Feb In your journals: Have you or any of your friends been cyberbullied? Agenda: What does bullying look like? Movie: Bully Many of you did not post this week on FB. This grade will now become a zero since we are on next weeks grades now. Please try not to forget!!! Repeated lack of posting will hurt your grade severely. Thanks for those that did! We had some great posts this week. Anyone absent last week must turn in their journals!

Why Address Bullying by Studying History? Sometimes the best way to learn to think about the present is by way of a detour through the past. One of the challenges of examining bullying and peer aggression in the present is that young people are immersed in their own youth culture, cliques, and social dynamics. In history there have been political “bullies” throughout the ages.

It's hard for young people to assess their own behavior objectively, or to imagine the impact of their behavior on other people in a distant future.

When does a simple disagreement between students turn into an act of bullying? How do we recognize this shift? What can we do when this happens? Students getting involved

We Learn What We Live Is aggression based on past experience/ home life? (Think about Friday’s lesson on adultism)

Types of Bullying 1.Physical Bullying Physical bullying is the most obvious form of bullying. It occurs when people use physical actions to gain power and control over their targets.

Examples of physical bullying include kicking, hitting, punching, slapping, shoving and other physical attacks. Unlike the other forms of bullying, physical bullying is the easiest to identify. As a result, it is most likely what people think of when they think of bullying. utube+bully&view=detail&mid=E30793BC373C41B47299E30793BC 373C41B47299&FORM=VIRE8http:// utube+bully&view=detail&mid=E30793BC373C41B47299E30793BC 373C41B47299&FORM=VIRE8

2.Verbal Bullying Perpetrators of verbal bullying use words, statements and name-calling to gain power and control over a target. Typically, verbal bullies will use relentless insults to belittle, demean and hurt another person. They choose their targets based on the way they look, act or behave. It’s also not uncommon for verbal bullies to target kids with special needs.

Verbal bullying is often very difficult to identify because attacks almost always occur when others aren’t around. As a result, it is often one person’s word against another person’s word. Additionally, many some people feel that things you say don’t have a significant impact.

As a result, they usually tell the victim of bullying to “ignore it.” But research has shown that verbal bullying and name- calling has serious consequences. In fact, it can leave deep emotional scars.

3. Relational Aggression Relational aggression is a sneaky and insidious type of bullying that often goes unnoticed by most people. Sometimes referred to as emotional bullying, relational aggression is a type of social manipulation where people try to hurt their peers or sabotage their social standing.

Relational bullies often ostracize others from a group, spread rumors, manipulate situations and break confidences. The goal behind a relationally aggressive bully is to increase their own social standing by controlling or bullying another person. X_5czghttps:// X_5czg

4.Cyberbullying When a person uses the Internet, a cell phone or other technology to harass, threaten, embarrass or target another person, this is called cyberbullying. If an adult is involved in the harassment this is called cyber-harassment or cyberstalking.

Examples of cyberbullying include posting hurtful images, making online threats, and sending hurtful s or texts. Because we are always "plugged in," cyberbullying is a growing issue among young people. It’s also becoming more widespread because bullies can harass their targets with much less risk of being caught.

Cyberbullies often say things that they do not have the courage to say face-to-face because technology makes them feel anonymous, insulated and detached from the situation. As a result, online bullying is often mean and cruel. To the targets of cyberbullying, it feels invasive and never ending. Bullies can get to them anytime and anywhere, often in the safety of their own home.

5. Sexual Bullying Sexual bullying consists of repeated, harmful and humiliating actions that target a person sexually. Examples include sexual name-calling, crude comments, vulgar gestures, uninvited touching, sexual propositioning and pornographic materials. For instance, a bully might make a crude comment about a girl’s appearance, attractiveness, sexual development or sexual activity.

In extreme cases, sexual bullying opens the door to sexual assault. Girls are often the targets of sexual bullying both by boys and by other girls. Boys might touch them inappropriately, make crude comments about their bodies or proposition them. Girls on the other hand might call other girls names like “slut” or “thot," make insulting comments about their appearance or body.

Sexting also can lead to sexual bullying. For instance, a girl may send a photo of herself to a boyfriend. When they break up, he shares that photo with the entire school. As a result, she then becomes the target of sexual bullying because people make fun of her body, call her crude names and make vulgar comments about her. Some boys may even see this as an open invitation to proposition her or assault her.

LBGT Community Experiences sexual bullying for the way they act, dress, walk, talk. Videotaped Rutgers student rADoKghttps:// rADoKg

6.Prejudicial Bullying Prejudicial bullying is based on prejudices we have toward people of different races, religions or sexual orientation. This type of bullying can encompass all the other types of bullying as well including cyberbullying, verbal bullying, relational bullying, physical bullying and sometimes even sexual bullying.

When prejudicial bullying occurs, we are targeting others who are different from them and singling them out. Often times, this type of bullying is severe and can open the door to hate crimes. Any time a person is bullied for his race, religion or sexual orientation, it should be reported

Recognizing the Signs: Kids who are bullied Unexplainable injuries Lost or destroyed clothing, books, electronics, or jewelry Frequent headaches or stomach aches, feeling sick or faking illness Changes in eating habits, like suddenly skipping meals or binge eating. Kids may come home from school hungry because they did not eat lunch. Difficulty sleeping or frequent nightmares Declining grades, loss of interest in schoolwork, or not wanting to go to school Sudden loss of friends or avoidance of social situations Feelings of helplessness or decreased self esteem Self-destructive behaviors such as running away from home, harming themselves, or talking about suicide If you know someone in serious distress or danger, don’t ignore the problem. Get help right away.

Kids Who Bully Others Kids who bully others can also engage in violent and other risky behaviors into adulthood. Kids who bully are more likely to: Abuse alcohol and other drugs in adolescence and as adults Get into fights, vandalize property, and drop out of school Engage in early sexual activity Have criminal convictions and traffic citations as adults Be abusive toward their romantic partners, spouses, or children as adults

What can you do? (PSA) Look for signs Report it Get involved School campaigns HIB reports Who holds the camera? Bully the Movie