Read excerpts from from an interview with Lorna, an African American student from an urban working class family. This interview is part of a larger case study on eighth grade students and teachers.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Eve Shalen: The "In" Group
Eve Shalen reflects on an experience she had in eighth grade.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Excerpts from the Film BULLY
Like the phenomenon of bullying itself, BULLY is direct and hard-hitting. Careful preparation is vital. The necessity of adults previewing the full film before using it with young people cannot be overemphasized.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Excerpts from the Interview with Jill
Read interview excerpts with Jill, a white girl from an upper-middle class family. This interview is part of a series of interviews with eighth-grade students and teachers on dynamics between students and how their perspectives differ.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Excerpts from the Interview with Ms. Smith
Explore the teacher's perspective on classroom incidents and how Facing History's curriculum helped change dynamics between students in her classroom. This is part of a series of interviews of students and teachers.
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Excerpts from the Interview with Patty
Read excerpts from an interview with Patty, a white girl from a middle class family. This interview is part of a larger case study on eighth grade students and teachers.
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Excerpts from the Interview with Rhonda
Read interview excerpts with Rhonda, an African American girl from an urban, working class family. This interview is part of a series of interviews with eighth-grade students and teachers on dynamics between students and how their perspectives differ.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Excerpts from the Interview with Sue
Read excerpts from an interview with eighth grade student Sue, an Asian American girl from a working class family, and learn about her experience being bullied. Learn how Facing History helped Sue connect with a broader community.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Explore Bullying Resources
We've pulled together a wealth of resources to help students and teachers consider the moral choices we face when confronted with bullying.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Face Bullying: Take the Pledge to End It
Guest blogger Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas is the director of Not in Our School, a program that creates safe, accepting, and inclusive school communities. She’s challenging you to take the Not on Our Ground pledge, a growing movement with Adobe and the NBA champion Golden State Warriors against bullying, violence, and hatred. At Facing History and Ourselves, we encourage you to be an upstander in your community - so take action today.
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Bullying & Ostracism
Help Us #AddUpstander to the Dictionary
Students leave a Facing History classroom inspired by history—not paralyzed by it. They are inspired to learn more, to empathize, to speak up, and to advocate for change. In partnership with The BULLY Project and other like-minded organizations, we are working with two Facing History alumnae whose study of history and the impact of choices people made have inspired them to petition the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam Webster Dictionary to add the word upstander.
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Bullying & Ostracism
How One School Stands Up to Cyberbullying
Bullying—repeated aggressive behavior with an intent to hurt another person physically, socially, or mentally—is characterized by an imbalance of power between an instigator and a victim. As classroom educators, we know that bullying takes place in many places, from classrooms to online settings.
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