Real Life Bully Prevention for Real Kids: 50 Ways to Help Elementary and Middle School Students

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
How to Use This Book: Note to Teachers......Page 14
LEVEL I ACTIVITIES: BASIC......Page 16
ACTIVITY 01. Brainstorm Anti-bullying Tips......Page 18
ACTIVITY 02. Write a Magazine Article about Stopping Bullying Before It Starts......Page 22
ACTIVITY 03. Write an Anti-bullying Public Service Announcement......Page 26
ACTIVITY 04. Know When to Ask for Help......Page 30
ACTIVITY 05. What to Do the First Time a Bully Strikes......Page 34
ACTIVITY 06. Say What You Mean with Body Language and Words......Page 38
ACTIVITY 07. Think of 10 Ways to Show Kindness to Others......Page 42
ACTIVITY 08. Write a Speak-Out Message about How to Stop Bullying......Page 46
ACTIVITY 09. Design a Greeting Card with a Positive Message......Page 50
ACTIVITY 10. Learn to React in a Flash......Page 54
ACTIVITY 11. Create a Poster Called “You Need to Tell When…”......Page 58
ACTIVITY 12. What Can You Do If Everyone Else Is Bullying Someone?......Page 62
ACTIVITY 13. List 10 Adjectives Describing How a Bullying Victim Feels......Page 66
ACTIVITY 14. Keep a Positive Attitude until the Bullying Stops......Page 70
ACTIVITY 15. Hold a Contest to Choose the Best Bully-Prevention Poster......Page 74
LEVEL II  ACTIVITIES: NTERMEDIATE......Page 78
ACTIVITY 16. Be a Caring Bystander......Page 80
ACTIVITY 17. Produce a Play or Puppet Show about Bullying......Page 84
ACTIVITY 18. Deal with Family Bullying......Page 88
ACTIVITY 19. Write an Imaginary Diary about a Bully......Page 92
ACTIVITY 20. Can People Who Are Different Get Along?......Page 96
ACTIVITY 21. Interview a Relative about a Bullying Experience......Page 100
ACTIVITY 22. Choose a Fiction Book about Bullying......Page 102
ACTIVITY 23. Write an Advice Column Letter about a Bullying Problem......Page 104
ACTIVITY 24. Imagine You’re a News Team Reporting a Bullying Episode......Page 108
ACTIVITY 25. What If a Bully Wants Something You Have?......Page 112
ACTIVITY 26. What If Someone Bullies Someone Who’s Not a Close Friend?......Page 116
ACTIVITY 27. How Can Having Friends Help with Bullying?......Page 118
ACTIVITY 28. Be a Good Listener to a Person Being Bullied......Page 122
ACTIVITY 29. How Can Body Language Help or Hurt a Bullying Situation?......Page 126
ACTIVITY 30. Act Out Humorous Things to Say If a Bully Teases You......Page 130
ACTIVITY 31. Write an Anti-bullying Song or Rap......Page 134
LEVEL III ACTIVITIES: ADVANCED......Page 138
ACTIVITY 32. Design a Handbill to Teach about Bullying......Page 140
ACTIVITY 33. Plan Panel Discussions about Bullying......Page 144
ACTIVITY 34. Debate What It Means to Join a Clique or Crowd......Page 148
ACTIVITY 35. Write an Acrostic Poem about Bullying......Page 152
ACTIVITY 36. Make Up a Wish List for a Better World......Page 154
ACTIVITY 37. Help a Younger Child with a Bullying Problem......Page 158
ACTIVITY 38. Write an Imaginary Bully a Letter......Page 162
ACTIVITY 39. Sell a Children’s Book about Bullying......Page 166
ACTIVITY 40. Peer Counsel a Bully......Page 168
ACTIVITY 41. Pretend You’re the Mayor......Page 172
ACTIVITY 42. Write a Child’s Picture Book about Bully Prevention......Page 176
ACTIVITY 43. Plaster a Wall with a Bully-busting Display......Page 180
ACTIVITY 44. Imagine You Are a Teacher Who Wants to Stop a Bullying Problem......Page 182
ACTIVITY 45. Think of Things to Say to a Bully......Page 186
ACTIVITY 46. Teach a Lesson on Bully Prevention to a Younger Class......Page 190
ACTIVITY 47. Exchange Ideas to Stop Bullying Outside of School......Page 194
ACTIVITY 48. Pull the Mask from Invisible Bullies......Page 196
ACTIVITY 49. Compile a Vocabulary List of Bullying Terms......Page 198
ACTIVITY 50. Stop Cyber Bullying......Page 202
About the Author......Page 206