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Gangs and Bullies
Students discuss bullying. They listen to or read the story "Kids Join Gangs to Beat the Bullies." Students role-play bullying situations and discuss possible outcomes. Role play ideas and the link for the story are included with the...
Nemours KidsHealth
Cyberbullying: Grades 9-12
A bully, a victim, and a bystander—far from the beginning of a joke, cyberbullying is no laughing matter. Bystander or upstander? As part of the study of cyberbullying, high schoolers first read a series of articles about cyberbullying...
Curated OER
Conflict Resolution and Addressing Bullying Issues
Helpful ways to engage students in anti-bullying exercises
Curated OER
Dealing With Teasing and Bullying
Students view film clips on the internet, take notes, and participate in a discussion about bullying. They complete entries in a handbook on how to handle bullying.
Curated OER
Using Literature to Teach Bullying
Students explore signs and types of bullying. In this "building character" lesson, students listen to several read alouds based on a bully theme. Four groups are formed to discuss "gossip", "exclusion", "physical bullying", and "verbal...
Curated OER
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 activity.
Missouri Department of Elementary
The Clique
Mean girls and bully packs are favorite topic for films and TV shows that focus on the destructive power of cliques. High school freshmen are asked to reflect on both the positive and negative aspects of cliques by reading a short...
Curated OER
Bullying in Schools: A Package of Stories
Learners conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions and by posing problems and gather, evaluate and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their...
Deliberating in a Democracy
Cyberbullying—Lesson Plan
Learners examine cyberbullying. For this lesson on democracy, students discuss the different ways to deal with cyberbullying. They then take a position on the question of whether a democracy should allow schools to take action against...
Curated OER
Literature Themes: Bullying
Students read and discuss books with bullying themes. They take a pledge against bullying and watch an animated movie on the subject. They inspect tips for dealing with bullies and consider how people become bullies.
Nemours KidsHealth
Empathy: Grades K-2
Second graders read articles about being afraid, dealing with anger and apologizing. For this feelings lesson, 2nd graders read articles and discuss the feelings they have. Students describe their feelings and how to be supportive of...
Curated OER
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.
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Teaching About Tolerance Through Music
Explore the importance of tolerance with a music-themed lesson plan. Learners listen to the music of Peter, Paul, and Mary, and discern the underlying messages before discussing the painful effects of ridicule, disrespect, and bullying.
Missouri Department of Elementary
Color Your Destiny
Class groups bring feeling words alive by creating a poster that illustrates with images and colors, but not words, the feeling conjured by the word. The posters are then combined into a mural for the classroom wall.
Social Skills Central
What You Need To Know About Cliques and Peer Pressure
Looking for a quick informational handout to get the conversation going about social cliques and peer pressure? This may be the resource you're looking for! Similar to a brochure, this covers the issues surrounding peer pressure, how...
Curated OER
Listening
Introduce your young learners to some of the basic skills of listening, and getting along with others in this sociology PowerPoint. Pupils practice asking for help, asking for a favor, dealing with teasing and anger, and showing...
Curated OER
Bullying Essay
In this bullying essay worksheet, students find statistics on the internet about bullying and write an essay about their findings or write a letter to the principle explaining what should be done about bullying.
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Befriending Bullies
Young scholars 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 young scholars in order to create friends at the school....
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Social Studies: Bullying Prevention Program
Students, after researching bullying, develop plans to help younger students combat it. They organize programs to present to students in lower grades. Students create brochures about bullying to hand out during their presentations.
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Journalism: Bullying Research
Students, after conducting extensive research about bullying, assemble their information into written and visual presentations. They write articles, conduct surveys, and develop infographics and other visuals.
Reed Novel Studies
Jake and Lily: Novel Study
Just how strong is a twins' bond? Jake and Lily, in a novel by the same name, have a powerful bond until they turn 11. Then, everything changes. As scholars read about twin trouble, they learn eight new vocabulary words, create...
Curated OER
When Gifted Kids Are Bullied
There are many effective ways to reduce bullying in school.
Curated OER
A Lesson Plan for Elementary School Students
Students identify characteristics of verbal, physical, emotional and cyberbullying. In this bullying instructional activity, students gather information about bullying and work in discussion groups to find ways to report and combat...
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Personal Action Plan
In this social studies worksheet, students create plans in how to deal with various situations by putting down planned responses in writing.