a safety issue, but inclusion of such information shows bad judgment on your part. • Choose an attractive and professional-looking photo for your profile picture • Visit your site frequently to untag any unflattering photos your friends may have posted

15. More Incentive to Think First • Courtroom consequences: Unfortunate Facebook postings can have serious legal repercussions too. One of the first things attorneys do with a new case is search online for information about plaintiffs, defendants and witnesses alike. In one Rhode Island case, a 20-year-old’s drunk driving accident, which severely injured another youth, could have resulted in a relatively light stint at county jail or the considerably more severe state prison. But, as the prosecutor in the case quickly discovered, two weeks after the accident, while his victim was still in the hospital, the youth posted photos on Facebook of himself at a Halloween party, prancing around in a prisoner costume. He was sentenced to two years in state prison.

16. Incentive Cont’d • Child pornography charges: Posting or sending photos of oneself or friends in scanty clothing or sexually suggestive poses may be a popular pastime among the younger set, but if any of the people posing are under 18, the practice may result in child pornography charges. There were several such cases in 2008, including an Ohio 15-year-old who was charged with child pornography after sending nude cell phone images of herself to friends. At the time, officials in Licking County considered charging recipients of those images as well. It's one thing to be charged with sending or receiving child pornography as a minor, but those charges in adult court may carry not only prison time, but a lifetime of registering as a sex offender.

17. You Are Entering a New Realm • Turning 18 and becoming an adult brings good things: • Signing your own notes to leave campus • Voting • Lottery tickets • Jobs/careers/college Turning 18 and becoming an adult brings bad things as well: • Bills/taxes • Real punishments and permanent damage to your goals for life.

18. IF Time: • 9th: brainstorm “looks like, sounds like, feels like for the core value teamwork, thinking about bullying and cyber bullying eg. it has to be fun for everyone. • ***All: if you witness bullying, and do nothing, you are a part of the problem. What could you say? • “Dude, that’s not cool” • “Lay off” • “Not around me” or…???

19. !!th Grade • Handbook Part 2; • Fan behavior • Leaving campus – seniors only, after progress reports, juniors with a 3.0 or above may apply to the office to leave at lunch. May never take a 9th or 10th grader, or privilege revoked. • Attendance/tardies • PDA • Dropping classes

20. Check Out • Share with a partner one highlight and one lowlight of the first week

21. Thursday, 9/6 Advisory, Block 2,4,6 • 9th to auditorium with counselor, Mr. Ream • 10th, !!th, and 12th Teachers: think about the movie, The Art of Possibility from TTUSD’s convocation last Monday, this activity will be to guide students in writing their own “give yourself an A” letter which you will keep and return to them in June. • Sometimes we figure out what we want from what we don’t want. Have students reflect and list some things they did not like from last year. Then, in partners, have them turn those items around to the postive (eg. “too much drama” becomes “close and peaceful friendships”). If you are comfortable, model a few for yourself (eg. “I got way too overwhelmed” to “I want to keep an even pace this year”) • Share out, extend their thinking, write, collect

22. ??? • Yes, you can carry over to next Wed. if you need to • If time, have students write the minimum days in their agendas so they will be prepped for when the block days move from W/Th to Th/F • If time, go back and pick up any pieces you missed in the other days. • Next Wednesday is a minimum day, with the first regular Advisory. We will be talking about our first RTI, logistics, and behavior expectations.

23. Check Out • Requests for Ms. Leigh and Mr. Ream regarding topics you might like to address during advisory, keeping in mind… • 9th = Habits of Mind, and organization focus • 10th - !!th = Careers and start college stuff • 12th = College focus of course!