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Bystanders:You Can Make A Difference

Learning Targets• Recognize that standing by without helping in a bullying

situation encourages a bully to continue harassing the target

• Understand the seriousness of physical, verbal, social/emotional and cyber bullying

• Accept responsibility to prevent bullying in your school• Refute common excuses for not getting involved when

you witness bullying and make a commitment to be a defender

• Understand the hurtful effects that bullying has on both targets and bystanders

• Work toward a respectful learning environment that does not tolerate bullying

1. What percentage of bullying occurs in front of bystanders or witnesses?

A. 25% C. 75%

B. 50% D. 85%

1. What percentage of bullying occurs in front of bystanders or witnesses?

A. 25% C. 75%

B. 50% D. 85%

2. What percentage of students believe that they should help when they see someone being bullied?

A. 10 % C. 66 %B. 40 % D. 90 %

2. What percentage of students believe that they should help when they see someone being bullied?

A. 10 % C. 66 %B. 40 % D. 90 %

3. What percentage of students actually do help when they see someone being bullied?

A. Less than 25 % C. 66 %B. 50 % D. 90%

3. What percentage of students actually do help when they see someone being bullied?

A. Less than 25 % C. 66 %B. 50 % D. 90%

4. What usually happens when a bystander steps into a bullying situation?

A. The bully turns on the bystanderB. Other classmates laugh at the bystanderC. The bullying stops within secondsD. The target of the bullying runs away

4. What usually happens when a bystander steps into a bullying situation?

A. The bully turns on the bystanderB. Other classmates laugh at the bystanderC. The bullying stops within secondsD. The target of the bullying runs away

5. What should a bystander do to help a target in a bullying situation?

A. Support the target of the bullying

B. Report the incident to an adult

C. Tell the bully to stop

D. All of the above

5. What should a bystander do to help a target in a bullying situation?

A. Support the target of the bullying

B. Report the incident to an adult

C. Tell the bully to stop

D. All of the above

6. Bystanders who simply watch while a peer is bullied:

A. Don’t really have an effect on the situation

B. Don’t have a responsibility to act

C. Unintentionally encourage the bully

D. Are powerless

6. Bystanders who simply watch while a peer is bullied:

A. Don’t really have an effect on the situation

B. Don’t have a responsibility to act

C. Unintentionally encourage the bully

D. Are powerless

Why do bystanders choose not to get involved?

They believe it is none of their business They think the target must have done something to

deserve the bullying They want to avoid being associated with the target for

fear of lowering their social status They don’t report bullying because they don’t want to be

labeled a “snitch” They are afraid that if they step in, the bully may target

them They don’t believe they are doing any harm by watching They enjoy watching “the action”

How does a student report bullying at our school?

• Tell a teacher or an adult in the building• Use the bullying boxes with the forms in

each of the pods or at the front of the building.

• Email Mrs. Reynolds or Ms. Steinle • Use the online report form on the Prairie

Star website. http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=269&

What would you do?

• Discuss within your group what you can do in the situation– What can you do, as a bystander, to stop the bullying– What can you do, as a bystander, to help the target– What can you do, as a bystander, to prevent the bullying from

happening again

Learning Targets• Recognize that standing by without helping in a bullying

situation encourages the bully to continue harassing the target

• Understand the seriousness of physical, verbal, social/emotional and cyber bullying

• Accept responsibility to prevent bullying in your school• Refute common excuses for not getting involved when

you witness bullying and make a commitment to be a defender

• Understand the hurtful effects that bullying has on both targets and bystanders

• Work toward a respectful learning environment that does not tolerate bullying