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Bullying Prevention Activities
Upstander & Cyberbullying Lessons · Grades 6-12
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 44
- Answer keys
- Included
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Help middle and high school students recognize bullying, tell it apart from everyday conflict, and safely step up as upstanders, in person and online. This bullying prevention unit for grades 6-12 is a ready-to-teach 5-day plan for National Bullying Prevention Month in October, and it works just as well any week of the year. Facts come from the federal StopBullying site (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center, and every scenario uses made-up names, so no student is ever singled out.
What's included
- Teacher guide with learning goals, materials, two pacing options (15-20 minute advisory or 45-50 minute lessons) and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- Teaching This Topic Safely: ground rules, helpful language, handling disclosures, warning signs and where to get help (988 Lifeline, school counselor)
- Teacher page: Responding to Bullying Reports (stop it on the spot, find out what happened, decide if it is bullying, support everyone involved, when to involve police)
- 5-day Bullying Prevention Month plan + daily discussion guide with openers and what to listen for
- Standards & contents page
- What Is Bullying? The definition, three clues and CDC survey data
- Conflict or Bullying? comparison notes, 12-card sort and recording sheet
- Four Forms of Bullying (verbal, social, physical, cyberbullying) + Name the Form practice
- Roles in Bullying (target, person who bullies, assistant, reinforcer, onlooker, upstander) + Roles in Action story
- 6 Safe Upstander Moves with realistic teen scripts + Upstander Script Builder
- Cyberbullying: What to Do (don't respond, save it, block, report, tell) + Group Chat Check + Evidence Log practice
- 24 scenario task cards in 6 settings (hallway & class, lunch & bus, sports & teams, group chat, gaming, social media) + 2 recording sheets
- Empathy activity: One Story, Three Views + Empathy Map
- How to Report & Who to Tell + Report It Right practice
- Class norms charter: brainstorm page + a charter everyone signs
- 3 posters: Is It Bullying?, Be an Upstander, and Bullied Online? Five Steps
- My Upstander Plan
- 6 exit tickets
- 20-point unit quiz (multiple choice + short answer)
- Complete answer keys, including sample answers for all 24 scenario cards
How to use it
Teach it as a 5-day plan during Bullying Prevention Month in October, or any time: back-to-school, advisory, homeroom, health, SEL or school counseling lessons. Each day works as a 15-20 minute advisory session or a full 45-50 minute lesson. Print and go: just cut the cards.
Skills practiced
Defining bullyingconflict vs. bullyingrecognizing verbal, social, physical and cyberbullyingbystander to upstandersafe online responsesempathy and perspective-takingreporting to a trusted adultcollaborative discussion
