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Bullying and Harassment links to Studies of Society and Environment

Activities & Sessions

Possible Outcomes 

Bodymapping - bullying behaviours

I remember - pages 23-24

Sharing & comparing - page 24

Bullybodies: brainstorming bullying behaviours - pages 24-25

Identifying reasons for bullying - page 26

Culture and identity

  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.

Discrimination game

Brainstorm discrimination - definitions & ‘labels’ - pages 30-31

Grouping - ranking labels - page 31

Pictorial version - page 32

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.
  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.

Speaking up

Exploring the options at this school - page 46

Standing up for yourself - pages 47-48

Ingredients of an apology - pages 48-49

What can the bystander do? - page 50

Culture and identity

  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean?

Bullying, harassment, teasing: what does it mean? - page 57

‘Being nobody’ poem - page 58

Giving voice (worksheet) - page 59

Giving voice using poem (worksheet) - page 60

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.

What do the newspapers say?

Read it, talk about it - page 76

Comprehension questions - page 77

Improvise a play about it! - page 78

Newspaper articles (handout) - page 79

Improvise a play (scenarios handout) - page 80

Culture and identity

  • Cultural diversity in Australia is influenced by public opinion, media portrayals, government policies and the impacts of globalisation.

The Inside story

Warm-up games - page 103

Inside the bully - sub-text exercise - page 104

Inside/outside - creating tableaux and a text collage - page 105

Creating a text collage - page 105

Sample questions - page 106

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.

Group project – design a drama

Group project - design a drama - pages 112–113

Use naturalistic and anti-naturalistic techniques to devise a short drama on the theme of bullying (several lessons)

Ideas for student feedback - page 113

Culture and identity

  • Group identities are influenced by different factors, including family, communities, nationality, socioeconomic factors and religious beliefs.