Is It Cyberbullying?

What is cyberbullying and what can you do to stop it?

Lesson Objectives

• Recognize similarities and differences between in-person bullying, cyberbullying, and being mean.
• Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying.
• Identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and ways they can be an upstander for those being bullied.

Vocabulary 

bully: the person who is doing the bullying

bullying: unwanted and aggressive verbal, social, or physical behavior towards another

bystander: someone who sees a bullying or cyberbullying situation, but doesn?۪t do anything to stop it

cyberbullying: using digital devices, sites, and apps to intimidate, harm, and upset someone

empathy: to imagine the feelings that someone else is experiencing

target: the person who is on the receiving end of the bullying

upstander: a person who supports and stands up for someone else