Types of Violence
What is Violence?
Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, animals, or property, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction
Is bullying consider a form of violence?
Yes
What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
What are the effects of violence
self doubt, low self-esteem, fear, anxiety, depression, poor social skills
When we learnt about conflict vs violence what activity did we do?
A venn diagram
What are the 3 types of Violence we learnt about?
emotional, physical, spiritual
what are examples of emotional violence?
humiliating or constantly criticising a child.
threatening, shouting at a child or calling them names.
making the child the subject of jokes, or using sarcasm to hurt a child.
blaming others
How can you stand up to a bully?
ignore the bully, tell the bully to stop, avoid the bullying hot spots, stick with friends, report the bully to an adult
What is self doubt?
is a lack of confidence regarding yourself and your abilities.
It's a mindset that holds you back from succeeding and believing in yourself
Humility is a healthy character trait to have, but if it's at your own expense, it's no longer beneficial
Doubt is a mental state
What was the Build a class friendship bridge activity?
Give each student a piece of paper to write kind/positive words or comments to put together as a bridge.
What is emotional violence?
Emotional abuse includes non-physical behaviors that are meant to control, isolate, or frighten you.
What are examples of physical violence?
Physical violence includes
Beating
Burning
Kicking
Punching
Biting
the use of objects or weapons.
What is a Bystander?
a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part.
When they see someone getting bullied they just watch
They don’t step in to help
The colours at the start of the book were bystanders
What is fear?
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn are how our brain keeps us safe in potentially dangerous situations.
Understanding the mechanisms behind these responses can help us be aware of and regulate our emotions in an appropriate and healthy way
It is programmed into the nervous system and works like an instinct.
From the time we're infants, we are equipped with the survival instincts necessary to respond with fear when we sense danger or feel unsafe.
Fear helps protect us.
It makes us alert to danger and prepares us to deal with it.
What was the book called that used numbers?
One
what is physical violence?
Physical violence is when a person hurts or tries to hurt a partner by hitting, kicking, or using another type of physical force.
What are examples of spiritual violence?
Stopping you from practising your religious or spiritual beliefs.
Forcing you to raise your children according to spiritual beliefs you don't agree with.
Forcing you to participate in religious practices that you don't want to participate in.
What is an Upstander?
a person who is present at an event or incident and stands up for the person who is getting bullied.
When they see someone getting bullied they stand up to the bully
They always step in to help
The number 1 is an upstander
What is depression?
Depression (also known as major depression, major depressive disorder, or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder.
It causes severe symptoms that affect how a person feels, thinks, and handles daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working.
Symptoms
Persistent sad
Anxious
“empty” mood
Feelings of hopelessness or pessimism
Feelings of irritability
Frustration
restlessness.
On the day we watched the videos what character showed in two of the videos?
Bugs Bunny
Spiritual (or religious) violence occurs when someone uses a person's spiritual beliefs to manipulate, dominate or control the person. Spiritual violence includes, but is not limited to: • Not allowing the person to follow her or his preferred spiritual or religious.
Is being a bystander also a form of violence?
Yes
How can you be a Upstander?
don't laugh, don't encourage the bully in any way, don't join in the bullying, help the target get away from the bully, don't become an audience for the bully, help snd support the victim in any way that you can
What was the book called that we read when we learnt about the effects of violence?
A Terrible Thing Happened
Where were the characters from in the first video we watched?
Sesame Street characters