Objective: Students will evaluate bullying situations for cause, effect, and ways to change the outcome. Bellwork: What are some reasons that you like to listen to music?

 Who here has been a victim of bullying?  What attitudes/actions include bullying?  What does a bully look like?  What can you do if you are being bullied?

Megan Meier was a 13 year old from Missouri who struck up an online friendship on the popular social networking site MySpace with a person she believed was a new boy in her hometown. In actuality, the “friend” was a group of individuals, including adults, who were intent on humiliating the poor girl because of a friendship with another child that had gone awry. Megan was very upset when she found out the truth, then later committed suicide once the friendship had terminated. The horrifying case stunned the community and caused state government officials to pass some of the harshest cyber bullying laws in the country.

Kylie Kenney, an eighth grade student from Vermont lost two years of her life as a result of cyber bullying from classmates. From junior high through her sophomore year of high school, Kylie was forced to deal with websites created by her classmates that featured names like “Kill Kylie Incorporated” that were filled with threatening, homophobic remarks about the young girl. These hurtful kids obtained screen names with handles close to Kylie’s name and used them to make suggestive remarks and sexual advances on Kylie’s teammates on the field hockey team. As a result police filed charges of harassments against the individuals responsible.

Bullying is often cited as a key cause of the tragedy at Columbine. Harris and Klebold left behind many complaints about how they were teased, harassed, and bullied. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 with two 9mm firearms and two 12-gauge shotguns. During the shootings Harris fired his 9mm 96 times. Harris's other weapon, the shotgun, was fired a total of 25 times. Harris committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his shotgun. Klebold's primary weapon was the 9mm handgun, which was fired a total of 55 times. Klebold would later commit suicide via a shot to the left temple with the 9mm. During the massacre, 12 students and one teacher were killed. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. The pair then committed suicide.

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 This is not naptime.  I will read/paraphrase the paragraph written to select each song and then play the song.  Remember these are songs your classmates find inspirational, so please no negative comments.