Show:
Harmless vs. Hurtful Teasing
Types of Bullying
What would you do?
100

Jade moved to Baltimore and has just finished one week at her new elementary school. Jade is 5 feet 9 inches tall, which is much taller than other girls in her class. While looking for a place to sit on the carpet, another student said to her, “Hey short stuff, there’s a spot right here!” Jade stopped and put her head down. Another student said to her, “Don’t pay attention to her Jade.” The student approached Jade as she sat on the carpet with her head down and said to her, “I was only joking short stuff.”

Hurtful

100

Hitting, kicking, punching, pushing

Physical

100

Your classmate keeps poking you

Use Big voice

Ignore

Tell an adult

200

Jerrell has made fun of his best friend, Kyle's, obsession with ketchup. “You’d eat my gym shorts if they were covered in ketchup,” he told Kyle and they both laughed. One day in class, the students were experimenting during science.  When the teacher told the class that they would be using ketchup, Jerrell called out, “Better be careful – Kyle might eat it all before we begin.” The other students broke out in laughter and so did Jerrell.

Harmless

200

Occurs online

Cyberbullying

200

Your friend pushes you on the playground

Use big voice

Walk Away

Tell an adult

300
  • On Tuesday afternoon Karima used her lunch time to hang posters around the school that she made. On Wednesday morning, Karima found multiple posters had been crossed out and colored on. One of Karima’s classmates pointed to a girl in the first row, indicating that Angel had messed up the posters. Karima glared at her as he tore down the poster. “It's just a joke,” Angel laughed. “Chill out.”

Hurtful

300

Name calling, teasing, put downs

Verbal

300

Someone messages you online and keeps saying mean things

Block 

Ignore

Tell an adult

400

spreading rumors, gossiping, isolating

Social/Relational

400

You are playing a game with a friend. They say you are cheating.

Talk it out

Find something else to do

Ignore

Walk Away