(a) |
Develop common and respectful language often used to talk about violence and abuse. |
(b) |
Reflect on what is known/believed about violence in communities. |
(c) |
Determine that violence can by physical, emotional, and/or sexual. |
(d) |
Describe types of violence and abuse including physical (e.g., punching, kicking), sexual (e.g., inappropriate touching), and emotional (e.g., name-calling, exclusion, cyber-bullying). |
(e) |
Recognize that physical, sexual, and emotional violence are behaviours that hurt or destroy people, places, or things. |
(f) |
Discuss examples of fictional violence (e.g., movies, video games, cartoons, world wrestling entertainment). |
(g) |
Investigate the influence of mass media on perceptions of violence (e.g., difficult to distinguish fiction from non-fiction, what is 'normal'). |
(h) |
Distinguish the effects of violence on the mind, body, and spirit (e.g., fear, bruises, self-doubt, hopelessness). |
(i) |
Recognize violent and non-violent and/or harmful and non-harmful behaviours and the impact on self and others. |
Other titles in the series - How to Deal with Anger, How to Deal with Bullies and How to Deal with Teasing - complement the Grade 2 curriculum.
A teacher's guide is available for each program.