Sexting Drama – Lesson Plan 3

Target Audience

Key Stage 4/5

Lesson Aim

Pupils devise and decide a realistic ending to the play.

Learning Objectives

  • Pupils consider the implications and consequences of sexting.
  • Working as part of a team. Listening to and sharing ideas with classmates.
  • Research and development.

National Curriculum Links

Please see curriculum grid: England: PSHE, Citizenship, Literacy, ICT, and Religious Education

Scotland: Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Christianity, Social sciences, Technologies.

GCSE Exam links:AQA GCSE Drama specifications – June 2011 onwards: This lesson can be used to support Unit 2: practical work, supplementing devised thematic work, acting, improvisation and theatre in education options. Part 2 (options 1-5) can also be used for EDEXCEL GCSE Drama. Meets AO1:practical exploration and Unit 3 Drama performance.

Timing: 2 x 60 minute classes / Key Vocabulary:sexting, bystander, target, accessory, responsibility, bullying, cyberbullying
Preparation:Cue cards with questions to consider in the mock court. / Organisation:In groups within a hall or classroom setting with internet access.
Resources:Internet capability. Whiteboard. Pens and paper. Recording equipment (optional).

Lesson Outline Minutes

Activity 1 / Pupils set up a mock court, exploring and defending both sides of the story. / 30 minutes
Activity 2 / Pupils decide an appropriate ending to the play. / 30 minutes
Plenary / Pupils have the option of creating a song to express their own message. / 45 minutes
Extension / Watch and discuss CEOP’s 10 min film “Exposed”. / 15 minutes

Lesson

ACTIVITY 1 MOCK COURT
The aim of this exercise is to set up a mock court room and to debate who your pupils think is, or maybe accountable. You could even consider inviting another class or group to act as the deciding jury and take votes. The teacher should act as facilitator.
1. Divide the class into three groups – team Steve, team Jodi and the jury.
2. Allocate roles.
3. Both teams Jodi and Steve need to have prosecution and defence. Prosecutor – compile a list of questions to ask; Defence - think about the case you will present.
4. Set a fixed time for each group to prepare. A set time to present their case, a set time for questioning and a set time for the jury to make their decision.
4. Each team to create and prepare their case for the jury.
5. Both groups present their case. The defense should act as each group’s spokesperson.
6. Prosecution question time.
7. Jury retires to make their decision.
ACTIVITY 2 THE ENDING
Picture This has been designed as a practical, easy resource for teachers to challenge the subject of sexting. It can simply be read as a classroom resource or it can be performed to an audience. Either way, three options have been developed for teachers to consider as an appropriate ending to the play.
These will depend on whether the script has been used as a classroom resource or performed as a piece of theatre in education.
Option 1
This option requires someone to act as a facilitator who can guide and lead an open discussion. It is a classic “forum” theatre technique where the audience plays a major part in deciding the direction (in this case, the ending) of a play.
1. Read or perform the play, then introduce a group discussion.
Consider what themes and issues are addressed. Characters and their function within the story. Who do they think is responsible and what could they have done differently? What happens next?
2. Invite the class or audience to discuss or “hot seat” each character. / Option 2
Pupils are to research and decide a realistic outcome to the play then write, design and print a newspaper report that can be made available to the audience on their departure.
1. Pupils group into teams and act as journalists designing their own front page headline. Think about the paper’s name and what would be a catchy headline. An article about the story should accompany this.
2. If the play has been performed, hand out the paper for the audience to take away with them or display it on a backdrop as an ending to the play. / Option 3
Pupils are to devise and script a realistic and appropriate ending that can be acted out by the cast
1.Devise two scenes. One that depicts what happens after the events shown in the play. The second showing what and how the characters could have done differently.
2.One year on... what happened directly after the play? What has happened, where are they and what are they up to? Record a video diary or write a character journal in the style of a monologue or biography.
PLENARY
As a final activity, close the project with a group evaluation. A circle discussion where changes of attitude, thoughts or feelings about the issue of sexting can be shared and whether initial impressions or views have altered.
The aim is to address how the project has encouraged pupils to consider their online actions.
Alternatively, write a rap, poem or song to express these changes. / Extension activity: watching Exposed
This excellent film about sexting has been produced by the Child Exploitation Online Protection centre to highlight some of the issues raised by sexting..

TEACHER’S NOTE
Teachers should note that it is illegal to take, make, possess or share indecent photos of anyone under the age of 18 in the UK (section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 as amended by Section 45 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003)
Guidance from the Association of Chief of Police Officers (ACPO) recommends police deal with cases of children creating self taken images and distributing them electronically, a form of sexting, on a case by case basis. Any intervention should have the welfare of the child at its heart and ACPO does not support the prosecution or criminalization of children for taking indecent images of themselves and sharing them.To access the full guidance from ACPO Child Protection and Abuse Investigation (CPAI) Group, ACPO CPAI Lead’s Position on Young People Who Post Self-Taken Indecent Imagessee:

Handling disclosures: As a result of the discussions held on sexting, some students may disclose incidents of a sensitive nature, such as having taken, sent or received messages or images of a sexual nature. These may be about themselves or someone they know. Further information on disclosure and reporting can be found and downloaded from the sexting resource page.