Bullying in a Cyber World – Ages 9–10

Helping children with cyber bullying

This teacher resource book 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 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)
• supporting teachers pages which contain:
• ~ 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
• student activity pages which include:
• ~ 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
• front pages which include:
• ~ 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