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Appreciative Inquiry: Describe, Dream, Deliver

Summary: Appreciative Inquiry uses images to invoke feelings and reflect on the meaning of these feelings. The goal of the project is to use images to self-reflect and discuss how bullying can influence the school community and what can collectively be done to change negative impacts.

Curriculum components: writing; presentation; discussion; listening; analytic thinking

Connection to bullying: understand our school environment; empower sense of ability to change the environment around us; strategize a common goal and how to work towards it;

Age range: Grades 7 – 12

Materials needed: source of pictures, such as magazines or the internet; paper/pens to write about photos

Time needed: 1 – 2 class sessions

Activity instructions:

  1. Have individuals or teams of students look through sources for pictures.   Instruct each student or group of students to choose a photo that depicts what bullying feels like, and to write a statement about how the image can be related to bullying (This step is called the “Describe” step. You could prompt the students to fill in the blank: “This picture describes bullying because….”).   Students could be instructed to write a short poem instead of a statement.
  2. Have students share their picture and poem/statement.
  3. Next, have students select a second photo that depicts a world without bullying (This step is the “Dream” step). Have students then describe what a future without bullying would feel like, answering questions such as:
  • Without bullying, I would feel…
  • Without bullying, my school would be…
  1. Finally, with the dream photo, students write a few sentences about how they could “design or deliver“ this dream. It could be something changed at the school, it could be a decision to reach out to vulnerable people, or a dedication not to spread bullying messages when they see them. Have students share how they might help deliver their dream and discuss these with the class.
  2. [optional]. Together, the class could list the strategies they have identified to help deliver their dream.

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