Lesson: What is Bullying?

Published on March 5, 2024

What is Bullying?

CREATING AN ANTI-BULLYING CULTURE

📝 Overview

This lesson plan (LP) asks students to define bullying and think about effective responses when they observe bullying behavior directed towards others or experience being bullied themselves. Students explore two essential questions:

What is bullying?
How can students respond to bullying (as targets or observers)?

🎯 Goals

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

explain the concept of bullying and recognize its forms
identify, evaluate, and plan to apply anti-bullying responses

A vertical montage shows two photos. The top photo shows a black-and-white sign that says “be kind.” The bottom shows a black-and-white figure with their back turned, a paper sign taped to the person’s shirt that says “kick me!,” and a red no symbol overlaid over the sign.

📖 Key Vocabulary

Below, you can find key vocabulary related to What is Bullying?

anti-bullying
bystander
bullying - bully - to bully - to be bullied
cyberbullying
empathy
emotional (bullying)
to harm

mobbing
outsider
physical (bullying)
rumor
to retaliate
target - to target
verbal (bullying)

A sign says “Stop Bullying! Be brave, Stand up, Speak out.

🔊 Audio Recordings

You can find audio recorded versions of the reading text below in both female and male voices. If you are unable to access any of the audio files, please contact [email protected].

"Identifying and Responding to Bullying:" female voice and male voice

What_is_Bullying_DoS_Lesson_1.docx

What_is_Bullying_DoS_Lesson_1.pdf