Having a hard time defining bullying with your seventh graders? Discuss the different types of behavior one would see in a bullying situation with a series of lessons, worksheets, and group activities.

Concepts

bullying, cyberbullying, parent communication, classroom community, classroom rules, school community, friendship, peers, kindness, gossip

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in a general education classroom or with an after-school peer counseling program
• Include in a school-wide focus on bullying
• Send home the parent letter at the beginning of the year to establish a supportive classroom environment
• Share Dr. Allan Beane's story (located in the preface) with class members to establish to importance of shutting down bullying

Classroom Considerations

• Sample resource is part of the larger Bully Free Program and includes two lessons, a parent letter, teacher guides, classroom worksheets, and a reference page; lessons detailed in the table of contents are available with the whole program

Pros

• Provides several valuable resources for learners to discuss bullying and being a bystander
• Delineates bullying behavior into seven types of words, making a nebulous concept more concrete

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.7.1.a