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Lesson Plan: Stop Cyberbullying! Contributors: Nicole Fortson Amanda Furajter Carrie Geisbert Kerry Oswald Subject(s): Guidance Level(s): Grade 8 Duration: 45 minutes Essential Curriculum: GU.800.70.02. (STD- Grade 8) Personal Social Development. Students will apply skills designed to build social and personal relationships by distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors. GU.800.70.03 (STD- Grade 8) Personal Social Development. Students will apply skills designed to build social and personal relationships by learning to make and keep friends. GU.800.80.01 (STD- Grade 8) Personal Social Development. Students will evaluate the consequences of decisions and choices, apply conflict resolution skills, and demonstrate a respect and appreciation for individual and cultural differences. GU.800.90.01 (STD- Grade 8) Personal Social Development. Students will explain coping skills for managing life events by recognizing personal boundaries, rights and privacy needs. GU.800.90.02 (STD- Grade 8) Personal Social Development. Students will explain coping skills for managing life events by differentiating between situations requiring peer support and those requiring adult professional help. Abstract or Goal: To have students understand the effects of cyberbullying. Key/Focusing Questions: How can students understand the effects of cyberbullying? Lesson Type: Mastery Teaching Action Plan: Anticipatory Set: (Approximately 5-7 minutes) Counselor will ask students to take out a writing utensil. Counselor will download a survey entitled “Are You a Cyberbully?” from the website http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/tweens/are_you_a_cyberbully.html. Counselor will provide the students with copies and instructions regarding completing the survey. After the students have completed the survey, counselor will ask students to pass their papers forward. (Note: Students should not put their names on their papers). Counselor will record scores on the board. Counselor can use the above information to begin discussion about cyberbullying. Objectives: Students will have more awareness of the effects of cyberbullying. Instructional Input/Modeling: (Approximately 30-35 minutes) 1. Counselor will define cyberbullying. (“Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as email, cell phone, and pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.”- Bill Belsey) (Time: 1 minute) 2. Counselor will lead discussion about the various forms of cyberbullying including: online harassment, cyberstalking, denigration, impersonation, outing, and exclusion. (You will find these definitions in the Educator’s Guide to Cyberbullying from http://cyberbully.org. You can also see attachment for definitions.) (Time: 7-10 minutes) 3. Counselor will show the DVD, “Real People: Bullying, the Internet and You.” Counselor will pause the DVD when discussion questions appear on the screen to lead the class in answering the posed questions (Time: 30-35 minutes) Check for Understanding/ Assessment: (Approximately 1-2 minutes) Counselor will pass out written evaluation to students to assess students’ understanding of the lesson. (See attachment for sample evaluation.) Source or Copyright Information: American School Counselor Association. (2005). ASCA National Model Workbook A Comprehensive Guide For Implementing A Comprehensive School Counseling Program 2nd Edition: Alexandria, VA. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use. (2006, April 7). Educator’s Guide to Cyberbullying. Retrieved April 7, 2006, from http://cyberbully.org The Empower Program. (2006, April 7). Retrieved April 7, 2006, from www.empowered.org National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Club of America. (2006, April 7). Activity Cards. Retrieved April 7, 2006, from www.netsmartz.org National Crime Prevention Council. (2006, April 7). Shrink the Cyberbully. Retrieved April 7, 2006, from www.mcgruff.org Real People: Bullying, the Internet and You. Prod. Susan Eikov Green. DVD. Sunburst Visual Media, 2005. Rural Cellular Corporation (2006, April 7). Retrieved April 7, 2006, from www.Unicel.com/standup WiredKids, Inc. Stop Cyberbullying (2006, April 7). Are You a Cyber Bully? Retrieved April 7, 2006, from www.stopcyberbullying.org DEFINITIONS Online Harassment: Repeatedly sending offensive messages via email or other text messaging to a person. Cyberstalking: Online harassment that includes threats of harm or is excessively intimidating. Denigration (put-downs): Sending harmful, untrue, or cruel statements about a person to other people or posting such material online. Impersonation: Pretending to be someone else and sending or posting material that makes that person look bad. Outing: Sending or posting material about a person that contains sensitive, private, or embarrassing information including forwarding messages or images. Exclusion: Cruelly excluding someone from an online group. Resources Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use. (2006, April 7). Educator’s Guide to Cyberbullying. Retrieved April 7, 2006, from http://cyberbully.org Guidance Lesson Evaluation Student Name______________________________ Grade_______ Teacher____________________________ Date________ 1. Tell me one thing that you learned today that you did not already know. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. How do you think you will use this information? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. How helpful do you think today’s lesson was for you? Please circle the number that most accurately reflects your rating of today’s guidance lesson. Not Helpful 1 2 3 4 5 Very Helpful 4. What other subjects would you like to see presented in a classroom setting? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ TIPS FOR DEALING WITH A CYBERBULLY Direct Responses What to say when you’re invited to join a cyber fight: “I totally understand that you are having a problem with this person, but I can’t get involved. No matter what happens between the two of you, our friendship will stay the same.” What to say when you’re in the fight: “I think it’s easier to talk in person. Can we talk tomorrow at school at (suggested time)?” What to say when someone involves you in bullying: “I don’t feel comfortable doing this.” or “I’m not cool with this.” “Let’s talk later” or “Gotta go.” “Check out this amazing (website) (download) (song) (video)!” In other words, change the subject! Indirect Responses Bullying or cyber fight: Just sign off or click “end”! It’s that easy. Don’t forward: Never forward hurtful emails. It’s one way to decrease the number of people exposed to the harmful information. Print it out: Encourage your child to print out any aggressive emails, instant messages, away messages, profiles, or other items online. They will be the only evidence you have in the event you decide to take action against a perpetrator. Save it: Save text messages, voice mails, or picture mails that are aggressive. The “missed calls” section of the phone will show the phone number of a person who sent a voice message. Text and picture messages contain the sender’s phone number. It’s also important to track the number of calls and time of day received.
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