Carolyn N. Kinder
Objective
: To have females act out their reactions to each other in a violent situation?
Judy and Mary are also friends. They are always helping each other with their assignments. Very rarely will you see one without the other. One day, a new female student enters the class and made friends with Mary, but not Judy. Judy is feeling left out and angry. She started to put Mary down by saying that she is stupid. This made Mary upset. Mary and Judy were no longer friends. They argued constantly and wanted to fight.
Strategy
: Here are several questions to guide the discussion.
1. How would you role play the above scenario if you were Judy, then if you were Mary?
2. Were you tempted to be violent? If not, what would you do in the above situation?
3. Is it okay to be violent to others?
4. Do you feel like a coward or a hero?
5. Which situation do you support violence or non-violence?
After the discussion have students get into small groups of fours. Then have write out a scenario using violent behavior.