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Cyberbullying: What to Do

Fifth graders learn to recognize cyberbullying, understand why it can feel relentless, and practice the calm, smart steps to take if it happens to them or someone they know, then check what they know.

Grade 5Cyberbullying: What to Do50 minutes1 class periodCSTA / ISTEExplicit teaching4 StandardsCSTA
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know what cyberbullying is.
  • ✓Choose not to retaliate.
  • ✓Save, block, tell.
  • ✓Check what you know.
Essential Question

Bullying over apps can follow you home and spread fast. What makes it cyberbullying, and what are the smartest, calmest steps to take if it happens?

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Interactive Task
Cyberbullying Check · Interactive

Cyberbullying Check

Project this and answer each question about recognizing and responding to cyberbullying — read the explanation after each one.

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Answer each question about recognizing and responding to cyberbullying.
The Lesson · Explicit teaching

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Hook — Mean on a Screen

5 min

Bullying over phones and apps can follow you home, happen any hour, and spread fast to many people. That is cyberbullying. If it happens, what are the smartest things to do?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask what cyberbullying looks like.
  • Collect examples.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
2

Use — Cyberbullying Check

12 min

Students answer questions about handling cyberbullying.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Cyberbullying Check.
  • Answer each question.
  • Read the why.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Check.
  • Read it.
3

Modify — Respond, Don't React

13 min

Students plan a calm response.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a cyberbullying situation.
  • Say the first smart step.
  • Say who you would tell.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say.
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Create — My Response Plan

15 min

Students make a what-to-do plan.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • List the steps to take.
  • Name two trusted adults.
  • Add how to support a friend.

🎒 Student Actions

  • List.
  • Name.
  • Add.
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Reflect — Kind and Safe Online

5 min

Students reflect on cyberbullying.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Why should you not reply to a cyberbully?
  • What does it help to save before you block?
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and the ISTE Standards for Students.

CSTA
1B-IC-18

Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world and express how they improve or harm life.

CSTA
1B-IC-21

Use public domain or creative-commons media and refrain from copying or using others' work inappropriately.

CSTA
2-IC-22

Collaborate with others and give respectful feedback in online spaces.

ISTE
1.2.b

Digital Citizen: engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical online behavior.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Situation picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “If ___ , I will ___ .”
  • Answer one question at a time.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with what cyberbullying is.
  • Walk through one scenario together.
  • Review one step at a time.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Role-play supporting a targeted friend.
  • Find the block/report tools in a real app.
  • Discuss why bystanders matter.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 🖼️Scenario cards
  • 💻Cyberbullying Check
  • 🛡️A block/report screenshot
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

cyberbullyingusing technology to repeatedly hurt or embarrass someoneretaliateto hit back at someone who hurt youblockto stop someone from contacting you on an appreportto tell an app or site about harmful behaviorevidencesaved messages or screenshots that show what happenedtrusted adulta grown-up who keeps you safe, like a parent or teacherbystandersomeone who sees bullying but is not the targetupstandersomeone who steps in to help instead of staying silent
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Why should you not reply to a cyberbully?
Replying often makes it worse and gives the bully what they want; staying calm takes away their power.
QUESTION 2
What does it help to save before you block someone?
Screenshots or copies of the mean messages, as evidence a trusted adult or the app can act on.
QUESTION 3
What is the most important step if cyberbullying keeps happening?
Tell a trusted adult who can help you stop it and stay safe.

Create: my response plan.

Have students list the steps to take, name two trusted adults, and add how to support a friend, so the plan is ready before it is ever needed. A printable cyberbullying worksheet is in the Computer Science library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Cyberbullying: What to DoPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: block, bystander, cyberbullying, evidence, report, retaliate, trusted adult, upstander
  1. to tell an app or site about harmful behavior
  2. saved messages or screenshots that show what happened
  3. someone who sees bullying but is not the target
  4. someone who steps in to help instead of staying silent
  5. to stop someone from contacting you on an app
  6. a grown-up who keeps you safe, like a parent or teacher
  7. using technology to repeatedly hurt or embarrass someone
  8. to hit back at someone who hurt you

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Why should you not reply to a cyberbully?
  2. What does it help to save before you block someone?
  3. What is the most important step if cyberbullying keeps happening?
Answer key — Part A: 1) report · 2) evidence · 3) bystander · 4) upstander · 5) block · 6) trusted adult · 7) cyberbullying · 8) retaliate
Part B: 1) Replying often makes it worse and gives the bully what they want; staying calm takes away their power. 2) Screenshots or copies of the mean messages, as evidence a trusted adult or the app can act on. 3) Tell a trusted adult who can help you stop it and stay safe.