What is the definition of bullying, and how can you deal with it? Elementary and middle schoolers discuss verbal, physical, social, and cyberbullying before talking about strategies to avoid and stop bullying in their school.

Concepts

bullying, cyberbullying, social skills, gossip

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in a mainstream class setting or in a peer counseling club
• Project onto the board after individuals have had a change to answer the questions on their own

Classroom Considerations

• Resource does not reference specific social media outlets, which keeps it from becoming dated but may prevent learners from connecting with the information
• Contains some color; be sure that printing in black and white won't obscure words on the first page

Pros

• Provides concrete examples of what bullying looks and feels like
• Offers applicable ideas for dealing with bullies

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.3.1.a SL.4.1.a SL.5.1.a SL.6.1.a SL.7.1.a SL.8.1.a