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