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ENG 6: Young Activists: Bullying

BrainPop resources on Bullying and Cyber-bullying

What is Bullying?

To This Day

Bullying and Personal Conflict

Teacher-recommended Resources

BULLYING

“Stand Up” by Blue Kit

http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/bullying/article/454500/Stand-Up/

A blog that allows young people to write personal essays about their experiences with bullying.

“Anti-Bullying Activist Spreads Message of Kindness” by Nia McMillan

http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=463359

A text about Emily-Ann Rigal, the young founder of WeStopHate, an anti-bullying advocacy group that helps kids strengthen their self-esteem.

Video for the anti-bullying group WeStopHate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mZuEZr7KgM

Ten Things Parents Can Do to Help Eliminate Bullying

https://www.education.com/magazine/article/10-parents-eliminate-bullying/

This article lays out steps that adults can do to help prevent bullying.
 

The 3-Minute Interview: Lee Hirsch, Anti-Bullying Activist

www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-3-minute-interview-lee-hirsch-anti-bullying-activist/article/2531105

This text interviews the director of Bully and digs deeper into his personal experience being bullied and the importance of anti-bullying action and education.

The movie trailer for the movie Bully

Trailer for the 2012 movie, Bully

"Bangladeshi teen wins award for anti-cyberbullying app." bbc.com. November 13, 2020.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54934377

Article about a teen who created an app to help young people report online bullying.

“Cyberbullying: What Teachers and Schools Can Do” from Scholastic.com

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/cyberbullying-

what-teachers-and-schools-can-do/

How schools are handling the increase in cyberbullying.

“Bullying: My Bully Essay for School.” Quotev.com

http://www.quotev.com/story/3271879/My-Bullying-Essay-For-school/1/

An essay by a student laying out different ways to stop bullying.

“How 4 teens took on bullying — and won." by Rebecca Ruiz from mashable.com

https://mashable.com/article/how-to-stop-bullying-in-schools/

“Anti-bullying activist Lizzie Velasquez is 2016 Arthur Curley Memorial Lecturer.” ala.org. October 10, 2015.

www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/10/anti-bullying-activist-lizzie-

Velasquez-2016-arthur-curley-memorial-lecturer

Press release about Lizzie Velasquez and her experience with bullying.

Other sources for Bullying

General Information

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/bullying

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/bullies.html

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/bullying

https://www.ncab.org.au/bullying-advice/bullying-for-parents/definition-of-bullying/

People who have gotten bullied:

https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/17-of-your-favorite-celebrities-open-up-about-being-bullied

https://www.cbc.ca/kids/articles/three-famous-people-who-overcame-bullying

Overcoming Bullying

https://www.verywellfamily.com/ways-to-help-child-overcome-bullying-460827

Teen Activists who fight to stop bullying:

https://mashable.com/article/how-to-stop-bullying-in-schools

https://pacerteensagainstbullying.org/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/students-return-classrooms-bullying-activists-want-stop-rcna1938

Cyberbullying

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/tiktok-rolls-out-new-features-to-combat-bullying-harassment/

https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/behaviour/bullying/about-cyberbullying

https://childmind.org/article/help-kids-deal-cyberbullying/

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/cyberbullying-what-you-need-to-know

https://www.verywellfamily.com/what-are-the-effects-of-cyberbullying-460558

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying

https://www.unicef.org/end-violence/how-to-stop-cyberbullying

https://kids.kiddle.co/Cyberbullying

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/what-to-know-about-cyberbullying

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cyberbullying-rise-middle-high-school-students-report-finds/story?id=64364477