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Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How To Deal With Bullies
Students explore human behavior by reading a children's story in class. In this bullying lesson, students read the story Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet by Catherine Depino. Students answer study questions about the story and...
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Anti-Bullying Role Plays
Students act out anti-bullying role plays. In this anti-bullying lesson plan, students act out 3 different role plays that identify the victim, ally, and bystanders. They discuss the behavior and characteristics of bullies.
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Befriending Bullies
Students discuss how to create a bully free classroom. They share teasing and bullying stories and read books on bullying and teasing. Students buddy read with second grade students in order to create friends at the school. They discuss...
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Stop Bullying: Take a Stand
Students examine the amount of bullying going on in today's society. They watch a video and discuss ways of dealing with a bully. They answer questions to end the lesson.
Learning for Justice
Showing Empathy
A short social-emotional learning instructional activity teaches high schoolers how to show empathy toward others. After completing a short survey that has them assess their understanding of empathy, the class learns specific behaviors...
Anti-Defamation League
Gossip, Rumors and Identity
A thoughtful discussion prompts middle schoolers to reflect on gossip and rumors, what they are, their experience with them, and how some groups experience it more than others. Scenarios challenge participants to consider the impact of...
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Hector's World Cyberbullying: You're Not Alone
Students watch an episode of Hector's world regarding cyber-bullying and begin to understand what hurtful actions are in relation to someone's feelings. In this Cyber-bullying lesson, students are introduced to the idea of good character...
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Goal-O Bingo
While playing a long-term game of Goal-O Bingo, your class will practice replacing unkind words with kind ones. First, read Casey and Amazing Giant Green Shirt by Margaret Ross. Then have your class write down 25 goals they would...
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Heroes, Kindness and "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Students read To Kill a Mockingbird and relate the action sof the characters to behaviors in students lives. In this heroism, bullying, kindness and compassion lesson plan, students identify characters who are heroes in the story....
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Sticks and Stones
Students explore bullying. In this character development lesson, students discuss verbal and nonverbal bullying. Using the "sticks and stones" adage, students write a sentence describing a hurtful act on a gray piece of paper,...
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Different! Diverse! Dynamic! Lesson 2: Teaching Peace Through Literature And Song
Students investigate bullying and discrimination and draw pictures of a personal response to being bullied. They read Thank You, Mr. Falkner by Patricia Polacco, to determine the philosophic act that the main character performs. They...
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LEAGUE: Learning to Give
Students explore the effects of human actions. In this respect and discrimination lesson plan, students read Thank You, Mr. Falker and identify the consequences of bullying and teasing. Students then relate personal experiences of hurt...
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Bullies, Bullies, and No Bullies
Fourth graders engage in a lesson about bullying. The concerns of the lesson includes the identification and behavior of a bully. They use the internet to find information. Also, there is a written assessment.
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David's Day
Students are given different paragraphs from a story called David's Day. They are to place their paragraph on a scalce from happy to sad. They are to identify behaviors which would make David feel better.
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Telling Teachers About Bullying
Students examine what a bully, victim, and ally are. They discuss various methods that can be used to deal with bullying. Students reflect and evaluate on how their behaviors affect others.
Learning for Justice
Beauty is Skin Deep
If you are in need of a lesson plan on tolerance or the impact of media, this plan could be useful. The class begins with a brainstorming session in which they reflect on their own experiences with bias based on appearance. Next, they...
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Caring School Environment Performance Task
In a school scenario, pupils stay home to keep from the teasing and bullying on campus. To combat unkind behavior, small groups survey learners in other grade levels, discuss and summarize their findings, then work together to create a...
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Online Safety: Grades 9-12
Teach teens how to protect themselves from hackers, scammers, and online predators. First, class members examine their own digital footprints think critically about their online profile. Groups then generate lists of "do" and "don't do"...
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Warning Signs
Students identify the signs that someone is being bullied. In this school climate instructional activity, students discuss the provided list of signs that one is being bullied. Links are provided to other lessons about bullying.
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Sticks and Stones
Second graders discuss bullying and list ways on how they can help reduce bullying amongst their peers. In this bullying lesson plan, 2nd graders also reflect on their own experiences and write journal entries about them.
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No Name-Calling Week
Students discuss if they have ever heard someone being bullied or called a name; if so, as each child shares, they hold hands and form a linked circle. They then talk about what they can say or do when they witness name-calling or bullying.
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Building a Foundation for Safe and Kind Online Communication
Put a spotlight on internet safety with a instructional activity designed to boost positive online communication. Scholars listen to the story, Yettele's Feathers by Joan Rothenberg, and answer questions. An emoji-themed handout...
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Don't Just Stand By
Students discuss what it means to be a bystander to bullying and why it is difficult to help and support friends who are being affected by bullying. They brainstorm ways to overcome these challenges and are provided with strategies for...
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Name-Calling in Our School
Learners objectively observe the way in which name-calling and other types of disrespectful language are used in school over a three-day period. They then reflect on their observations to look for patterns of behavior and to begin to...