Teaching Themes
Bullying: Everything You Need
Resources for helping kids protect themselves from teasing, taunting, violence, exclusion, and cyberbullying.
Articles
Do Mean Girls Rule Your School?
Grades: 6–8
The experts behind The Ophelia Project, talk abut girl bullies and backstabbing in middle school. They give advice for reforming female bullies who pick on their friends.
Articles
Clip & Save Checklist: Creating an Emotionally Safe Classroom
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Before students can grow intellectually, they have to feel safe emotionally. This checklist will help you assess to what degree your school community practices the kinds of beliefs and behaviors that contribute to an emotionally safe environment.
Bully
Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
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 Book Review: Warp SpeedGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Kid Reporter Damien Murphy reviews the book Warp Speed by Lisa Yee. |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bully? Discussion GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Discussion Guide for Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bully? by Teddy Slater. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bully? Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension Activity for Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bully? by Teddy Slater. |
Discussion Guides, Writing Activities, Book Resources Leon and the Spitting Image Discussion GuideGrades: 3–5 Leon, a fourth grader at The Ethical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Cronheim, with... |
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Extension Activities, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities Leon and the Spitting Image Extension ActivityGrades: 3–5 Leon, a fourth grader at The Ethical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Cronheim, with... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Help For "They Won't Let Me Play with Them!"Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Student talk about what behaviors, attitudes, and actions they think contribute to a climate of caring in the classroom, and play games that... |
 Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources A Bad Case of Stripes Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 After reading the book, students discuss how it makes people feel when others tease them, and how to accept differences in others. |
Lesson Plans, Writing Activities Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon is excellent for a lesson on bullying and positive self concept. Students love David Catrow's illustrations. They love... |
Ask the Expert: The Child Who Teases OthersGrades: PreK–K Polly Greenberg addresses the issue of bullying in the classroom. |
 Stop the ViolenceGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Discusses the correllation between bullying and violent retaliation. |
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Book Resources Character Makes a ComebackGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Describes how you can encourage peer mediating and teach your students strong character values in order to reduce violence and bullying in school... |
Issues in Our Nation: Dealing With DifferencesGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Mentions some factors involved in the Columbine High School shooting and answers questions from kids about bullying. |
 Articles What Can I Do About Bullies?Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Bullying is a complex issue that can be difficult to approach. Here are some tips from veteran teacher Ruth Manna. |
Ask a PsychologistGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 The student who acts like an adolescent. The fiercely competitive child. |
 Cyberbullying: What Teachers and Schools Can DoGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Educate yourself and be on the lookout for signs that cyberbullying is taking place, because you may be the trusted adult a student turns to for help. |
Beating BullyingGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Watch these skits that students at Asher Holmes Elementary School wrote and performed to help stop bullying. |
Books About Bullying: Grades 3-5Grades: 3–5 Build confidence and understanding with these stories of strength, courage and acceptance. |
Books About Bullying: Grades 1-2Grades: 1–2 Build confidence and understanding with these stories of strength, courage and acceptance. |
 "I Survived Being Bullied"Grades: 6–8, 9–12 A brave 15-year-old finds strength by telling her story |
Got Issues? Books that Tackle Topics That Matter to PreteensGrades: 6–8 These real-life novels and how-to books can help give adolescents the confidence to push through the all-too-common challenges they face as they grow... |
