Any teacher looking to combat bullying should start with the Teaching Tolerance documentary
Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History. This free movie includes a viewers guide with great anti-bullying resources. For more information, go to the movie’s website.
Any teacher looking to combat bullying should start with the Teaching Tolerance documentary Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History. This free movie includes a viewers guide with great anti-bullying resources. For more information, go to the movie’s website.
www.tolerance.org/bullied.
Other Teaching Tolerance resources include the classroom activity “Bullying: Tips for Students.” It gives students advice on how to handle bullying situations.
www.tolerance.org/activity/bullying-tips-students
Another useful activity is “Stand Up.” It reminds students that no one deserves to be bullied and that everyone has a responsibility to stop it.
www.tolerance.org/activity/stand
For a comprehensive list of anti-bullying resources, including anti-bullying organizations, visit the Teaching Tolerance website at www.tolerance.org/supplement/ resources-and-project-partners.
Bullying: It’s Not About Anger …
Contrary to popular opinion, and contrary to the thesis of some anti-bullying programs, bullying is not about anger or conflict. It’s about contempt—a powerful feeling of dislike toward someone considered to be worthless, inferior or undeserving of respect. Bullying is arrogance in action. Once kids believe that someone is “less than them” they can harm that child without feeling any empathy, compassion or shame.
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Take a Stand
As a guidance counselor I’m troubled by the increase in bullying I’ve seen in my school. The principal, teachers, and I continue to fight against it, but it’s difficult to reach out to all the students with only our words. But I found the answer to my problem when I saw “Bully” this past weekend. I’ve finally found a way to reach out to my students in a way they can all understand. That is the power of this movie! Bullying must end immediately and with the help of the “Bully” movie we can move forward.