1. Bell Ringer Open your student workbook and turn to page 55.
Under the heading Journal Entry, write a few sentences explaining what the word bullying means to you. Describe what it is and give an example in your sentences.

2. Unit 2: Violence & Injury Prevention
Lesson 3 & 4: Preventing Bullying & Cyberbullying

3. Healthy Behavior Outcomes
Avoid bullying, being a bystander to bullying, or being a victim of bullying.
Get help for oneself or others who are in danger of hurting themselves.

4. By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
Define bullying & cyberbullying
Describe short- and long-term consequences of bullying and cyberbullying to perpetrators, victims, and bystanders.
Explain how bystanders can help prevent bullying and cyberbullying or stop by reporting dangerous situations or actions.
Describe strategies for preventing or stopping bullying and cyberbullying.

5. One night, Rita and her friend Kelsey were texting back and forth about this guy Rita liked. The next day at school, some other friends started teasing Rita and saying they were going to send him everything she’d written. Rita hadn’t told anybody but Kelsey about her feelings so she knew that Kelsey must have shared the texts with some of their friends.

6. How do you think Rita felt?
Do you think it was OK for Kelsey to share Rita’s text message with others? Why or why not?
Would you call what Rita is experiencing bullying? Why or why not?
What do you think will happen to Rita?

7. 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
12.9% of Fort Worth ISD students who were surveyed reported being bullied on school property.
8.8% of Fort Worth ISD students who were surveyed reported being cyberbullied.

9. How might someone be bullied online?
What kinds of things would an online bully do?

10. Bullying vs Teasing
Bullying is done with clear intent to do harm to another person.
A bully who is caught will seldom apologize or stop.
A bully may start to hide their actions and bully in secret or in more indirect ways.
A bully may threaten target if they suspect he or she has reported what’s happening.
Bullies… make a person feel afraid.
Teasing uses threats, pressure, and force to make a person do something.
Teasing is to torment or annoy a person in an ongoing way.

11. Thinking back to the story you read at the beginning of class, what do you think the target of the bullying was thinking and feeling?
What are some other consequences targets of bullying may experience right away and over time?

12. Consequences of Bullying or Cyberbullying for Target
Short-Term Consequences:
Physical pain and injuries
Emotional pain
Living in fear
Avoiding activities
Embarrassment or feeling ashamed
Being a target 24/7
Long-Term Consequences:
Permanent disability from injuries
Feeling hopeless or depressed
Loss of interests or relationships
Using alcohol or other drugs, cutting, or taking reckless risks as a way to cope
Thoughts of suicide
Becoming a bully or cyberbully to fight back or get revenge

13. Summary
Some short-term negative consequences of bullying for targets often include injuries, pain, embarrassment and living in fear.
Over time, if the bullying continues, longer- term consequences can include disability and emotional issues.
It’s even possible that some targets might channel their anger and frustration into becoming bullies themselves.

14. Do you think that bullies suffer long-term consequences as a result of their bullying?

15. Consequences of Bullying and Cyberbullying for Bully
Short-Term:
Being suspended or expelled from school
Loss of access to technology or closing accounts
Criminal charges, juvenile detention or even jail time for criminal acts of bullying
Poor relationships at home, school, or work
Long-Term:
Future problems at school or a job if suspensions or expulsions for bullying or cyberbullying becomes part of a permanent record
Getting a bad reputation and having fewer opportunities in life
Establishing future patterns of abusive behaviors

16. Summary
There can be serious consequences for bullies who don’t change their ways.
They might be suspended or expelled from school, criminal charges, and poor relationships at home, school, or work.
They may also develop a bad reputation and have fewer opportunities in life.

17. Why do you think someone would bully another person?

18. Summary
Regardless of what might be motivating a bully, bullying is a violent act and is always wrong.
There are always other ways to deal with the problems that might motivate someone to become a bully toward others.

19. What are some of the short- and long-term consequences that bystanders might experience as a result of observing or knowing about bullying of another individual?

20. Consequences of Bullying and Cyberbullying for Bystander
Short-Term:
Feeling helpless because they don’t know what to do
Feeling afraid, angry, or frustrated on behalf of the target
Worrying that they might be the next target (secondary victimization)
Feeling guilty if they do nothing
Putting themselves at risk of being bullied too if they try to help
Joining in and supporting the bully as a way to protect themselves
Long-Term:
Feeling guilty in an ongoing way
Increased fear that they’ll also become targets
Becoming desensitized to the bullying as they continue to witness it
Becoming angry at the bully for continuing the violence, or at the target for not defending himself or herself

21. Summary
It’s easy to see that bullying has serious consequences for everyone who is involved, even though people may be affected in different ways or to different degrees.

22. What are some negative consequences targets of cyberbullying may experience?

23. Summary Negative consequences of cyberbullying for targets:
Emotional Pain (anxiety, depression)
Social Isolation (rejection)
Being a target 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
Facing embarrassing information that goes viral or spreads
Feeling helpless, hopeless, and depressed
Suicide attempts or suicide
Becoming cyberbullies themselves as a way to fight back or get revenge

24. What are some negative consequences for the perpetrators or cyberbullies?

25. Summary Negative consequences of cyberbullying for bullies:
Loss of access to their technology as punishment
Facing criminal charges if they’ve downloaded or posted illegal content
Closure of their online accounts and/or banishment from social networking sites
Becoming victims themselves
Regret about messages or posts that they can’t take back
Being suspended or expelled from school
Future consequences when schools and employers search for and find out about their online activities

26. Can you think of some other negative consequences of sexting?

27. Summary
Once you send a sexual image or text message you cannot get it back, and you have no control over what happens to it or where it ends up.
Sometimes when dating relationships or friendships end badly, the sexy photos shared during a relationship can become used for revenge and cyberbullying.
The safest choice is to never participate in sexting, and to immediately delete any sexts you receive.

28. Fort Worth ISD Policy on Cyberbullying Level II Violation
Students are prohibited from sending or posting electronic messages that are abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, damaging to another’s reputation, or illegal.
This prohibition applies to conduct off school property if it results in a substantial disruption to the educational environment.
Any person taking, disseminating, transferring, or sharing obscene, sexually oriented, lewd, or otherwise illegal images or photographs will be disciplined according to the Student Code of Conduct and may, in certain circumstances, be reported to law enforcement.

29. Fort Worth ISD Policy on Cyberbullying (cont.)
The District shall prohibit the bullying of a student; prohibit retaliation against any person, including a victim, a witness, or another person, who in good faith provides information concerning an incident of bullying.
The District may transfer the student who engaged in bullying to:
Another classroom at the campus to which the victim was assigned at the time the bullying occurred.
A campus in the District other than the campus to which the victim was assigned at the time the bullying occurred, in consultation with parent or guardian of the student who engaged in bullying.

30. Summary
Use your words and actions to make it clear that you don’t practice or tolerate harassment, coercion, intimidation, or bullying of any kind.
Don’t stay friends with people who are rude and abusive towards others.
Don’t deny or ignore bullying when it happens.
Never watch, encourage, or join in bullying.
Report bullying any time it happens, whether it’s happening to you or someone else.

31. Summary
When it seems hard to take action, remember what you have learned about the serious consequences of bullying and how important it is to take a stand for what is right, fair, and just safe.
When bystanders refuse to accept or tolerate bullying, they can make a real difference.

32. Summary
Cyberbullying is an act of harassment and potential violence with serious consequences.
Because of the nature of online communication, cyberbullying can spread very quickly.
It’s important to report cyberbullying to people who can help you deal with the problem.
You can talk to your parents, a teacher, counselor, or school nurse.
If the kind of cyberbullying you are experiencing or have witnessed is a criminal act, you may need to seek help from law enforcement.

33. What are 3 ways that you can take a stand to prevent and stop bullying and cyberbullying from happening to you and others.
Bullying is wrong, dangerous and can be illegal.
The best way to stop bullying is to get help and report it when it happens.