Recognize, Report, Refuse
What is our definition of bullying?
Bullying is when someone keeps being mean to someone else on purpose. The person it's been happening to hasn't been able to get it to stop. It's unfair and one-sided.
What is a bystander?
A bystander is someone who sees or knows that bullying is happening to someone else.
Whose responsibility is it to stop bullying?
Everyone's responsibility.
What is cyberbullying?
Cyber bullying is bullying with electronic technology.
What does one-sided mean?
When one person or group keeps being mean to another, and the other person or group isn't mean back.
What does empathy mean?
Empathy is understanding or feeling how someone else is feeling.
Why do you think bystanders sometimes don't try to stop bullying?
They think the bullying's funny. They don't want it to seem like they're tattling. Other kids might make fun of them for standing up. They might be afraid that the person who is bullying might start to bully them.
Other answers.
How are cyber bullying and face to face bullying the same?
Someone is mean to someone else on purpose. It happens over and over again. It is unfair and one-sided. It can be just as harmful.
Why are adults good people to report bullying to?
They listen. They care. They can do something to stop it.
What are 2 or more ways bystanders can help stop bullying?
Be supportive.
Report or help report the bullying.
Stand up for someone being bullied.
Be kind and respectful to everyone (Include everyone)
Juliza just moved here from Central America and is learning English. Roberta makes fun of Juliza every chance she gets. She calls Juliza names and mimics the way she talks, trying to get the other kids too laugh at Juliza too.
As a group decide what you would do as a bystander (report, refuse, or support). Why did you pick that choice? What would it look like?
Various answers.
How are cyber bullying and face-to-face bullying different?
In cyberbullying, the material can spread more quickly and to more people. It's harder to escape online bullying because it can happen wherever you are. Cyberbullying can start out anonymous.
Why is it important to be assertive when refusing bullying?
So people take you seriously. Being aggressive can make the situation worse and being passive won't get the bullying to stop.
How can bystanders make a bullying situation worse?
Join in the bullying.
Laugh
Not report.
Be silent.
Not tell someone to stop.
Mark and his friends will never let Sami play Four Square with them at recess. Mark calls Sami mean names whenever he walks by.
If you were a bystander, what would you do and why? (Report, refuse, support) What would that choice look like?
Various answers.
True or false. You should report cyber bullying to an adult?
True. You need to report all kinds of bullying including cyber bullying.
What are two ways you can refuse bullying?
Assertively tell the person to stop. Staying near an adult or close to friends when feeling unsafe. Walking away. Reporting bullying.
Other examples.
How do you think it helps to have someone come with you when you refuse bullying?
It gives you courage. You are there to support each other. It helps having more than one person tell the same story.
Other answers.
Thomas has long hair and likes to play tag with girls at recess. Lucas and his friends have started calling Thomas a "girlie girl" and saying to everyone "Playing tag with girls? That's so gay!"
If you were a bystander, what would you do and why? (report, refuse, support) What would that look like?
Various answers
How can bystanders stop cyber bullying? Give at least two examples.
Report to a caring adult. Use the report function on social media sites. Take screenshots to show an adult. Tell the person posting mean things to stop. Write kind things about the person who is being bullied. Don't share or pass along the mean posts.