Part of growing up is creating and fostering strong relationships with your peers. It is important to know when you have a friend versus a bully. Bullying is a worldwide concern that spans across schools from primary to college. Bullying comes in many forms including verbal, physical, and cyber.

Let’s think about these questions:*How can we identify bullying? *What can you do if you are

being bullied?

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You will use the following resources to gather information pertaining to different types of bullying

Task 1Please view the infographics below

View BrainPOP Bullying

Complete Activity #1 Graded Bullying Quiz

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cdn.com Image source: http://visual.ly/truth-about-bullying

Please explore the following web resources: Teens Against Bullying Click on Identify

Stop Bullying NOW Dealing with Bullying

Complete Activity 2 Apply Your Bullying Knowledge **Make sure to save your work to the student drive-use your last name and period as the end of the title******

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Scroll down to this title video.

Using the information you have learned about: verbal bullying, physical bullying, and cyber bullying complete the:Bullying Graphic OrganizerBullying Graphic Organizer S

coring Tool

Then complete:Bullying Reflection **Make sure to save your work to the student drive-use your last name and period as the end of the title******

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Activity 2: Are you looking for methods to safeguard yourself online…Let’s Examine..

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Activity 1: Have you ever wondered why everyone is so cruel online…. Let’s examine..

Activity 3:View BrainPOP Cyberbullying

Images from: techdevine.com, deletecyberbullying.eu Image from: allfacebook.com, zdnet.com

Activity 4: Complete Cyberbullying Organizer

BCPS Curriculum

6.4.7. Students will identify and determine ways to address bullying behavior in

order to decrease the possibility of being victims.

Maryland State Curriculum

5.0. Safety and Injury Prevention - Students will demonstrate the ability to apply

prevention and intervention knowledge, skills, and processes to promote safe

living in the home, school, and community.

Indicator

5.6.3. Recognize various forms of harassment and intimidating behaviors.

Common Core State Standards

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eading: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Writing: 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Standards for the 21

st Century Learner 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.

Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students3

.0: Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Time Frame: It is recommended that these activities be completed by the conclusion of two 50 minute class periods.

Differentiation: Direct students to use comprehension tools included in

databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels, and embedded dictionaries.

Learning Styles: Field Dependent, Field Independent, Visual, Auditory,

Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Sequential

Notes to the teacher:This Research Model is created for Middle School students 6th-8th

grade. It has been created to expand on the student’s wealth of knowledge about bullying: physical, verbal, and cyberbullying, friendship, strategies to deter bullying, and supports for bullied individuals. The topics within the research model coordinate with the Health Education topics for 6-8 grade.

You may need to log in to BrainPop the first time you link to it. See your Library Media Specialist for the passwords.

*The students have been instructed to save to the student drive and to include their name and period to the end of the title.

*This lesson may be completed outside of a computer lab by printing out: Bullying Quiz, Apply your Bullying knowledge, Bullying Graphic Organizer, Bullying Reflection, and Cyberbullying Organizer. Last updated: July 2015

Created by Ashley Weber linked to email address, Health/PE teacher, Library InternBCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2013, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only.

All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module.

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