Cyberbullying is a common online danger that children are now more an more exposed to. Cyberbullying is when an individual is being bullied on electronic media like: text, email, social media, video games, etc. Teachers and parents can help by watching for warning signs and talking to students about cyberbullying.
Objective
Students will be able to:
Recognize similarities and differences between in-person bullying, cyberbullying, and being mean.
Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying.
Identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and ways they can be an upstander for those being bullied.
Objective
Students will be able to:
Use a circle-discussion structure to strengthen their class community.
Explore the nature of hate speech by discussing whether it could happen at their school.
Identify specific actions to positively affect a situation involving hate speech.
Objective
Students will be able to:
Define "online disinhibition" and describe how it can be both positive and negative.
Explain how anonymity, lag time, and lack of nonverbal cues all contribute to online disinhibition.
Analyze how online disinhibition can cause cyberbullying and brainstorm ways to counter it.