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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: World Wide Web of Hurt

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about cyberbullying. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Cool to Be Kind

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the importance of empathy. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions...
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Website
Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Safe Social Networking

For Students 9th - 10th
Social networking sites are very popular. They also expose people to certain risks, such as online bullying, loss of privacy, cyber stalking and other problems. This resource describes some of the risks with social networking sites and...
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Lesson Plan
A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff: The Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site from A to Z Teacher Stuff presents a lesson plan through a thoughtful story of a young fifth grader. Plan covers many themes such as bullying and family life. Also, lesson helps children express their thoughts through writing.
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EL Education

El Education: Just Like You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a tolerance and anti-bullying public service announcement video to teach other students about respecting others.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Loser by Jerry Spinelli Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teaching plan offers an activity to do in the classroom as well as a list of other books with the same themes.
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Article
Other

Learning for Justice: Brown v. Board: An American Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famous Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision. Features background information, a timeline of integration of schools, interviews, and links to many other activities and resources covering...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Wosu Public Media: Are You Digi Fit?: Choose to Be Positive With Others Online

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson teaches children how to behave appropriately when interacting with others online. They are guided in understanding how their words can be perceived by others online and how to deal with an online bully. Includes links to two...
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Website
Other

The Butterfly Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Butterfly Project uses the lessons of the Holocaust to teach tolerance and to remember the past, act responsibly in the present, and create a better future. Resources include lesson plans, stories from survivors, bullying resources,...
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Article
Other

University of Potomac: Online Etiquette: 14 Netiquette Rules Online Students Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Netiquette guidelines are a set of rules that dictate what tasteful and respectful online behavior is. How to speak respectfully without taking part in disrespect or bullying is among the main reasons why we need these rules. These rules...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure

For Students 2nd - 5th
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
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Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: What to Do When You Don't Like School

For Students 3rd - 8th
Not everyone enjoys going to school, but we all have to go. If you or a friend are having a hard time at school, these tips and explanations may be just the thing to turn school into something you enjoy. You have to be there, you may as...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tea Mology: Meet the Team

For Students Pre-K - 1st
TEAMology's mission is to understand and improve emotional health to enhance every child's ability to succeed in school, career, and life. Meet the team of TEAMology with their character introduction videos along with a printable PDF...
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Handout
George Washington University

Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: House Un American Activities Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the genesis of the House Un-American Activities Committee and the bullying inquisition of those the committee accused of having Communist leanings.
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Handout
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: Mc Carthy's Downfall

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger site about Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism, this page relates his ultimate downfall brought about by his bullying style and false accusations.
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Unit Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Memoir Inspired by Three Truths and a Lie

For Teachers K - 1st
This is a book review and activity for the picture book "Three Truths and a Lie" by Carlalyn Buchner, a story about an older cousin who bullies his younger cousin with outrageous truths and lies. The activity suggests students write...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Dealing With Feelings When You're Overweight

For Students 9th - 10th
It's hard to struggle with extra weight especially if you are a teen. In this article for teens, learn how to cope with your feelings and deal with such social issues such as bullying, self-esteem, and depression.
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Dog Walker' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In Dog Walker by Canadian author Karen Spafford-Fitz, Turk starts a dog walking business to make money and so his friends can meet girls. But then he must decide how to deal with a local bully who wants to be part of it. This teacher's...
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Website
Other

Disney.com: Tips for Online Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Internet safety material is presented. Parents can find ways to communicate with their children about the sites they visit, safety rules, and dealing with online bullies.
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Article
Other

Center for the Collaborative Classroom: Integrating Speaking and Listening Ccss

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Integrating speaking and listening builds a positive classroom community with less bullying, increased self-confidence, and greater independence, along with the ability to work with all students. This article gives ideas for projects or...
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Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety Activities You Can Do From Home

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During remote learning, young people will be spending more time at home than usual -- with their families, and on devices. We have put together a list of resources that you can use with them, to explore online safety in a fun, engaging,...
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Hooway for Wodney Wat [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A reader's theater script for Helen Lester's children's book, Hooway for Wodney Wat, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: When Friends Fight: Make Peace, Not War

For Students 3rd - 8th
Peek inside the highs and lows of adolescent friendships. Learn strategies to get through a fight with a friend, to overcome the urge to gossip and spread rumors, and to make or accept a sincere apology.
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Article
Government of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada: Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2008 report addresses healthy settings for Canadian youth. Each chapter focuses on one topic of importance including school, family, peers, etc.