Anger Management

This activity addresses 1) anger management 2) inferencing 3) comparing/contrasting. Students color a picture of a boy or a girl, then tear up the picture into several pieces. Explain to the students that each tear represents hurtful words (have a group discussion on teasing/bullying in school). Then, have the students try and put the pieces back together, like a puzzle.

Most of the students are not able to make the picture whole again, but even if they succeed, the picture will not look the same. It will have "scars."

Each time that students say hurtful things to one another, they are creating scars which may never fully heal.

Discuss similarities and differences between the before and after pictures. What can they conclude for this activity? What can they infer about bullying? Great for older groups.

Grab your boy/girl images here: dltk boy/girl