Wrinkled Hearts

What a wonderful idea for teachers to use with students! It would work great with younger kids, but I feel like any age of student likes to cut out hearts and crumple up paper. An idea I had about this project is to have the students (if they are older) write the saying "Before you speak, think and be smart, it's hard to fix a wrinkled heart." right onto the heart. Soon I will be doing a few group sessions with people and groups; I think this would be a neat hands-on activity!

Cyberbullying infographic

I found this image online on a site called pinterest and found it to be very informative. If you are looking for infographics and ideas pinterest is a wonderful and creative site to look at. Isn't it sad to see these statistics? We need to work to prevent bullying, both online and face to face.

A Vaccine for Bullying

This 11 minute video on a vaccine for bullying. It shows just how important the fight against bullying is. If you choose to watch this longer video, I hope you enjoy it and realize that even young people can help in the prevention of bullying. Thank you, and enjoy.

Stop Bullying!

Brookwood High School Video on Stopping Bullying. The video won a contest in 2012 for this movement.

To This Day

To This Day

To this day, An inspirational video against bullying, features an interesting poem that will tug on your heartstrings...at least it did for me. I saw this video in a teachers class in the 11th grade and haven't forgotten about it since. Now, every time I eat pork chops I think about karate and how much bullying effects people.

The Bullying Thermometer Activity

I created this activity for a presentation I gave on Bullying Awareness. Feel free to use it and let me know what you think of it! I hope you like the activity!

The Bullying Thermometer

Activity Created By: Tamarah Jo Frank

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Objective: There are many types of bullying. How do you decide which is worse or more harmful? This exercise explores the types of bullying behavior and encourages the participants to discuss them, their meaning and their impact. Learn different types of bullying behavior. Discuss the impact of bullying. Discuss how differences (gender, generational, social) can affect the perception of bullying behaviors.

How to Play: In a team, take your “Bullying Thermometer” activity cards and go over what each method of bullying means. As a group, organize the cards from coolest type (least harmful) to the hottest type (most harmful).

A Poem About Bullying

 Everyday It Happens

by Kathleen Kiker 

Every time I speak, another person hates me, 

Every time they answer, I must forgive again. 

Every time I listen, I suppress my angry comments, 

Every time I hear them, I brush away the tears. 

Everywhere I go, I am a nameless victim, 

Everywhere I hide, they find me once again. 

Every time they see me, I put a happy face on, 

Every time they leave me, the tears roll down my cheeks. 

Every night I'm sleeping, I dream of faceless horrors, 

Every day I'm living, I wish it were not so. 

Selected from the “Writing Circle” website, under poetry on bullying at 

http://circle.nypo.org/.