Lesson: Cyberbullying: Curbing Hurtful Behavior Online

Published on March 5, 2024

Cyberbullying: Curbing Hurtful Behavior Online

CREATING AN ANTI-BULLYING CULTURE

📝 Overview

This lesson plan (LP) asks students to define cyberbullying and think about effective responses to observing cyberbullying or being cyberbullied. Students explore two essential questions:

What is cyberbullying?
How can students respond to hurtful behavior online?

🎯 Goals

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

explain and apply knowledge about the concept of cyberbullying and its effects
identify, evaluate, and plan to apply anti-cyberbullying responses

A vertical montage shows two images. The top image shows a wall of green code with a no symbol covering several bullying-related words, like teasing, gossiping, name-calling, lies, and rumors. The bottom image shows a man with an exasperated expression on his face as he looks at his laptop.

📖 Key Vocabulary

Below, you can find key vocabulary related to Cyberbullying: Curbing Hurtful Behavior Online.

anti-bullying
anonymous - anonymously
consequence
to bully - to be bullied
cyberbullying
hacked - to hack)
to harm
to humiliate

to intimidate
panel
to pose as (another person)
to post
rumor
speech bubble, thought bubble
target - to target

A cartoon girl sits in front of a laptop with two monsters and the word “ugly.

📘 Lesson Plan Materials

Most of the lesson plan materials are in the downloadable files at the bottom of this page. For Item B - Cyber Story Comic, however, you will need to click the links below to access the materials. If you are unable to access any of the materials, please contact [email protected].

Presentation Version - Item B - Cyber Story Comic (PowerPoint)
Student Version - Item B - Cyber Story Comic (.pdf)
Teacher Version - Item B - Cyber Story Comic (.pdf)

Cyberbullying_Curbing_Hurtful_Behavior_Online_DoS_Lesson_2.docx

Cyberbullying_Curbing_Hurtful_Behavior_Online_DoS_Lesson_2.pdf