1. Meixsell/Gordon/Brinton
Stomp Out Bullying!
Meixsell/Gordon/Brinton

2. Stomp it OUT!
Video:

3. DO NOW In your journal answer the following questions, honestly:
Have you ever been a victim of bullying?
What happened?
Have you ever been a bully?

4. What is bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both people who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. 

5. Types of bullying There are three types of bullying:
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things:
Teasing
Name-calling
Inappropriate comments
Taunting
Threatening to cause harm
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships.
Leaving someone out on purpose
Telling other children not to be friends with someone
Spreading rumors about someone
Embarrassing someone in public
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions.
Hitting/kicking/pinching
Spitting
Tripping/pushing
Taking or breaking someone’s things
Making mean or rude hand gestures

6. Sad Facts
Suicide is a major problem among young people in the United States. • It is third leading cause of death for young people ages 12–18 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2007). •
In a typical 12-month period, nearly 14 percent of American high school students seriously consider suicide; nearly 11 percent make plans about how they would end their lives; and 6.3 percent actually attempt suicide (CDC, 2010). Bullying: During the 2007–2008 school year, 32 percent of the nation’s students ages 12–18 reported being bullied (Dinkes, Kemp, & Baum, 2009).
21 percent said they were bullied once or twice a month. • 10 percent reported being bullied once or twice a week. • 7 percent indicated they were bullied daily. • Nearly 9 percent reported being physically injured as a result of bullying.

7. Micro-Aggression
Definition: “Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults towards people of color.” Those who inflict racial microaggressions are often unaware that they have done anything to harm another person.

8. Mid-Class Journal
Have you ever seen or experienced MICRO-AGGRESSION?

9. Being Happy and Overcoming…
TED TALKS VIDEO with peacemaker and former “war child” Emmanuel Jal:
TED TALKS VIDEO with dancer Jojo Siwa:
TED TALKS Sam Bern’s Philosophy for a Happy Life:
Sam’s Life

10. How can you make a difference?
Journal: Exit Card