Week Long Education:
Elementary School, Starting the Discussion

A complete classroom tool kit for discussing bullying prevention. Features free downloads of daily activities, games and contests.

Monday — An Overview of Bullying Prevention
Tuesday — When You See Bullying, What Can You Do?
Wednesday — If You Are Being Bullied, What Can You Do?
Thursday — If You Are Bullying, What Can You Do?
Friday — Be a Kid Against Bullying

Monday — An Overview of Bullying Prevention

Use the Bullying 101 Presentation to introduce young students to the basics of bullying prevention with familiar characters and student friendly language.

Distribute bullying prevention bookmarks to each student.

Choose one or two of the Class Projects to do as a group.

Students often have a lot of questions about bullying, and some may be reluctant to share them with parents or teachers. Ask Carmen provides a safe outlet for kids to ask questions that are answered by staff from PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. Students can also read Carmen’s Advice for responses to very important questions.

Find out more facts at Did You Know?

It’s really important for kids to feel that their voice is being heard. Through the Share Your Opinion feature, kids have the opportunity to respond about bullying in a simple, safe, and fun way with questions such as; Where does bullying happen most often?

Give your students the chance to show off what they’ve learned through an interactive quiz with questions such as: What Is Bullying?

Tuesday — When You See Bullying, What Can You Do??

Ask students for their ideas on what they can do when they see bullying. Write down their ideas on 18x24 posters with the heading, "When You See Bullying, What Can You Do?" Display in the classroom.

Review the information in the If You See Bullying section of the PACERKidsAgainstBullying website.

Have students complete the Are You a Target? and Do You Bully? checklists. Ask them to complete both lists, explain that the more checks there are, the more likely it is that they are in a bullying situation. Note: Students can do this privately. Their responses do NOT need to be shared with classmates.

Let your students’ voices be heard by inviting them to share their insight with other students responding to polls such as: When you see bullying how does it make you feel?

Wednesday — If You Are Being Bullied, What Can You Do?

Ask students for their ideas on what they can do when they see bullying. Write down their ideas on 18x24 posters, with the heading, "If You Are Being Bullied, What Can You Do?" Display in the classroom.

Review the information in the If You Are a Target section of the PACERKidsAgainstBullying website.

Let your students’ voices be heard by inviting them to share their insight with other students responding to polls such as: Who can help if you are being bullied?

Give your students the chance to show off what they’ve learned through an interactive quiz with questions such as: What should you do if you are being bullied?

Thursday — If You Are Bullying, What Can You Do?

Ask students for their ideas on what they can do when they see bullying. Write down their ideas on 18x24 posters, with the heading, "If You Are Bullying, What Can You Do?" Display in the classroom.

Review the information in the If You Are Bullying section of the PACERKidsAgainstBullying website.

Create posters responding to questions:

• How can you help create a world without bullying?

• Why do you want bullying to end?
• What would a world without bullying look like?

Display the posters in your classroom.

Let your students’ voices be heard by inviting them to share their insight with other students responding to polls such as: What are ways to change bullying behavior?  Ask them for other ideas they might have.

Give your students the chance to show off what they’ve learned through an interactive quiz with questions such as: How do you recognize someone who bullies?

Friday — Be a Kid Against Bullying

Ask students for their ideas to prevent bullying in their school. What can students do, what can the teachers do, and other ideas. Write down their ideas on 18x24 posters, with the heading, “Be a Kid Against Bullying.” Display in the classroom.

Students can take the pledge to "Be A Kid Against Bullying"

As a Kid Against Bullying, I Pledge To:

• Speak up when I see bullying
• Reach out to others who are bullied
• And be a friend whenever I see bullying.

Students taking the pledge receive the "official certificate."

Meet the Club Crew. Visit the Club Crew page to read and listen to their bios. Then select one or more of the members who they feel most connected with an answer these questions:

• Which Club Crewmember did you choose?
• I feel connected to this crew member because _______________.
• How does this crew member feel about bullying?
• What advice would you give the Club Crew member about bullying?

Give your students the chance to show off what they’ve learned through an interactive quiz with questions such as: What should you do if you see bullying?

Students are in the best position to tell us how bullying effects them, what actions from adults are helpful, and what they’d like to see happen. You can give your students the opportunity to Share Their Story with other students who may be facing similar challenges. Read Other Stories. The most important thing for students who are being bullied to know is that they are not alone.