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Lesson Plan of the Month
July 2001
Topic: Sexual Harassment Target Group: 11th & 12th Grades
Prepared By: Deputy Tami Holdahl Agency: Benewah Cty. S. O.
Address: 701 College Ave. Phone: (208) 245-2555
St. Maries, ID 83861
Objectives:
After this block of instruction the student will be able to;
Explain what visual, verbal & physical sexual harassment is.
Introduction:
I am Deputy Tami Holdhahl, Benewah County Sheriff’s Office. I have been a patrol officer for
two years. Who can tell me what harassment is? Who can tell me what sexual harassment is?
We are going to take a quiz and discuss sexual harassment.
Body:
I. Definition
A. Any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and verbal, visual, or
physical conduct of a sexual nature.
B. Sexual Harassment In A School Setting
1. Violation of Civil Rights
C. Facial Expressions
1. Blowing a kiss
2. Licking your lips and winking at a person
3. Licking a piece of fruit
D. Body Gestures
1. Moving hips in a forward and backward motion
2. Squeezing fingers together
E. Pictures/Posters
1. Picture of girlfriend/boyfriend in a swimsuit on, inside of your locker
2. Looking through a magazine at lunch
3. Cartoons
F. Touching
1. Grabbing someone
2. Pulling at their clothes
3. Hugging
4. Back rubs
G. Dirty Jokes
1. Telling jokes with friends and someone over hears you
2. Telling jokes and someone asks you to quit and you don’t
H. Gender Based Comments or Slurs
She/He has a nice butt
I. Rating Students
Sexual performance by rumors
Review:
Role Play – Four guys and one girl. Four guys in locker room talking about one of the guy’s date the night before.
1st Guy: What did you guys do?
2nd Guy: Come on, did you score a homerun or a strike out?
3rd Guy: She must be a real loser if you didn’t get anywhere.
4thGuy: I had her begging out of my hands but hen her stupid watch alarm went off for her curfew and I had to take her home.
Girl can over hear the conversation from outside the door of the locker room.
Role Play – Two girls sitting at the lunch table. One girl says something about the boy sitting at the end of the table having a nice butt. Girls make squeezing gesture with hands. Girls then take a banana and starts eating it in a sexual manner while winking at the guy.
Practice:
Questions & Answers
Check with school policies on what is their punishment for sexual harassment.
If you are being harassed report it.
If you are doing the harassing stop it.
Make sure you are always aware of what you say, to whom you say it to, and who is around when you say it.
Sources:
Sexual Harassment In Schools: Jane Reed Farmer, http://www.mmavs.org
Sexual Harassment: Is It Happening On Your Campus? Trudy Largent, http://2.gasou.edu/public_safety/harasscampus.html
Report Finds Sexual Harassment Common At School: Paul Courson CNN, http://fyi.cnn.com
Quiz:
You aren’t the type to pin up scantily clad models in your locker. The only picture in your locker is one of you and your girlfriend down at the beach this past summer in your swimsuits. A fellow student doesn’t like it should you take it down.
A. Yes
B. No
You are walking by a bunch of boys in the hallway and they are looking at a motorcycle magazine with girls in bikinis lying on the bikes. The boys are making comments about the girls. You ask them to put the magazine away. They put it away. Have you been sexually harassed?
A. Yes
B. No
Another student comes to school with a new haircut. You tell that student the haircut looks fantastic. Is that sexual harassment?
A. Yes
B. No
You just had a fight with your girlfriend/boyfriend. You call her/him a bitch and other derogatory words towards them. Other students overheard you. But you are having a fight with her/him, not them. Is that sexual harassment?
A. Yes
B. No
You whistle at a girl/guy while they are walking down the hallway. You have only done it one time. Is that sexual harassment?
A. Yes
B. No