Cyber Bullying and Mental Health

Lesson Plan
Unit/Topic:
Year Level:
Lesson Duration:

How Bullying on the Internet affects the Mental Health of Young Users
Year 9
Stand alone lesson for 50 minutes

Domain(s), Dimension(s) & AUSVELS covered:

This lesson plan module supports a number of learning areas in the Australian Curriculum, including Interdisciplinary Learning,
ICT for communicating, Cross-curriculum Priority, Health and Physical Education and Technologies.
ICT, an interdisciplinary domain, focuses on providing students with the tools to transform their learning and to enrich their
learning environment. The knowledge, skills and behaviours identified for this domain enable students to:

Create information products that demonstrate their understanding of concepts, issues, relationships and processes.

Communicate locally and globally to solve problems and to share knowledge.

Understand the implications of the use of ICT and their social and ethical responsibilities as users of ICT.

Students are provided with tools and strategies to monitor learning patterns and problem solving strategies. This provides a
sound foundation for transforming personal learning. They gain an understanding of Internet protocols and strategies for
exchanging information, which enables them to share and challenge their own and other peoples ideas and solutions with a
global audience.
Progression Points covered: Progression Point 8.0 - 9.5
Cross-Curriculum Priority Focus: This lesson focuses on the impact and implications of cyber-bullying and threats on access
and use of information and communication technologies by Indigenous Australians. This lesson will also focus on the crosscurriculum priorities where Digital Technologies have played an imposing role on racism and crime on the internet.

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Learning Intention:
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

ENGAGE:
Analyse a threat to themselves on the internet. They will identify if they have been bullied on the internet by completing a

Watch the
video B2M
- Strong
Choices - Cyber Safety on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrJ3ngblYY
Worksheet
on Cyber
Bullying.
This video
shows
a
popular
Indigenous
Music
Band B2M
spread
awareness
using
Strong Choices
on what
is acceptable
and notand
They will learn practical strategies
to assist
young
people
to deal with
cyberbullying
behaviour.
Identify
ways to manage
when using
the cyberbullying
internet. Theybehaviour.
discuss their ethics and what their culture talks about being cybersmart and cybersafe and the
prevent
right thing
to do.
They
will learn to create a plan to act with resilience and self-awareness when online.
Students need to have the tools and strategies to monitor learning patterns and problem solving strategies. This provides a sound

EXPLORE:
How cyberbullying affects mental health in young users?
Describe cyberbullying and assess the impacts of negative online behaviour. Students will explore using the
worksheets on Cyberbullying.

EXPLAIN:
Create a plan to act with resilience and self-awareness when online and ways to stay Cyber smart. The Dos and Don'ts
of Internet etiquette on the various topics highlighted by the students.

Elaborated Lesson Structure:

Duratio
n

Teaching Strategies/Approaches
Students reflecting on their "Internet Free Weekend"
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Major Content
Students will come up with three scenarios where:
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pact and discussions on their journal entries on their

mental well-being without the internet. They will reflect
and give their opinions on Are you an Addict?
This will form as a formative assessment on their
mental wellbeing and technological addiction.

15
min

10
min

15
min

Watch the video B2M - Strong Choices - Cyber Safety

on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrJ3ngblYY
Brainstorming on how students feel when they have
bullied on the internet. How this negative behaviour
impacts their social being.
How they feel when they been victimized by their peers
using digital technology.
Cyberbullying worksheets will be distributed within the
classroom.
Students will be asked to complete the worksheet on
Cyberbullying.

Brainstorming activity on what the students would like

to express on their PowerPoint presentation. They will
be asked to choose from the topics that they identify on
the worksheet and the video and to elaborate into their
presentations.
Students will then be given time to work on their
presentations within their teams and assessed by the
teacher. PowerPoint presentation making rubrics is
attached as part of the lesson plan.

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They were frustrated without internet.

They were indifferent and it did not impact them.
They enjoyed being internet free as they got to engage
themselves in other innovative ways. Students will either
identify themselves as internet addicts or not.
This video shows a popular Indigenous Music Band B2M
spread awareness using Strong Choices on what is
acceptable and not when using the internet. They discuss
their ethics and what their culture talks about being
cybersmart and cybersafe and the right thing to do. This
video is used to show students how to enhance their own and
others health, safety and wellbeing. It allows students to
identify healthy, safe and active choices.
They will be asked to identify behaviours that comprise
bullying on the internet, strategies on being Cybersmart,
what the culture says about leaving a positive digital footprint
and how to be responsible and Cyber Safe. In addition,
students have the opportunity to explore situations, assess
options, seek solutions and put their ideas into action.
Students will then be split into teams of two each and asked
to 'think-pair-share' on the topic that best appealed to them
from the video and the worksheets. Some of the topics that
the students will identify are:
Cyberbullying and Cyber Payback

Sharing photographs and posting on Social Networking

Sites
Sharing Passwords with friends
Social Mocking
Being Cyber Smart
Responsibilities of a positive Bystander
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The lesson will then conclude with a recap on

Cyberbullying and its negative effects on mental health.

Crime on the internet

Students will delve into assertive strategies on seeking help

when bullied on the internet in the next lesson.

Lesson Pre-requisites

Students need to have a sound understanding of cyber safety while using the internet. The pre-requisites for this lesson is that
students need to gain an understanding of Internet protocols and strategies for exchanging information, which enables them to
share and challenge their own and other peoples ideas and solutions with a global audience. ICT supports knowledge-building
among teams and enables team members to collaborate, enquire, interact and integrate prior knowledge with new
understanding. Protocols for receiving, transferring and publishing ideas and information are needed to promote communication
Differentiation
To simplify: Students will be given a Cyber Smart topic of their choice and they will be asked to create a poster presentation
rather than the PowerPoint presentation.
To challenge: Students will be asked to amend the Cyber Safety survey with 5 more questions to filter out more options to
identify if they have been bullied on the internet.
Evaluate
A summative assessment is included in this lesson where students are asked to 'think-pair-share' on the topic that best appealed
to them at the conclusion of the Youtube video and the worksheet. The students are then to create a PowerPoint presentation on
their chosen topic and submitted for assessment by the sessional teacher. The rubrics to be followed to assess the PowerPoint
For
the successful
completion
theResources
teacher
presentations
has been
attachedofasthis
partlesson,
of the lesson
plan. needs a few resources that include:

A Projector
The Cyber Bullying Worksheet
PowerPoint presentation marking Rubrics
Laptops with access to the internet and
Microsoft
PowerPoint
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Posters for students working on the Poster Presentation
The Youtube video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrJ3ngblYY

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PowerPoint Presentation Rubrics

Assessment Rubric
Cyber Smart
PowerPoint
Presentation

Content and
Text

Most slides have

incomplete facts. None
of the Do's and Donts
of the chosen topic
have been completed

Links to
PowerPoint
Slides

No evidence of linking
the presentation slides
together.

Organization

Audience cannot
understand
presentation because
there is no sequence
of information

Creativity and
Layout

There are no images

present and layout is
not consistent and
confusing

Interesting
Presentation

Presentation is not
engaging and holds no
interest for the
audience

Spelling,
Punctuation
and Grammar

No attempt was made

to complete this
aspect of the project.

Name:
2

Most slides present

one idea and a few
supporting facts. Only
One of the Do's and
Donts of the chosen
topic have been
completed
Few of the
presentation slides
have been linked
together with incorrect
sequence of linking
Audience has difficulty
following presentation
because student jumps
around.
Images are distracting
decorations that create
a busy feeling and
detract from the
content. Layout is
cluttered and
confusing
Presentation is not
engaging as it jumps
from one idea to
another without
sequence
Numerous errors
throughout the
document task given.

Most slides present

one idea but too many
words. Two of the Do's
and Donts of the
chosen topic have
been completed

Most slides present

multiple ideas and too
many words. Three of the
Do's and Donts of the
chosen topic have been
completed

All slides present one idea

and a few supporting facts.
All the Do's and Donts of
the chosen topic have been
completed

Few of the
presentation slides
have been linked
together with correct
sequence of linking

Some of the presentation

slides have been linked
together with correct
sequence of linking

All the presentation slides

have been linked together
with correct sequence of
linking

Student presents
information in logical
sequence which
audience can follow.

Student presents
information in logical
sequence which audience
can follow.

Student presents
information in logical,
interesting sequence which
audience can follow

Most images are

clipart. Images are too
large/small in size, or
of poor quality
(fuzzy).Layout shows
some structure.

Most slides include one

powerful, high-quality
image which helps
audience understand the
content. Layout uses most
space appropriately

All slides contain one

powerful, high-quality
image per slide which helps
audience understand the
content. Layout is visually
pleasing

Presentation is not
engaging and holds
very little interest for
the audience

Presentation is engaging
and holds some interest
for the audience

Presentation is very
engaging and interesting
for the audience

Several errors occur

throughout the project.

Some errors occur

throughout the project.

Exceptional proofreading.
Very few errors in spelling,
grammar and punctuation
of the document project.

Tot
al

Total
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WORKSHEET: CYBERBULLYING MULTIPLE CHOICE

Name: ____________________________________________________

1. Cyberbullying is:
a. Using online technology to deliberately and repeatedly bully someone.
b. Using online technology to make someone feel insecure and miserable.
c.

Using online technology to make someone feel isolated and friendless.

d. All of the above.

2. The types of people who are cyberbullied are:

a

Trouble makers.

a. Popular and outgoing.

b. Shy and sensitive.
c.

Anyone can be cyberbullied.

3. Cyberbullying is considered to be:

a. Not that serious everyone gets bullied at school.

b. Very serious it makes people feel unsafe at home as well as at school.
c.

Fairly serious but only because there is always evidence.

d. Who wants to be serious? I only go online for fun.

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4. If I am being bullied on a social networking site I can:

a. Ask my friends to help me retaliate.
b. Try to forget it is happening.
c.

Use that sites report function.

d. Never go online again.

5. A cyber bully is usually:

a. Big, mean, and obviously a bully.
b. Sneaky, anonymous, and will never be found out.
c.

A particular kind of extremely bad person.

d. Anyone, including my friends or I, if we arent careful about how we treat others online.

6. Ways to prevent cyberbullying include:

a. Not replying to hurtful messages or posts.
b. Using the block, report and privacy settings on the sites where cyberbullying behaviour is occurring.
c.

Collecting evidence of cyberbullying behaviour, such as nasty texts and reporting it to a trusted adult, like a parent or teacher.

d. All of the above.

7. Talking to a trusted adult about cyberbullying is:

a. A good idea. Theres no reason to suffer alone.
b. Not worth it because it will make the person who is doing the bullying angrier.
c.

Never a good idea, it can only make things worse.

d. A waste of time because they dont understand.

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8. In a cyberbullying situation, a positive bystander is a person who:

a. Does not ignore what they see happening to someone else.
b. Asks the person who is the target of the bullying behaviour if they are OK.
c.

Reports the behaviour to someone who can help, like a trusted adult.

d. All of the above.

9. Which of the below is against the law:

a. Being a Cyber Bully.
b. Reporting a Cyber Crime.
c.

Being Cyber Smart.

d. Organising a Cyber Payback.

10. What comprises of being Cyber Smart:

a.

Refraining from Social Mocking on Facebook.

b.

Thinking twice before posting a picture or comment in a Social Networking Website.

c.

Keeping your password a secret from your friends.

d.

Respecting our culture by leaving a positive digital footprint.

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