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=Bullying Lesson Plans 2= Title – Being Cybersmart in Cyberspace

By – Sharon Dressel

Primary Subject – Computers / Internet

Grade Level – 6-8 Concept / Topic To Teach:

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Technology Application Standards:

(D) understand the negative impact of inappropriate technology use, including online bullying and harassment, hacking, intentional virus setting, invasion of privacy, and piracy such as software, music, video, and other media. General Goal(s):


 * Students will gain an awareness of the danger and threat of cyberbullying and how they can deal with the issue.**

Specific Objectives: Required Materials: > > //Cyberbullying: Beyond the Playground// > > > //Cybersmart in Cyberspace// > Anticipatory Set (Lead-In):
 * TLW correctly identify and define key terms/vocabulary related to cyberbullying
 * TLW recognize relevant legal terms and cases related to cyberbullying
 * TLW identify ways to respond to cyberbullying.
 * computer
 * teacher-created Photo Story 3 movie:
 * internet
 * teacher-created game:

Step-By-Step Procedures: > > **cyberbullying** > > – > > //negatively targeting another person using interactive technologies// > > > //Cyberbullying: Beyond the Playground// > > . > Plan For Independent Practice:
 * 1) Define
 * 1) Play Photo Story 3 movie created by teacher
 * 1) Discuss with students key terms and situations presented in the PS3 movie. Identify ways that cyberbullies can strike, including, but not limited to:
 * instant messaging/IM/texting
 * sexting
 * websites
 * social networking/digital networking sites/SNS/DNS
 * email on phones
 * smartphones
 * computers.
 * 1) Invite students to share appropriate ways to respond to cyberbullying.
 * 2) Present historical and legal aspects of cyberbullying, including key terms such as:
 * stalking/cyberstalking
 * impersonation
 * liability
 * misdemeanor
 * Tinker v. Des Moines
 * district “Acceptable Use Policy”

Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):

Assessment Based On Objectives:

Adaptations (For Students With Learning Disabilities):

Extensions (For Gifted Students):

Title – Do Something about… School Violence Unit

Day 9: Still I Rise

By – Do Something, Inc. / www.dosomething.org

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Secondary Subjects – Other

Grade Level – 9-12

Do Something about…

School Violence

10-Day Unit The following lesson is the ninth lesson of a 10-day

School Violence Unit from Do Something, Inc.

Other lessons in this unit are as follows:
 * Day 1: Bullying
 * Day 1: Bullying

Students will be introduced to the unit and learn the definition of bullying ||
 * Day 2: What’s life like in my shoes?

Students will learn about bullying in the news and take on the perspective of someone being bullied. ||
 * Day 3: Mean Girls

Students will explore the differences and similarities of female and male violence. ||
 * Day 4: School Zones

Students will talk about safety in their own school. ||
 * Day 5: Groupthink

Students will learn about gangs and the theory of groupthink. ||
 * Day 6: Stand Up!

Students will learn about diffusion of responsibility and discuss how they should play a role in protecting others. ||
 * Day 7: Responsibility

Students will learn about the principal of diffusion of responsibility and techniques that can help them if they are ever a victim of violence. ||
 * Day 8: Zero Tolerance

Students will investigate zero tolerance laws and learn about the difficulties schools face when deciding how to handle school violence. ||
 * **__Day 9: Still I Rise__**

(See the lesson below)

Students will learn about how to find inner strength and cope with bullying. || Students will launch an anti-bullying campaign in their school.Day 9: Still I Rise Goal: Process:# Discuss “ > > **Still I Rise** > > ” by Maya Angelou. Focus on the following verses: > Talk about what makes the person in the poem powerful. Why is the poet persecuted by others? How does she resist those that try and put her down? What inner qualities does she possess? Connect this to how students that are being bullied can find strength to resist the persecution in school. How can students “walk like they’ve got oil wells pumping in their living rooms”? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you want to see me broken? > > Bowed head and lowered eyes? > > Shoulders falling down like teardrops. > > Weakened by my soulful cries. > > Does my haughtiness offend you? > > Don’t you take it awful hard > > ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines > > Diggin’ in my own backyard. > > You may shoot me with your words, > > You may cut me with your eyes, > > you may kill me with your hatefulness, > > But still, like air, I’ll rise. Additional Activities:* Have students create something (artwork, collage, poem, website) to illustrate their uniqueness and their strength. Display these works of and celebrate the uniqueness of each student.
 * Day 10: Bully Pulpit
 * 1) Ask student to identify their own source of strength. What helps them to rise above those that would make fun of them? Have students identify inner qualities that help them rise (creativity, humor, passion for a hobby).
 * 2) Have students think about where they go or where they would like to go for support and strength. If students cannot identify teachers, school counselors, or other school staff, the school should think about how to better support students. Explain to students that many times student are picked on because they are different in some way from the rest of the crowd. It is often these differences that allow people to become great. Talk about some famous examples in history.
 * 3) To create a school display, have each student write the qualities that give them strength on a helium balloon and let the balloons float to the ceiling.
 * 1) To create a school display, have each student write the qualities that give them strength on a helium balloon and let the balloons float to the ceiling.

= = =These lessons are for high school students but with some tweaking can be used for any grade I believe. To see the lesson plans for the other days click on the name of the lesson.= ||