General Information App Information “Sit With Us” App Sit With Us, Inc. and/or Natalie Hampton Publication Year: 2016 Version 1.0.6 (2019) Free (on Google Play Store for Android) Summary of app This app was created by a student who was bullied for a while and ate lunch by herself the entirety of her 7th grade year. In an effort to … Continue reading “Sit With Us” – Interactive App Resource for 6th Grade Bullying Unit
General Information We Want You to Know: Kids Talk About Bullying by Deborah Ellis Published: September 1st, 2011 Publisher: Coteau Books This informative book follows student experiences with bullying. The author interviewed students, ages 9 to 19, about the troubling issue of bullying (the bullied and bullies) and the impact it had on their lives. … Continue reading “We Want You to Know: Kids Talk About Bullying” – Non-Fiction Literature 6th Grade Bullying Unit
General Information The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publish Date: October 8, 2013 Summary: This book is about a boy who is new in his class. Because of this, he feels invisible. Not many of the students want to talk to him or work with him or be his … Continue reading “The Invisible Boy” – Fiction Literature 6th Grade Bullying Unit
Stop Bullying Overview: This resource is a strong resource for parents because on the website, specifically the Get Help Now section, parents are offered scenarios/problems that they may notice, steps to counter these problems, and the sidebar houses numerous resources in which parents can utilize to learn more about bullying. For example, the side … Continue reading “Stopbullying” – Internet Resource for Parents 6th Grade Bullying Unit
Teaching Tolerance Overview: This is a strong resource for teachers for many reasons. This specific search (Classroom Activities filtered by 6th-8th Grade and Bullying and Bias) provides 17 different lesson plans and suggested resources to help teach that lesson. This source also provides different worksheets and content focuses to help narrow certain lessons to more … Continue reading “Teaching Tolerance” – Internet Resource for Teachers 6th Grade Bullying Unit
Kids Against Bullying Overview: This site, we believe, is a strong resource for students to access due to the kid-friendly aspect and easy navigation. This site offers many student stories, videos, articles/descriptions, and quizzes. This site not only talks about what bullying is and the consequences, it also talks about what the students can do … Continue reading “Kids Against Bullying” – Internet Resource for Students 6th Grade Bullying Unit
Documentary film: Online Safety for Kids- Episode 1 KMVT15 Community Media Aired in 2014 Duration: 28:14 Here is the link to the video online safety for kids. Will start at 11:30. General Information: Online Safety for Kids- Episode 1 interviews cyber-security experts on how to show parents and kids how to protect their devices … Continue reading K-2 online safety for kids Documentary
Fiction book Here is the link to the book- The Berenstain Bears’ Computer Trouble~ Read Along With Me Simple Story Time General Information: In this book Berenstain Bears got computers that change what they usually do during the day. They were on the computer so much that they didn’t spend time together and … Continue reading K-2 online safety (predators) fiction literature
General Information: “Like” was produced by Scilla Andreen in 2018. This documentary movie is 47 minutes long and is appropriate for ages 10 and up (PG). Unfortunately, this film is not available for viewing at all times–you must schedule a showing through their site. So, as I have not seen the entire film I cannot … Continue reading “Like” Documentary for Ages 10+ About the Impact of Social Media
General Information: I have discovered 3 interconnected FREE apps, all published by the same company (Excit-ed Community Interest Company) related to the topics of social media safety and avoiding predator danger. –TechSafe- Social Media is an app designed for kids and teens to learn about and explore some of the current dangers often found online … Continue reading “Tech-Safe” Integrated App Resources for Middle School Online Safety