THE “What’s Bullying?

” #1
PROJECT

By: Monica Garrison, Selina Morales, Lupita Rivas & Mirella Tallavera

Expository 6th Period

Mrs. Bowyer
16 May 2018 1
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
● COVER PAGE …………………………………… 1 ● EXAMPLES OF BULLYING ………………... 7-10

● TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………….. 2 ● HOW TO TRY TO STOP IT …….……………………... 11-12

● INTRODUCTION TO BULLYING ………. 3 ● HOW TO IDENTIFY &

RESPOND TO BULLYING……………………………………...… 13
● DEFINITION OF BULLYING ……..…..…... 4
● CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………..…..……. 14
● WHERE IT COMES FROM ………………………. 5
● WORKS CITED ……………………………………………………….………… 15-16
● EL DORADO’S BULLYING POLICY ………... 6

2
INTRODUCTION TO BULLYING
● Bullying is a global issue
● Includes:
○ Physical
○ Verbal
○ Relational
○ Racial
○ Sexual
● Impacts daily life of victim (Coloroso).
● In the Kaiser study, 35% of kids were directly involved in bullying incidents
● National Education Association states 160,000 kids stay home daily to avoid being
bullied (Coloroso).

3
 DEFINITION OF BULLYING
Authors:
Ron Banks, Dan olweus, Kathiann Kowalski, and Tara L. Kuther

Described Bullying to be:

● is initiated by someone with superior strength used to intimidate someone else
● occurs between two or more school aged individuals
● includes the concrete behaviors of rumors, physical and emotional harm to an
individual, and manipulation. (Ditch the Label)

4
WHERE IT COMES FROM
Why do people bully?

- People respond to stress and pressure in various ways. Bullies take on the negative
behaviors and initiate in bullying,violence and alcohol abuse. Those who do not know
how to positively respond to stress default to bullying others as a coping mechanism.

Examples:

● Household where parents separated

● Death of a relative
● Physical and or verbal abuse at home (Violence)
● Great amounts of arguments and hostility in living environments

5
 EL DORADO’S BULLYING POLICY
● EDHS handbook contains information about bullying
● No student shall engage in harassment (El Dorado High School).
○ Create a hostile environment
○ Racial slur, sexual harassment etc., will not be tolerated
● Law enforcement may be called (El Dorado High School).
● Wants a safe environment (El Dorado High School).
○ Bully forms
○ “Stop It” App
○ Many acceptance clubs on campus

6
● The most common types of bullying at schools are verbal, physical,
social/cyberbullying, and sexual bullying.
● Verbal bullying includes: name calling, threatening, teasing, taunting, spreading
rumors, etc.
○ This type of bullying can be the most damaging form of bullying and can have
long term effects.
○ Can lead to anxiety, depression, and other health
problems.
■ Ex: Calling someone a “whore” or “slut”
■ Ex: Making up a rumor about someone that is
not true and telling everyone.

EXAMPLES OF BULLYING (“Stop Bullying”) #2

7
 ● Physical bullying includes: pushing, shoving, punching, physical abuse,
sexual harassment, kicking, hitting. ,
○ This type of bullying can be the most physically noticeable.
○ The most common form of bullying at school, especially in middle
school & high school.
■ Ex: Putting your foot out in front of
someone’s trip them when they are
walking across that cafeteria.

EXAMPLES OF BULLYING cont. (“Types of Bullying) image #3

8
● Social/Cyberbullying is using the internet, smartphones, apps, or or other
technology/social media platforms in order to harass another person.
○ Includes: posting harmful images, making online threats, sending
harmful text.
■ Ex: Posting nudes of a person on
Instagram.
■ Ex: Commenting on someone’s
pictures/post telling them to kill
themselves or “go drink some bleach”.

EXAMPLES OF BUYING(CONT.)
(“Types of Bullying”) image #4

9
● Sexual bullying include: sexual name calling,vulgar gestures,
inappropriately touching someone, crude
comments.
○ Females are more likely to be sexually
bullied than males.
■ Ex: A girl sending nudes to her
boyfriend and her boyfriend
sending them around to his friends,
which leads to sexual bullying
because people are making crude
comments about her

(“Interesting Facts ”) image #5

ExaMPLES OF BUYING(CONT.)
10
 HOW WE CAN TRY TO STOP IT
● “clubs and extracurricular activities really help diversify everyone.” (Ms. Medina)

● “ We should acknowledge there is a bullying problem, train students and staff on how to deal
with a bullying situation and then reward those who stand up against bullying.”
(Mr. Inokuchi)

● “A major problem I see is that students see bullying happening and they are afraid to speak
up against the bully.”(Pat)

● “We’ve done activities such as: Breaking down the walls with staff and students. What I
noticed a lot in classrooms is that teachers don’t really notice what happens in their own
classrooms.” (Mr. Prior)

11
How we can try to stop it (Cont). ●
Freshman:
● “If i were to wittiness bullying I would
stand up and not be a
bystander”-anonymous
● “I don't care if I'm being called a snitch
it's better to tell an adult that to let the
bully win”-anonymous
Junior:
● “bullying will always occur and there's not
much you can do about it”-anonymous
● “while I think the bullies need to be
punished I kind of cell like the punishment
could make it worse (when given the
opportunity the bully could last out at the
victim”-anonymous
Sophomores:
“I think spreading positivity and
letting the school know that we don't
tolerate bullying would help prevent
bullying”-anonymous
● “If I saw someone getting bullied I
probably wouldnt do/ say anything is
just turn the other way”-anonymous
Seniors:
● “Making students and staff more aware if
bullying would help stop bullying. Maybe if
we had a rally mainly focussing on bullying
would bring much more
awareness”-anonymous
● “There is no definite way to stop bullying,
there will always be someone who wants to
seek power over another”-anonymous 12
 HOW TO IDENTIFY BULLYING & HOW TO RESPOND to it
● Identifying bullying will help to know how to respond when a situation happens.
● If you see behaviors such as:
○ Name calling/rumor spreading
○ Making threats/ teasing
○ Hitting, kicking, or intimidation from another student
● Stand up to the bully or get an adult
● It’s a difficult situation to be in if your being/ seeing bullying especially if you've never
been taught how to respond to the situation.
● Luckily there are effective ways of minimizing bullying such as:
○ Increasing awareness
○ Encouraging classmates to seek help
○ Promoting personal and social competencies
(Tara L. Kuther)

13
 CONCLUSION
● It's no secret bullying occurs all over the world. It's very important to understand that
just because we don't see it happening doesn't mean someone isn't being bullied.

● We must remember:
○ Stand up to the bully
○ Report bullying and victimization incidents to the school
○ Don't wait to react

● In no way can we say bullying will completely stop bullying because in reality there will
most likely always be an occurrence. If we grab the bull by its horns and become more
aware of the subject we may see less of it happening.

14
 WORKS CITED
● Agatston, Patricia W., Robin Kowalski, and Susan Limber. “ Limber. “ Student’s {ers[ectives
on Cyber Bullying.” Journal of Adolescent Health 41 (2007): 2-59-s60. Web. 27 Jan. 2013.
(Slide 4)
● Anda. “What’s Bullying? Statistics and Laws in the US.” Free Background Checks , 2 May
2018,free backgroundchecks.com/learn/bullying-statistics-and-laws-in-the-us/.
(Image #1)
● Banks, Ron. “Bullying in Schools. ERIC Digest” ERIC DIGEST ED407154, Apr. 2005. (Slide 4)
● Coloroso, Barbara. The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander. New York:
Harper-Quill, 2004. Print (Slide 3).
● Gordon, Sherri. “6 Types of Bullying Parents Should Know About.” Verywell Family,
Verywellfamily, 25 Feb. 2018,
www.verywellfamily.com/types-of-bullying-parents-should-know-about-4153882. (Slides
7&8)
● Kowalski, KAthiann. “How to Handle a Bully.” Current Health 2m25.6 (1999): 13-16. Web. 15
Aug. 2004. (Slide 4) 15
 Works Cited Cont.
● Kuther, Tara L. “Understanding Bullying.” Our Children 29.2 (2004): 12-13. Print.
● Latham, Adam. “StopBulling.” Google Sites,
sites.google.com/a/student.liberty.k12.mo.us/stopbulling/verbal-bullying. (Image #2)
● Liridona. “Types of Bullying.” We Can All Stop Bullying Together, 17 Jan. 2015,
finishbullyingtoday.weebly.com/types-of-bullying.html. (Image #3 & #4)
● Lehnardt, Karin. “56 Staggering Facts about Bullying.” Interesting Facts, 15 Sept. 2016,
www.factretriever.com/bullying-facts. (Image #5)
● Olweus, Dan. “A Profile of Bullying at School.” Educational Leadership 60.6 (2003): 12-17. Print
(Slide 4)
● “Student Handbook.” El Dorado High School. El Dorado Union High School
District, 2017. Print (Slide 4).
● “Why Do People Bully? The Scientific Reasons - Ditch the Label.” Ditch the Label (USA), 25 Jan.
2018, us.ditchthelabel.org/why-do-people-bully/.
● “10 Anti Bullying Pictures and Infographics for the Classroom.” Anti-Bullying Blog Quotes of
the Day ~, antibullyingblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/10-anti-bullying-pictures-and.html. 16