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Teen Safety Blueprint - Bill Belsey
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), bullying (56), cyberbullying (52), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
This is a great site for computer teachers (and regular education teachers using computers in their classrooms) to share with their students and parents. Please review the "What Can Be Done" section with students. Cut and paste, then laminate the rules into small posters to be hung near all computers. Create a notebook of cyberbullying facts, and include the fact sheets at this site. Be sure to share the link with parents and your PTO/PTA, as well.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Pacer Kids Against Bullying - National Center for Bully Prevention
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): bullying (56), charactered (87), cyberbullying (52), social skills (24)
In the Classroom
Display the site's character stories and bullying prevention resources on a classroom screen to spark discussions about kindness, inclusion, and safe ways to respond to bullying. Have small groups create a short skit, comic, or video based on a fictional scenario that shows how to support someone and seek help from a trusted adult. Avoid asking students to reenact personal experiences. During National Bullying Prevention Month in October, invite students to design posters promoting empathy and respect using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here, or traditional art materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Community Club - Scholastic
Grades
K to 3In the Classroom
Use this site to help your students understand the concepts of community and community helpers. Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to share these useful people with your class. Highlight a career each week (or day) during a unit about community. Divide students into 8 groups (2-3 students per group) and have each group learn about a different career. Have the groups create simple PowerPoint presentations with the free Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here, to share with the class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Remember that PowerPoint shows print well into "big books." Extend your "community" by creating a class wiki about your school community, complete with digital pictures and interviews! If you want to learn more about wikis, check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kidlink - Kidlink
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): careers (184), communication (126), cultures (302)
In the Classroom
Students need not have their own email to use this site. Kidlink explains that they are permitted to use the teacher's email address (which allows you to monitor their activities, as well). You might want to use your "extra" email account. Set up accounts for your students to communicate in your world language class or as part of your study of other continents. With younger students, you may want to communicate as a whole-class activity, composing on a projector or interactive whiteboard.If your school policies limit your ability to use such a site, see the FAQ information and ready-to-go presentation explaining Kidlink. Share it with your principal and parents. ALWAYS get written parent permission when sharing student work/ideas online.
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ConnectSafely - Tech Parenting Group
Grades
K to 12tag(s): internet safety (117), safety (64), social networking (54)
In the Classroom
Include this link on your teacher or school web page for parents to access as part of a plan to work together. Consider using it as a hub for an evening discussion session with parents and students in a "round table" to air concerns and work together. Simply blocking or ignoring these tools is not educating or helping our kids. We want our students to grow into safe and responsible citizens both online and in person. If your school can involve and inform parents and students, you will have a better likelihood of using the new tools of the web in productive classroom settings, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Women's Hall of Fame - National Women's Hall of Fame
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): famous people (40), women (194), womenchangemaker (85)
In the Classroom
This site would be useful as a resource for teachers who assign "heroes" biographies, particularly during Women's History month. As a class activity, or in small groups, brainstorm a list of modern women, not included on this site, for a future nomination. Challenge students to research one of these modern women and write up nominations. Create the new biographies, using the same format as this site, by using a tool like Sway, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Academy of Achievement - Academy of Achievement
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): charactered (87), heroes (22), pioneers (13), social skills (24)
In the Classroom
If you assign any kind of "hero," "pioneer," or "leader" biography project, this site is a fabulous resource for students. The list of achievers includes many who may not be instantly recognizable to students and therefore provide more potential for discovery. In addition, the site is large enough and well-enough organized that students can start with this site and "dig" for a possible achiever to research, either by achievement area or by character trait. The site includes a diverse group of achievers, so is also useful if you're doing Women's History or Black History projects. Include this site on your teacher web page for students and parents to access as a reference.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Anti-Bullying Week: Different Types of Bullying Explained - BBC
Grades
2 to 10tag(s): bullying (56), cyberbullying (52)
In the Classroom
Display the resource on a classroom screen or share it through your learning management system to guide a discussion about recognizing bullying, responding safely, and seeking help from a trusted adult. Invite students to reflect through a private journal entry, create a comic or short video about a fictional scenario, or practice supportive responses through role-play. Allow students to participate without sharing personal experiences publicly. Share the link with families to encourage conversations at home about bullying, online interactions, and ways to seek support.Comments
GreatLydia, OR, Grades: 7 - 8
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Investigates Arson - BBC
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): fire (28), fire prevention (19), fire safety (21), safety (64)
In the Classroom
Share this link as one of several project topics for health, current events, or a criminal justice elective. It could also be a good source for background information in a debate class or club.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Giving Tree Lesson - TeachersFirst
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2 to 8tag(s): charactered (87), christmas (35), empathy (80), guided reading (31), writing (304)
In the Classroom
This lesson can be adapted for use in a language arts class with students of varying ability levels in grades 2 - 8. This lesson is also well-suited to a multi-age activity with "big buddies" and "little buddies" from upper and lower grades working together. School counselors and emotional support teachers may find this activity helpful for small groups working on social skills, character education, and specific traits such as empathy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachable Moment - Lesson on School Safety - NASP
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K to 12tag(s): bullying (56), difficult conversations (53), natural disasters (20), school violence (9)
In the Classroom
Share this with your principal and fellow teachers when you know students are in need.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - Family Communications
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1 to 2tag(s): behavior (50), charactered (87), communities (37), preK (352), social skills (24)
In the Classroom
Include clips and videos from this site as part of lessons on responsibility, community, and compassion for others. Include links to videos using a bookmarking tool like Symbaloo, reviewed here. Symbaloo is an excellent tool to use with younger students due to the use of icons that make it easy for even non-readers to access information. Encourage students to be good helpers by taking pictures of students helping others in the classroom. Use PhotoCollage, reviewed here to create a collage with your images to share in your classroom. Have students share their stories of how they are a good neighbor using a simple audio podcasting tool like Adobe Podcast, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Runaway Safeline
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6 to 12tag(s): behavior (50), charactered (87), safety (64)
In the Classroom
Under the menu tab at the top labeled Prevention and Intervention, check out the "Let's Talk" free runaway prevention curriculum for lessons you can use for specific situations or concerns.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Positive Consequences Mean Keep Up The Good Work! - Parenting.org
Grades
1 to 6tag(s): behavior (50), charactered (87), family (53)
In the Classroom
Be sure to check out their list of suggestions, but also think about your students and what pleases them. Use those as positive consequences in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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My Hero - My Hero Project
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4 to 12tag(s): charactered (87), heroes (22)
In the Classroom
Share stories from the MyHeroes Project on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Discuss traits that make a hero and find inspiration to search for heroes in your everyday lives. Use this site as a starting point for individual or group projects. All types of classes can complete a project about an hero. P.E. classes can find out about veterans, surfers, or car accident victims who have lost limbs and used their challenges to make a difference. Math and science students can complete an Internet search for high school inventors. Students could also search through old Scholastic Scope magazines for articles about young people who have overcome adversity. Instead of a paper and pen written biography, enhance students' learning by using Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a hero they have chosen. Extemd student learning by challenging them to create an annotated image of a hero including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Character & Social Responsibility Curriculum Resources - Boston University
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1 to 12tag(s): charactered (87), ethics (21), social skills (24)
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Teachers will want to explore the lesson themes in detail; each introduces many possibilities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Center for Character & Social Responsibility - Boston University
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1 to 12tag(s): behavior (50), charactered (87), ethics (21), social skills (24)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a character trait from the video, such as respect, responsibility, or empathy, and create a short poster or digital slide using Canva for Education reviewed here that explains the trait, gives examples, and shows how it can be used in school and at home. Create a week-long challenge where students practice specific character traits, such as kindness or honesty, and track their actions on a class chart or digital board with Venngage, reviewed here. Students can brainstorm ways to show good character in their school or community and design a small service project, such as writing thank-you notes, creating posters, or helping younger students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bullying UK - Coram Family Lives
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4 to 12tag(s): behavior (50), bullying (56), cyberbullying (52), digital citizenship (112)
In the Classroom
Have students read age-appropriate information about different forms of bullying and work in small groups to sort fictional scenarios into categories such as verbal, social, cyber, or other bullying. Follow with a discussion about situations that may be unkind or hurtful but do not fit the same pattern. Invite students to read selected cyberbullying resources and develop a class list of responsible actions students can take when they encounter harmful behavior online. Ask pairs to role-play fictional situations involving bullying, bystanders, and trusted adults, then discuss constructive ways each person could respond without asking students to disclose personal experiences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Quick Guide to Safe Schools and Youth Violence Prevention
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1 to 12tag(s): bullying (56), school violence (9)
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Southern Poverty Law Center - The Southern Poverty Law Center
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): civil rights (228), courts (27), elections (91), immigrants (50), immigration (86), racism (84), sexuality (15), tolerance (7)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the information on the site to include when teaching lessons about equality, racism, and social injustice. Learn more about the classroom resources offered through Learning for Justice, reviewed here. Include selections from the Features and Stories portion of the site as part of any integrated unit. Consider using a learning management system like Actively Learn, reviewed here, to include videos and additional text sources as part of your unit. Actively Learn also includes resources that provide feedback on student learning. Extend learning by asking students to gather data and share information through various digital tools including infographics and digital storytelling resources. For example, as students learn about civil rights issues, ask them to share information by creating infographics with Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, create a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here, or use Powtoon, reviewed here, to create an animated video explanation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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