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Cyberbullying and the Law Lesson PlanCyberbullying and the Law Lesson Plan
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Media Smarts
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7th - 10th
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Health
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Cyberbullying and the Law

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Dealing with the very topical subject of cyberbullying, this lesson plan will surely create some engaged discussion in your classroom. Young learners discuss the laws concerning cyberbullying in Canada, and then respond to a series of fictional scenarios involving incidents of cyberbullying. All of these situations are ambiguous in order to foster discussion, debate, and critical thinking among in your class. The final activity is developing a school policy against cyberbullying.

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Concepts

cyberbullying, Media Literacy, debate, public speaking, explanatory writing, nonfiction, current events, laws, news media, social issues

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cyberbullying, debate, explanatory writing, laws, media, news, nonfiction, scenarios, social issues, Discussion, classroom debate, Case Study, current events, technology and society, english language arts

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  • Focuses on Canadian laws, consider looking up laws relevant to your state and/or country

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  • Detailed teacher instructions for every section, especially for leading discussions on sensitive issues

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