Peace and Aggression: A Challenge of Our Time
Joan Rapczynski and Florence Zywocinski
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Lesson Plan #2
The Many Faces of Aggression
Objective
to expose the students to different kinds of aggression.
Procedure
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1. The teacher is to distribute worksheets on aggression which would list various situations and elements to consider when making a definition or accusation of aggression.
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2. The student would be instructed to label aggressive acts and explain why they feel it is an aggressive act.
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3. The teacher will explain to the student the following elements to consider when making a definition or accusation of aggression.
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a. intent v. accident
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b. humans v. nonhumans (animals)
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c. humans v. nonhumans (plants and inanimate objects)
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d. fantasy v. actual behavior
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e. effectiveness v. ineffective (attempt to harm)
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f. obedience v. enjoyment
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g. immediate harm v. long range good
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4. Worksheet on aggression. The teacher will distribute a worksheet with the following examples of aggressive acts. The student would then be instructed to label those acts they consider to be aggressive and state why.
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a. A spider eats a fly.
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b. A soldier shoots his enemy on the front line.
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c. The warden of a prison executes a prisoner by turning on the gas.
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d. Two hungry men fight for a piece of bread.
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e. A man viciously kicks a dog.
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f. A boy kicks a car.
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g. An angry driver kicks his flat tire.
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h. A man mentally rehearses killing his wife.
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i. A small child kicks another small child while fighting over toys.
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j. A mother spanks her child.
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k. A mother locks her child in a closet as punishment.
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l. A principal while breaking up a fight shoves a student against the wall.
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m. Jean, a notorious gossip, speaks disparagingly of many people.
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n. Jane, far more subtle in her ways speaks with barely detectable, yet cutting irony to those who fail to live up to her expectations.
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o. Mr. Jones, known for his great sarcasm, verbally tears his boss to shreds.
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p. A woman daydreams about meeting her old boyfriend and slapping him in the face. She really has no expectations of actually doing this, but she loves to think about it.
