Standard of Learning

10.3 The student will implement personal injury prevention and self-management strategies that promote personal, family, and community health throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:

1. strategies to reduce and prevent violence;
2. peaceful resolution of conflicts;
3. administration of emergency care;
4. recognition of tendencies toward self-harm;
5. recognition of life-threatening situations;
6. crisis-management strategies;
7. methods of avoiding gang-related activity and the use of weapons to commit violent acts of aggression;
8. recognition of when to seek support for self and others.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will develop strategies for peaceful resolution of conflicts, and reduce and prevent violence to promote personal, family, and community health.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define personal violence. (use of physical force to injure or abuse self or others)
• develop strategies to reduce or prevent teen violence. (avoid guns and other weapons, alcohol and other drug use, build self esteem, etc.)
• explain how violence affects personal, family, and community health. (fear, stress, injury, financial loss, etc.)
• select methods for peaceful conflict resolution. (cooperating, problem solving, showing respect for differences, etc.)
• infer the mental and physical benefits of resolving conflicts peacefully. (reduces emotional distress, prevents injuries, etc.)
• compare and contrast conflicts experienced by middle school students, high school students, and adults.

Sample Lessons

Do the Right Thing: Finding Solutions for the Causes of Gang Violence
Grade(s): 6-12
In this lesson, students will consider the relationship between gang violence and the factors that can contribute to its increase. After researching the issues behind one such factor, students will make recommendations for implementing changes in local government, law enforcement, and other local agencies, that may help reduce gang violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20021025friday
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Grades: High School
Law enforcement and the school district join to educate students about the personal and social consequences of substance abuse. Includes strategies for anger management, violence prevention, making healthy choices.
Contact: http://www.dare.com

Great Ideas!: "Using Violent and Nonviolent Methods to Solve Problems"
Grade(s): 7-12
Students will identify situations in which violent and nonviolent methods can be used.
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i3/violent.html
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"The Last Spin"
Grade(s): 9-12  
In this lesson, students will define the term street gangs by answering questions about what they are, their problems, how schools can help out and violent and non-violent ways to solve problems.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OLACITheLastSpinTeenGangWebquest912.htm
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Samaritans: "Aggression and Bullying"
Grade(s): 8-10
In this lesson students will be able to appreciate the motivations behind aggressive behavior, and to discuss how to avoid a build up of frustration and an aggressive outburst.  These values will be taught by being able to put into practice ways of managing aggression, and dealing with people who bully.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/B5AggressionBullying.pdf
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Tough Truces: A Lesson on the Causes and Prevention of Gang Violence
Grade(s): 6-12
In this lesson, students will learn about the factors contributing to the growth of gangs and gang violence. Groups will discuss causes for gang violence and suggest measures that can be taken by various community groups to reduce such activity.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020412friday
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Additional Instructional Resources

• Blueprints for Violence Prevention, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
• Bullying Resources compiled by the California Department of Education - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/bullyres.asp
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc
• Conflict Mediation Models
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net
• Guidance Counselors
• Health Textbooks
• Kansas Bullying Prevention Program, Statewide Bullying Campaign - http://www.kbpp.org/
• National Bullying Prevention Campaign Webcast - http://www.mchcom.com/archivedWebcastDetail.asp?aeid=250
• National Crime Prevention Council - http://www.ncpc.org
• National Youth Gang Center - http://www.iir.com/nygc/maininfo.htm
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) - http://www.safeyouth.org
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - nationally recognized model program to reduce opportunities and rewards for bullying - http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
• Partnership Against Violence Network - http://www.pavnet.org
• Prevention Pathways Online Courses, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention -http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/bully/bully_intro_pg1.htm
• PREVENT, Preventing Violence Through Education Network and Technical Assistance, University of North Carolina - http://www.prevent.unc.edu/
• Resource Officers
• Stop Bullying Now! Campaign, Human Resources And Services Administration - http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) - http://www.saddonline.com
• 12 Conflict Resolution Skills - http://www.crnhq.org/twelveskills.html
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Youth Violence Fact Sheet, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm
• Virginia Best Practices in School-Based Violence Prevention, Virginia Department of Health - http://www.preventviolenceva.org
• Virginia Center for School Safety - http://www.virginiaschoolsafety.com
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Youth Violence Project, University of Virginia - http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/
• What New Zealand Police are doing about bullying - http://www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/whats_bullying.html

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• brainstorm and rank peaceful solutions to common high school conflicts.
• write a short story about a conflict between two or more people that was resolved peacefully.
• explain why academic failure is a risk factor for violent behavior.
• evaluate violence prevention measures being taken by their school or in their community.
• design a conflict resolution pamphlet appropriate for middle school students.

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