Bullying Prevention Lesson # 3
Bring up the site: and click on the “Listen” tab at the top, you will see a list of reasons why kids don’t tell adults about bullying situations. Talk to the class about whether or not they feel these ARE reasons kids don’t tell adults. Are there any other reasons they can think of that aren’t on the list?
Click on the “Advice Gone Wrong” link on the right hand menu, it will bring up a list of clickable audio clips that talk about advice that some adults might give that is NOT helpful to kids in bullying situations. After listening to all of the ‘advice gone wrong’, put the students in groups of 5-8, ask the groups to come up with 2-3 things they think adults could say/do that WOULD be helpful in a bullying situation, what do they wish we would do to help? Have one student in each group record the HELPFUL things they wish adults would do, and please send them to me over the next week.
Ask the class to name adults in our building that they could go to for help, mention that parents are always an option too, but get them to name as many adults in our building as they can whom they would/could go to for help. Have a student list those on the board.
Ask students to name the ways in which they can get in contact with a trusted adult, have a student list them, suggestions: email, stop by their office/room, leave them a note, have their parents call/email, have a friend let the adult know they need to talk…….
Conclusion:
End the discussion with emphasizing that there is a difference between ‘snitching’ and ‘getting help’
Snitching= telling on someone JUST to get them in trouble
Getting Help= letting an adult know that someone needs help, or that someone is getting hurt (even if it’s not physical pain)
Adults in this building have ways of protecting your identity of students who let them know if things are going on. If you see something that makes you feel uncomfortable or bad, imagine how it feels to the student who is being bullied??