Bullying remains one of the most intractable interpersonal problems facing young Americans across geographic, racial, and economic divides. StopBullying.gov reports that an alarming 20% of young people ages 12 to 18 experience bullying and it is for this reason that every October is National Bullying Prevention Month—a time to draw greater attention to this epidemic of interpersonal violence, what drives it, and how to stop it. Major studies from the last three years showed that most bullying targeting young people occurred in school settings—a reality that has prompted onsite intervention efforts including mapping the zones in which bullying is most likely to occur. This and other school-based strategies have offered educators, parents, and students new tools for managing the crisis, but there is more to tackle than meets the eye. As schools take on hybrid and wholly remote learning models amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of cyberbullying has reached unprecedented heights.
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Bullying and Ostracism,
Cyberbullying,
Bullying,
The BULLY Project
Students leave a Facing History classroom inspired by history—not paralyzed by it. They are inspired to learn more, to empathize, to speak up, and to advocate for change.
In partnership with The BULLY Project and other like-minded organizations, we are working with two Facing History alumnae whose study of history and the impact of choices people made have inspired them to petition the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam Webster Dictionary to add the word upstander.
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Bullying and Ostracism,
Students,
Bullying,
The BULLY Project
October is Bullying Prevention Month in the U.S. Add your voice to The BULLY Project’s latest collective effort to raise awareness by sharing art and stories.
One of the hardest things about bullying, said filmmaker Lee Hirsch, is communicating about it. Lee, the founder of the The BULLY Project, which has sparked broad conversations about the bullying epidemic, has been working to build bullying prevention into a grassroots movement. His award-winning 2011 documentary, Bully, has the tagline: “When we come together, we can do anything.”
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Bullying and Ostracism,
Students,
Bullying,
Lesson Plans,
The BULLY Project
Adults often ask students to be upstanders, to speak out against bullying and other social problems, and to go against the tide. But we should also help students change the tide.This means changing social norms so that young people feel respected not when they degrade other students, but when they include others.
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Bullying and Ostracism,
Choosing to Participate,
Students,
Safe Schools,
Teaching,
Schools,
Teaching Resources,
Raising Ethical Children
National Anti-Bullying Week takes place in the United Kingdom 17th to 21st of November. This year's theme is "let's stop bullying for all."
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Classrooms,
United Kingdom,
Webinar,
Online Tools,
Professional Development,
Film,
Teaching Strategies,
Bullying and Ostracism,
Choosing to Participate,
Human Behavior,
Human Rights,
Facing History Resources,
Safe Schools,
Teaching,
Schools,
Identity,
Facing History and Ourselves,
Teaching Resources
Sixteen years ago this month, on the night of October 6, 1998, two young men robbed, kidnapped, and tortured a young man named Matthew Shepard simply because he was gay.
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Classrooms,
Film,
Bullying and Ostracism,
Choosing to Participate,
Human Rights,
Safe Schools,
Identity,
Facing History Together,
Facing History and Ourselves
“I think my daughter is one of the most remarkable people I know. I would do anything in the world for her,” Facing History Cleveland office director Mark Swaim-Fox told the Cleveland Magazine blog last weekend, after participating in the 2014 Gay Games in her honor.
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Cleveland,
Bullying and Ostracism,
Choosing to Participate,
Human Rights,
Identity
No Name Calling Week kicks off today, celebrating kindness while working to create safe schools free of name-calling, bullying, and bias.
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Bullying and Ostracism,
Cyberbullying,
Bullying
