No More Bullying!

M. Curro

St. Francis of Assisi School

 

What do you picture when you hear the word bully?  Many people picture a big kid beating up a smaller kid.

This is just one kind of bullying.  Bullies don’t always use physical force.  Sometimes bullies use words to hurt their victims.

Sometimes bullies say mean things.  Sometimes bullies boss you around or won’t let you play.  Sometimes people are bullies without realizing it.

Even though our school is filled with friendly people, bullying still happens at St. Francis of Assisi School. 

 

Task:

Your task will be to discover causes of bullying, to create a public policy for dealing with bullying, and to share your research with the class. 

1.  Use the resources listed below to find 3 causes of bullying.

2.  Create a Pixie Project Presentation using pictures and facts from your research.

3. Present your Pixie Project to the class.

Your Pixie Project should be at least 4 slides.  Slides should contain accurate information.  Pictures that relate to bullying should be added to each slide.  Each group member must have a part in making the Pixie Project and also have a speaking part in presenting the Pixie Project to the class.

 

The slides should be in the following order:

·      Slide 1: Definition of bullying.

·      Slide 2: One cause of bullying.

·      Slide 3: One existing policy to manage bullying.

·      Slide 4: Your group’s best strategy for managing bullying.

 

Process:

You will be divided into groups of 4.

Use the Public Policy Analyst (PPA) to analyze the problem of bullying.

1.     Define the problem

2.     Gather the Evidence

3.     Identify the Causes

4.     Evaluating an Existing Policy

5.     Develop Solutions

6.     Select the Best Solutions

 

Step 1 – Define the problem.  With your group members, use Worksheet #1 to define the problem.  Create a slide in Pixie to share this information. 

 

Resources:  

Step 1 - What is bullying?

 

Step 2 - Gather evidence.  With your group members, read about bullying on the websites linked below and gather evidence for this problem by completing Worksheet #2

 

Step 3 - Identify the causes.  Use Worksheet #3 to identify the causes of the problem.  Create a slide in Pixie to share this information.    

Resource:     Why do people bully?

 

Step 4 -Evaluate an existing policy.  Use Worksheet #4 to evaluate an existing public policy.   Create a slide in Pixie to share this information. 

Resources:    

Dealing with bullying.

Preventing bullying.

Stop bullying.

 

Step 5 – Develop solutions.  Use Worksheet #5  to create possible solutions.

 

Step 6 – Select the best solutions.  Use Worksheet #6 to evaluate your possible solutions and determine which solution is best.  Create a slide in Pixie to share this information. 

 

 

Evaluation:

Rubric for Pixie Project Presentation

 

 

Conclusion: 

You have learned about causes of bullying and ways to prevent it.  Hopefully you will use this information to help prevent bullying at SFA. 

 

 

Standards: 

RI.3.5  Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. 

W.3.2  Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. 

W.3.6  With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. 

SL.3.1  Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

SL.3.4  Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. 

SL.3.6  Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.