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What is
Breaking the Cycle?
Breaking the Cycle is a school assembly.
What is
Breaking the Cycle?
The assembly is about:
What is
Breaking the Cycle?
The assembly is about:
- Choices
What is
Breaking the Cycle?
The assembly is about:
- Choices- Respecting yourself and others
What is
Breaking the Cycle?
The assembly is about:
- Choices- Respecting yourself and others
- Forgiveness
What is
Breaking the Cycle?
Who is
Breaking the Cycle?
The speakers tell true stories about their life that
demonstrate how, through choosing to forgive,
conflicts can be resolved.
The Book
“Why Forgive?”
True stories of forgiveness!
- Steven was shot and paralysed
- Kate was abused by her father
- Anne lost 2 children to one bullet!
Pick it up for FREE after the assembly.
History of
Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the Cycle began in New York in 1999following the tragic Columbine High Schoolshooting.
It is an effort to stem the rising tide of youth violence.
History of
Breaking the Cycle
Since then, the assemblies have been held
at hundreds of schools and colleges
throughout the USA.
Breaking the Cycle is now in England.
Order of Events
- Opening Address: School Principal
- Speaker introduction: Local law enforcement
- Speakers
- Question and Answer
- Closing remarks: School head
Classroom Discussion
Discuss various forms of violence
BullyingVerbal Abuse
Emotional Racism Domestic
Physical Intolerance
Classroom Discussion
What impact does the media
have on violence?
Negative?
Positive?
Classroom Discussion
Sometimes, the most lasting lessons
in life emerge from tragedy.
Do you agree?
Classroom Discussion
If you could make one change that would help
stop the violence young people experience,
what would it be?
Classroom Discussion
How have you dealt with the anger
you feel when your friends let you down,
or turned their back on you when
you needed them most?
Classroom Discussion
We all feel self doubt from time to time:
“I’m no good at anything, I’m useless”
How do you overcome self-doubt?
Classroom Discussion
Is having some one to talk to when
you feel angry / hurt / rejected helpful?
Who do you talk to?
Classroom Discussion
What questions would you like to
ask the speakers about forgiveness?
Role Models
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi changed the world with
non-violence and forgiveness.
What do you think made him strong?
Role Models
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. changed the
United States with non-violence and
forgiveness.
What do you think made him strong?
Role Models
Are people like you!
Forgiveness takes courage
It takes strength
It takes people like you
Thank you
Will you forgive?