Elnara Yakhya
Verbal Bullying
6th grade ELA
class also can be used in Visual Arts
INTRODUCTION
What
is Verbal Bullying?
Verbal
bullying involves mainly insults, taunts, name calling, and other types of
verbal abuse. Nowadays, it often occurs via social media as well.
Verbal
bullying is not limited to children in the schoolyard, either. Adults are often
some of the worst offenders for committing vicious verbal bullying.
Verbal
bullying, regardless of the age of the bully and the bullied, can start off
harmlessly enough – as teasing or a slight insult. But this can quickly
escalate into verbal violence that causes serious harm to its victim. It also
often escalates to physical bullying.
Why
is that important? Because bullies don’t often choose just one type of bullying
behavior to target their victims.
TASK
Create the poster with anti-bullying
post it’s demonstrating the previous knowledge and what you have learned during
learning process (reading, note taking, identifying the steps of the public
policy analysis)
PROCESS
Independent reading
Group work (6 groups, 4
people)
Post assessment - Write a
paragraph regarding your own opinion about the problem and how to solve it by
choosing the best policy.
The
6 Steps of the Public Policy Analyst (PPA)
4. Evaluate an Existing
Policy
6. Select the Best
Solution (Feasibility vs.
Effectiveness)
Statistics of
bullying of kids and teens in the USA
Examples of Verbal Bullying:
● name-calling
● unwelcome teasing
● taunting
● spreading rumors,
gossiping
● racist or homophobic
comments
Read the article
Highlight the details about
causes and consequences of verbal bullying
Make notes and add your own
thoughts and ideas about verbal bullying and how to prevent now
article
on evidence of bullying
Verbal Bullying
and Mental Health
Verbal bullying in
childhood, especially at the hands of a parent, other trusted adult, or
friends, can have long-lasting effects, resulting in low
self-esteem and a poor self-image. A child bullied verbally will often see
themselves as the worthless, useless, stupid wretch their abuser tells them
they are.
In a school-aged child, the
effects often manifest through declining school performance and participation.
An individual who used to excel may start to let grades slip. A child who once
thrived in school activities now sits on the sidelines and watches their peers,
as their mental health suffers.
Verbal bullying, with its
insults and teasing, strips away a child’s sense of self-worth. They lose the
feeling of power over their lives. They begin to believe the insults and see
themselves as something less than who they really are.
When the bullying comes from
within the family or their circle of close friends, the child may feel as if
there is no way to escape, no way out. Things become dark and the world a cold,
unfriendly place filled with danger and unrelenting assaults.
Those feelings of inadequacy
and pain often lead to depression, in both children and adults. If left
unchecked, the emotional toll of verbal bullying has even led to suicide
attempts, as the victim simply gives up and gives in
Tips about
preventing, stopping, and solving verbal and other types of bullying
Example of
group work
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
Congratulations
children! I want to give you credit for
such hard work and the use of your potential interests in the social and
emotional learning of our students and also the art creativity. Your posters show the policy that exists in
our schools and also what to have to be done to stop bullying in NYC public
schools.
STANDARDS
ELA
6 W2B
Develop
a topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or
other information and examples including some effective formatting, graphics
and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.
ART
VA: Cr1.1.6
Collaboratively
exchange concepts and different points of view to generate innovative ideas for
creating art.