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Secondary Plays

Diversity:
A Deeper Look (Grades 9-college)

Bullying/Harassment Prevention:
Lockdown (Grades 6 - 9)

Methamphetamine Prevention:
Shattered (Grades 7 - 12)

Cliques/Exclusion:
Social Security (Grades 6-9)

Social Security
Topic: Cliques/Exclusion
Grade Level: 6-9

Synopsis
Japhet and Stephen have been best friends since childhood and have done practically everything together, including being "uncool."  But when Japhet is chosen as a starter for their school's football team, his popularity mysteriously increases.  Even Tanesha, who has never said a word to him before, starts to talk to Japhet on the bus.  Japhet only has to sacrifice one thing to be popular: his friendship with Stephen.  Throughout the course of the play, Japhet experiences the good and bad attributes of cliques as he and Stephen grow further apart.  When he is asked to betray Stephen, which friends will he stick by?

Educational Objectives:
  • To demonstrate and identify the ways that cliques function in middle school, the characteristics of students who attain popularity, the inclusionary and exclusionary tactics employed by cliques, and the stratification of cliques.  
  • To help students to understand the role that they play in creating and maintaining the network of cliques in their school.  
  • To explore the motivations behind exclusionary behavior in middle school students
  • To show the unseen consequences of exclusion behavior 
  • To provoke students to recognize the choices they make to perpetuate exclusive behavior and the power they have to stop it
Space Requirements: 30x25 feet deep x 10 feet high ceiling

Audience Size: 500
Running Time: 40 minutes
Cost:click here

Interested in booking? 

"As a social worker and advisory teacher...I would like to say that CLIMB Theatre's presentation on cliques and exclusion resonated with truth for our youth.  During the middle school years, many friendships change for a variety of reasons.  Some are natural, but some are cruel...even if we do not like someone, we need to show respect toward them.  This play helped reinforce this value."
-Sandra Hricko, LICSW, School Social Worker, Central Middle School, Wayzata, MN
CLIMB Inc
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Julie Janus
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Buffy Sedlachek
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