Dealing With Teasing and Bullying

Fifth graders review definitions of bullying and harassment, respond to real-life bullying scenario from news, television, or movie, brainstorm possible solutions and consequences for negative behavior, and discuss how their peers...

Fifth graders investigate bullying and nonviolent ways to deal with bullies.  In this conflict management lesson, 5th graders discover the definition for the word ahimsa and examine ways to incorporate that philosophy into their social...

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.

What is identity? What is bullying? What is identity-based bullying? After discussing these questions as a class, pupils engage in partner discussions before participating in a small group activity to act out bullying scenarios. Then,...

Elementary and middle schoolers describe their views of bullying with a list of creative projects. School surveys, skits, and argument essays are just a few of the ways learners assess the level of bullying in their peer groups.

Writing about bullying and qualities of a friend can be a theraputic way for learners to process their feelings. Use a list of narrative writing prompts focused on bullying and peer inteactions in any number of classroom settings.

Learners discuss positive and negative aspects of interacting with others online. They compare a person who is being cyberbullied to a person who is being bullied at school. Students read a story of a student who is cyberbullied,...

Learners examine cyberbullying. In this lesson on democracy, learners 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 off...

What does it feel like to be the new kid in town? Scholars view and discuss an excerpt from a movie dealing with the relationship between bullying and emotional triggers in the fifth lesson of a 17-part series. The content and discussion...

What's it like to be the new kid in town? A short activity, 15th in a series of 17 character-building lessons, focuses on the challenges new pupils face. After viewing a clip from the film The Sandlot, discussion groups talk about ways...