Bullying Prevention
Niki Smith, Maggie Froelich
and Jennifer Harding
Ivy Tech Community College
Bullying Definition
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school
aged children that involves a real or perceived power
imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to
be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as
making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone
physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a
group on purpose.
Activity #1
Have students read and sign a Pledge Against Bullying
As a Kid Against Bullying, I will:
• Speak up when I see bullying.
• Reach out to others who are bullied.
• Be a friend whenever I see bullying
Activity #2
• Have students create individual posters
• Create a story, poem, or artwork on the topic expressing
your ideas on bullying prevention.
• It can be about what happened to you or someone else,
how you feel about bullying, how you think it affects
students and schools, what you have done to prevent
bullying, or what others can do to prevent bullying.
• Connect all individual posters to create a large class
poster
Activity #3
A Play For Stick Puppets
• Resources/Materials
Puppets
Stage/Theater
• Purpose
• Goal
• Cast
• The Play
• Post Play Discussion
Bullying Classroom Rules
1. We will not bully others.
2. We will try to help students who are being bullied.
3. We will include students who are being left out.
4. When we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an
adult at home and at school.
5. Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
6. We don't tease, call each other names, or put our classmates down.
7. We don't shove, kick, punch or hit.
8. We make new students feel welcome.
9. We respect other's property. (school property too!)
10. We look for the good in others and value the differences.
11. We treat each other with respect and kindness.
Bullying Assessment
• Have students answer a list of questions on a piece of
paper
Ex: Have you ever been told to stop your taunting
behavior because it was hurtful, but you did not stop?
• Give advice
• Explain what to do if they need help
References
Brown, S. (2015). Mrs. Brown’s Second Grade Website. Classroom Rules and School
Rules Against Bullying. Retrieved from http://websites.nylearns.org/
susanbrown/2009/6/4/190425/page.aspx
Cooper and Company. (2007, September 27). Get A Grip On Bullying. Setting
Classroom Rules. Retrieved from http://getagriponbullying .blogspot
.com/2007/09/when-students-set-their-own-rules-they.html
Gunderson Medical Foundation. (2013). Together Against Bullying. Bullying SelfAssessment. Retrieved from http://www.togetheragainstbullying.org/bullyingself-assessment
PACER Center. (2015). Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center. The End of
Bullying Begins With You. Retrieved from http://www. pacer. org/bullying
/resources/toolkits/activities/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Stop Bullying.gov. Bullying
Definition. Retrieved from http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-isbullying/definition/