Bullies, Targets and Bystanders Oh My
True or False
Vocabulary
Strategies for safety
effects of bullying
100
This is the person who gets picked on.
What is a target?
100
True or False: Targets are usually asking to be picked on?
What is False, Although some behaviors are annoying to other people, no one deserves maltreatment, nor asks for it.
100
Two friends are hanging out and start throwing a ball back and forth, one of them drops the ball-the other laughs. They continue playing ball laughing at each other.
What is teasing
100
This is a person you can go to when you know bullying is happening.
What is a trusted adult? (parent/guardian, teacher, school counselor, principal)
100
this is when kids stay home to avoid a bully
What is absenteeism or attendance problems
200
This is someone who pushes the books out of your hands, and says mean things to you on a repeated basis.
What is a bully
200
True or False: Only children are targets of bullies
What is False, Adults can bully and be bullied
200
This person is frequently hurt or threatened by another student on purpose.
What is a target
200
This is the most frequent reason given for not intervening or telling about bullying
What is retaliation
300
This is someone who tells the bully to knock it off no one is amused when they say mean things about someone.
What is an active bystander
300
True or False: Bullying is just part of growing up, boys will be boys and girls will be girls
What is false, Bullying is not normal or acceptable behavior. You do not have to tolerate being treated badly.
300
This is taking another person's perspective, understanding their feelings
What is empathy
300
These people can stop bullying by standing up for other students when they see bullying happen.
What are bystanders?
400
This is someone who yells "fight, fight" when they see a conflict between two people.
What is an active bystander.
400
True or False, boys and girls usually bully differently
What is true, boys tend to be more physically aggressive, while girls often use social exclusion to bully, but-there is crossover.
400
This is done on the computer or through texts, not face to face.
What is Cyberbullying
400
When students have a conflict, this is a strategy to resolve the problem, it stems from the word "middle" It is not good to use to solve a bullying issue
What is mediation?
500
One in seven students is either a bully or target, the rest are this.
What are bystanders
500
True or False: telling an adult about bullying will only make it worse
What is False, telling a parent, teacher or other trusted adult is the first step toward solving the problem. You do not have to face a bully problem all alone!
500
This is when you are alone
What is isolation
500
Standing with someone so they are not alone
What is decreasing isolation