Real Life Bully Prevention for Real Kids

50 Ways to Help Elementary and Middle School Students

Catherine DePino

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216325765
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Counseling

Many states currently mandate character education, and school districts across the country need anti-bullying education programs to counter the rising tide of aggression and relational aggression that is the norm among many students. In fact, many school districts now require teachers to include lessons on bully prevention in their curriculum.

Real Life Bully Prevention For Real Kids addresses this pervasive problem by offering students hands-on activities. Teachers will want to use this book in their classrooms with their students as part of the school's anti-bullying curriculum. As an added bonus, the activities reinforce English/language arts, social studies, and health education curricular goals. Counselors, therapists, and school administrators can also use the activities in large and small group instruction. Additionally, leaders of after-school programs and youth leadership programs, such as scouting, dramatics classes, and religious education classes, will find the activities helpful in addressing their bully prevention programs. Each activity contains a description, goals for children, and helpful hints for adults to guide their youngsters through the program.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• How to Use This Book: Note to Teachers
• LEVEL I ACTIVITIES: BASIC
• ACTIVITY 01. Brainstorm Anti-bullying Tips
• ACTIVITY 02. Write a Magazine Article about Stopping Bullying Before It Starts
• ACTIVITY 03. Write an Anti-bullying PublicService Announcement
• ACTIVITY 04. Know When to Ask for Help
• ACTIVITY 05. What to Do the First Time a Bully Strikes
• ACTIVITY 06. Say What You Mean with Body Language and Words
• ACTIVITY 07. Think of 10 Ways to Show Kindness to Others
• ACTIVITY 08. Write a Speak-Out Message about How to Stop Bullying
• ACTIVITY 09. Design a Greeting Card with a Positive Message
• ACTIVITY 10. Learn to React in a Flash
• ACTIVITY 11. Create a Poster Called “You Need to Tell When . . .”
• ACTIVITY 12. What Can You Do If Everyone Else Is Bullying Someone?
• ACTIVITY 13. List 10 Adjectives Describing How a Bullying Victim Feels
• ACTIVITY 14. Keep a Positive Attitude until the Bullying Stops
• ACTIVITY 15. Hold a Contest to Choose the Best Bully-Prevention Poster
• LEVEL II ACTIVITIES: NTERMEDIATE
• ACTIVITY 16. Be a Caring Bystander
• ACTIVITY 17. Produce a Play or Puppet Show about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 18. Deal with Family Bullying
• ACTIVITY 19. Write an Imaginary Diary about a Bully
• ACTIVITY 20. Can People Who Are Different Get Along?
• ACTIVITY 21. Interview a Relative about a Bullying Experience
• ACTIVITY 22. Choose a Fiction Book about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 23. Write an Advice Column Letter about a Bullying Problem
• ACTIVITY 24. Imagine You’re a News Team Reporting a Bullying Episode
• ACTIVITY 25. What If a Bully Wants Something You Have?
• ACTIVITY 26. What If Someone Bullies Someone Who’s Not a Close Friend?
• ACTIVITY 27. How Can Having Friends Help with Bullying?
• ACTIVITY 28. Be a Good Listener to a Person Being Bullied
• ACTIVITY 29. How Can Body Language Help or Hurt a Bullying Situation?
• ACTIVITY 30. Act Out Humorous Things to Say If a Bully Teases You
• ACTIVITY 31. Write an Anti-bullying Song or Rap
• LEVEL III ACTIVITIES: ADVANCED
• ACTIVITY 32. Design a Handbill to Teach about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 33. Plan Panel Discussions about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 34. Debate What It Means to Join a Clique or Crowd
• ACTIVITY 35. Write an Acrostic Poem about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 36. Make Up a Wish List for a Better World
• ACTIVITY 37. Help a Younger Child with a Bullying Problem
• ACTIVITY 38. Write an Imaginary Bully a Letter
• ACTIVITY 39. Sell a Children’s Book about Bullying
• ACTIVITY 40. Peer Counsel a Bully
• ACTIVITY 41. Pretend You’re the Mayor
• ACTIVITY 42. Write a Child’s Picture Book about Bully Prevention
• ACTIVITY 43. Plaster a Wall with a Bully-busting Display
• ACTIVITY 44. Imagine You Are a Teacher Who Wants to Stop a Bullying Problem
• ACTIVITY 45. Think of Things to Say to a Bully
• ACTIVITY 46. Teach a Lesson on Bully Prevention to a Younger Class
• ACTIVITY 47. Exchange Ideas to Stop Bullying Outside of School
• ACTIVITY 48. Pull the Mask from Invisible Bullies
• ACTIVITY 49. Compile a Vocabulary List of Bullying Terms
• ACTIVITY 50. Stop Cyber Bullying
• About the Author