Teasing or Bullying?
Do you playfully tease your friends?
Does that make you a bully?
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Ask yourself this question:
What is my intent?
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Are you trying to make the other person feel
lesser, small, or intimidated?
If yes, then make a change.
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Or are you trying to make the person laugh and
have a good time?
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What is the person’s response? Did you bring a
genuine smile to his or her face? Or are you the
only one laughing?
Warning:
Be careful with playful teasing. It can be received as
bullying. Put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
Apologize if your “fun” goes too far.
2) Read The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank.
Discuss how hate and bullying played a role in the
holocaust.
Discuss howwe can change our society today by
embracing different races, religions, and belief systems.
Discuss how tolerance and respect for others can
change our society.
3) Take a class trip to visit the Museum of Tolerance
in person or via the internet.
Visit
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Ask the students to explore the website on their own
time, choose an exhibit that speaks to them, and
share their feelings about the exhibit with the class
through writing or art.
Discuss points in history when bullying occurred on a
large scale and discuss the impact it had on society.
Discuss how hate and bullying can lead to dangerous
and disastrous behaviors.
Are you guilty of
behaving like a bully?
Make a change! Bullying is a CHOICE.
Bullying and putting others down is not a positive way to
feel better about yourself. It might seem like a good idea
when you’re feeling insecure, but it doesn’t work.
It may seem harmless to call another person a cruel name,
but it’s not harmless. Words have power. Words have the
power to hurt or help.
Build yourself up by doing random acts of kindness for
others. You will feel better about yourself and make another
person feel good at the same time. You may even start a
true friendship with another person.
What are the solutions to bullying that
we can all engage in?
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Tolerance
Accept and appreciate others whether they
are different from you or not.
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Treat Others theWay YouWant to
be Treated
Feel good about yourself based on how you treat
others.
Anti-bullying Activities:
1) Group 4-5 students together.
Ask each student to share a time when he or she was
the victim of bullying and how it made him or her feel.
Ask each student to share a time when he or she saw
bullying occurring but did nothing. How did this
make him or her feel?
Ask each student to share a time when he or she
acted as the bully and how it made him or her feel.
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Solutions
Great Resources
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The Golden Rule
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
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Ask yourself this question:
What is my intent?
Are you trying to make the other person fe l
les er, s all, or intimidated?
If yes, then make a change.
Or are you trying to make the person laugh and
have a go d time?
hat is the person’s response? Did you bring a
genuine s ile to his or her face? Or are you the
only one laughing?
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Be careful with playful teasing. It can be received as
bullying. Put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
Apologize if your “fun” goes to far.
2) Read The Diary of An e Frank by An e Frank.
Discus how hate and bullying played a role in the
holocaust.
Discus howwe can change our society today by
e bracing different races, religions, and belief syste s.
Discus how tolerance and respect for others can
change our society.
3) Take a clas trip to visit the Museu of Tolerance
in person or via the internet.
Visit
Ask the students to explore the website on their own
time, cho se an exhibit hat speaks to the , and
share their fe lings about he exhibit with the clas
through writing or art.
Discus points in history when bullying oc ur ed on a
large scale and discus the impact it had on society.
Discus how hate and bullying can lead to dangerous
and disastrous behaviors.
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Bullying and put ing others down is not a positive way to
fe l bet er about yourself. It might se like a go d idea
when you’re fe ling insecure, but it doesn’t work.
It may se harmles to call another person a cruel na e,
but it’s not harmles . Words have power. Words have the
power to hurt or help.
Build yourself up by doing rando acts of kindnes for
others. You will fe l bet er about yourself and make another
person fe l go d at he sa e time. You may even start a
true friendship with another person.
hat are the solutions to bul ying that
e can al engage in?
Tolerance
Ac ept and ap reciate others whether they
are different fro you or not.
Treat Others theWay YouWant to
be Treated
Fe l go d about yourself based on how you treat
others.
nti-bul ying Activities:
1) Group 4-5 students together.
Ask each student o share a time when he or she was
the victim of bullying and how it made him or her fe l.
Ask each student o share a time when he or she saw
bullying oc ur ing but did nothing. How did this
ake him or her fe l?
Ask each student o share a time when he or she
acted as the bully and how it made him or her fe l.
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Treat others the way you want to be treated.
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