Bullying in a Cyber World – Ages 11–13

Helping children with cyber bullying

This teacher resource covers the following – what is bullying?, forms of bullying, cyber bullying, targets of bullying, effects of bullying, who bullies and why?, dealing with bullying, and preventing bullying. Bullying in a Cyber World can be used to supplement your school’s anti-bullying policy or in conjunction with its values program.

The books are a complementary resource to the previously released series on Bullying. The new series is supported by two full-colour sets of six posters, one set for older students ages 8-13 and one for younger students ages 4-7.

Features:

• eight sections (Ages 6-8, 9-10 and 11-13), or seven sections (Early Learning)
• a focus identifying the main purpose of the student activity
• background information
• an introduction to the activity
• questions to promote discussion
• answers, as necessary
• supporting exercises to further develop the student activity
• a stimulus text, ‘Read about it’, to inform students about the page’s theme and to promote discussion
• a comprehension activity, ‘Write about it’, in which students demonstrate what they have learned from the stimulus text
• an extension activity, ‘More about it’, which encourages students to think more deeply about the focus and relate it to their own lives
• detailed information about the aspects of bullying covered in the book
• suggestions for promoting a ‘bully safe’ school environment
• a sample bullying incident report for teachers
• a sample bullying incident report for students
• anti-bullying pledges for the whole class, individuals and home use
• merit certificates and bookmarks to be awarded for demonstrations of positive behaviour against bullying
• sample student internet safety checklist
• sample parent internet safety checklist
• a list of useful websites and literature resources to promote understanding of and information for dealing with bullying
• glossary