Advisory Goal: Healthy Development

Domestic Violence
Date:___________________________

Gathering: White Board Activity 3 minutes

Activity/Topic: Handouts Card Match Activity with a key, 17 minutes
Defining the Terms, and the Student Help Cards
Closing: Learning and Defining 5 minutes
Supplies: White Board, Dry Erase Markers, Scissors,
Attached Handouts
Grouping:

Rationale: This lesson will help advisees define domestic violence and make students
more aware of instances of domestic violence. Students who are being affected by
domestic violence are encouraged to talk to teachers and report what is happening to an
on-campus counselor who can provide a further course of action in order to bring any
student to safety.

Gathering: White Board Activity

Doing this activity will help students be able to define and recognize what domestic
violence is
1. Write the phrase Domestic Violence on the board.
2. Instruct the students to individually write down what they think it means (30
seconds).
3. Ask students to pass up their papers and read some definitions aloud (without
reading the names). Ask students if they agree/disagree, and write a class
definition on the board based upon the responses.
4. Students may only recognize physical or sexual abuse in this definition and thats
ok. You will revisit this definition once the card sort is complete.

Activity: Defining the Words and Card Match Activity

Doing this activity will further the advisees understanding of domestic violence even
further by providing them with examples
1. Hand out the Card Match Activity Page to the students, The Card Match Activity
Key and Defining the terms pages will be used only by the teacher.
2. Use the Defining the terms page to explain the terms to the students.
3. Let them spend about 30 seconds cutting the squares out of the paper.
4. Explain to them that now after reviewing the terms they should use them to fill in
the blank that is in the example.
5. Let the students match the cards for no more than 5 minutes.
6. After the activity is completed use the Card Match Activity Key in order to
review the answers to the fill-in-the-blanks.
Closing:
Students will learn where to go if they are affected by domestic violence or suspect a peer
is affected
Advisor will return to the White board, and with the class, add new words/phrases that
were defined that fit under the term domestic violence. The term domestic violence is
very complex and not easily defined. Advisors should emphasize to the advisees to think
about the examples, the terms and their definitions. Remind them to stay on the lookout
for the warning signs and symptoms of domestic abuse in their peers. Also remind them
that the places they can go are to any on-campus adult. The informative cards that are on
the last page can be printed and handed out to students.
Defining the Terms

Abuser-
A person that is a danger to other people because they have repeatedly or regularly
abused another person using violent actions or cruelty

Victim-
A person who is receiving abuse or cruelty from someone regularly or repeatedly

Physical Abuse-
The type of abuse that involves a person acting upon another with physically violent
actions with the intent to harm them

Emotional Abuse-
The type of abuse that involves using negative language with the intent of negatively
effecting someones emotions or manipulating his or her actions

Financial Abuse-
The type of abuse that involves the manipulation or control of a persons financial assets
with the intent of controlling his or her actions or harming him or her emotionally

Control-
When someone posses power over another person which influences their choices or
directs their behavior in a certain way

Intimidating-
A tactic that frightens someone in order to keep him or her doing what the abuser wants

Domestic Violence-
Domestic Violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one
partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic
violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats
of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate,
manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or
wound someone
Card Match Activity
A pattern of abusive
behavior in any
Matthews mom relationship that is
Abuser Physical Abuse hits and yells at used by one partner
him. Matthews to gain or maintain
mom is the power and control
___________. over another
intimate partner.

Sydneys dad uses Bens mom tells

his strength and size Ben that hes stupid
Victim Domestic Violence to make Sydney and no one cares
scared of him. He is about him. His mom
being is using
_______________. ____________.

After a fight
between Sarahs Sometimes Leahs
mom and dad, mom slaps Leah in
Emotional Abuse Financial Abuse Sarahs dad cuts off the face. Her mom is
Sarahs moms using
access to their bank ________________.
accounts. Her dad is
using
____________.

Hannahs mom hits Jacks parents use

her and yells at her. _________ to force
Control Intimidating Hannah is the Jack into doing
_____________. things that he might
not want to do.
Card Match Activity Key

1. Matthews mom hits and yells at him. Matthews mom is the abuser.

2. Hannahs mom hits her and yells at her. Hannah is the victim.

3. Sometimes Leahs mom punches Leah in the face. Her mom is using physical

abuse.

4. Bens mom tells Ben that hes stupid and no one cares about him. His mom is

using emotional abuse.

5. After a fight between Sarahs mom and dad, Sarahs dad cuts off Sarahs moms

access to their bank accounts. Her dad is using financial abuse.

6. Jacks parents use control to force Jack into doing things that he might not want

to do.

7. Sydneys dad uses his strength and size to make Sydney scared of him. He is

being intimidating.
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224
If you are being affected by domestic violence
you can get help or talk to someone!
To report to the Texas DPS:
https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx
To talk with someone call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224