This document outlines a lesson plan on cyberbullying with the following goals: 1) Raise awareness of the seriousness of cyberbullying and its potential legal consequences. 2) Have students analyze scenarios based on real situations and decide on appropriate responses. 3) Explain current anti-bullying laws and proposed legislation. The lesson plan involves students watching a video about cyberbullying victim Amanda Todd, discussing scenarios in groups, and learning about applicable civil and criminal laws. The goal is for students to understand cyberbullying and how to address it appropriately.

1. Purpose
Grounded in the ANTI-BULLYING PROCEDURES FOR PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS
September 2013 from the dept of Education and the requirement that all schools have policys in
place …..
 1.1.2 : School-based bullyingcan be positivelyand firmly addressed through a range
of school-based measures and strategies through which all members of the school
Community are enabled to act effectivelyindealing with this behaviour.
 Must have code in place
 Create a positive school culture
Specifically
 5.3.1 (iv) A shared understanding of what bullying is and its impact
 5.3.1 (v) Implementation of education and prevention strategies ( including awareness raising
measures that
- build empathy, respect and resilience in pupils;
- and explicitlyaddress the issuesof cyber-bullyingand identity-basedbullying including in
particular, homophobic and transphobic bullying;
Goal
Through this learning resource we want to have students actively engage with the issue of
cyberbullying, sharing their viewsand learning about these issues.Ultimately becoming
stakeholders in the overall school approach to the issue alongside teachers and parents.

2. Content
1. what is bullying- specificallyCyber Bullying
2. Identifyingbullying
3. what to do if you see it happening – protect yourself
4. The role of the school or developingschool policy
1. What is bullying:
Part 2 of the guide
Bullying is defined as unwanted negative behaviour, verbal, psychological or physical, conducted
by an individual or group against another person (or persons) and which is repeated over time.
These
procedures make clear that this definition includes cyber-bullying and identity-based bullying
(such as homophobic bullying and racist bullying).
2. Identifyingbullying
3. what to do if you see it happening – protect yourself
4. The role of the school or developingschool policy

3. Activity’s :
Online survey of use etc
Polling yes / no – why ?
Create a hashtag + find something on line and post a link
Wiki type activity - Table A: Key elements of a positive school culture and climate
Final Activity + policy design
- What is cyber bullying
- How do we identify bullying
- How to protect yourself, what you should do
- Role of the school

4. LessonPlan on Cyber-bullying
Learningoutcomes;
1. To raise awarenessof the seriousnessof cyberbullying.
2. To explainthe potentialconsequencesof cyberbullying(civil andcriminal law).
3. To have studentsanalyse differentscenariosbasedonreal lifesituationsanddecide on
appropriate sanctions,if any.
ShowAmandaTodd YouTube clip.ExplainAmandaToddstory.
Splitstudents intogroupsof 4-5.
The aim of the belowscenariosistoallow the studentsdiscussingroupsinitiallyandthendiscuss
amongstthe class if there shouldbe anypenaltiesandif solevelsof severity(e.g.Civil,criminal,
jail time etc)
Furtherdiscussionregardingthe levelof responsiblydue tothe variousactorsin the scenarios
 Tom commentsona photo of a girl in hisclassthat she is "a slutand nobodylikesher".After
the comment gets 7 likes, the photo is removed and Tom does not comment again.
 Samantha is at a party and gets drunk. In an argument with another girl she says "Do you
knowwhomy dad is?He worksinthe biggest company in town and makes over €1m euro a
year." Unbeknownst to Samantha, Mary films the episode and posts it on YouTube. The
video gets over 1000 views and as a result Samantha changes schools.
 BensgirlfriendLizzyconvinces him to send her nude photos of himself. After they have an
argument,Lizzy sends the photos to all her watsapp friends who share it as far as 8 schools
inthe surroundingarea.Benisso embarrassedthathe now suffers serious anxiety, doesn't
want to go out anymore and loses contact with almost all of her friends.
 Evelyn tells her friend Joan in confidence that she's gay. After this Joan stops hanging
aroundwithEvelyn,tellsthe otherkidsinschool whatEvelyntold her and starts a Facebook
page where all the other kids leave mean and nasty comments about Evelyn. Evelyn
becomesmore reclusive and starts self harming. After 3 months Joan starts to feel bad and
takes the site down voluntarily.
 Audrey shares a room in college with Sarah. Audrey starts going out with Philip who she
think is single. Philip is not single and when Sarah finds out she sets up a webcam in her
room to catch Audrey kissing Philip and broadcasts it across the whole college campus.
Philipsgirlfriend sees this video and her and her friends send abusive messages to Audrey
and threatentobeather up andget herkickedoutof college lying about her cheating on an
exam.Audreybecomesso worried that she suffers from anxiety and eventually overdoses
on paracetamol and ends up in a coma in hospital.
Explaincurrentlawoncyber bullyingincludingcivilandcriminal sanctionsandproposed
legislation.

5. Resources
YouTube AmandaToddvideo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7afkypUsc
National anti-bullyingCoalitionwebsite: http://nabc.ie/index.php?id=2p
independent.iespecial reportonmanydifferentaspectsof cyberbullying:http://
www.independent.ie/lifestyle/education/stop-cyber-bullying/
School Bullyingandthe Lawin the Republicof Ireland - DavidQuirke BA ,LLM:
http://nabc.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/help/PDFs/School_Bullying_Legal_Situation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=81qbWE9T2PO