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Chapter 6: Skills for Healthy Relationships

Student Web Activities Lesson 2: Respecting Yourself and Others

Introduction:
This lesson explains the importance of treating yourself and others with respect. One form of disrespectful behavior that often occurs in schools is bullying. You can learn more about what bullying is and what you can do about it at this Web site.

Links to Explore:
National Youth Violence Prevention: Bullying
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/bullying.asp

Directions:

  • Click on the link and read the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center page on bullying.
  • Then answer the following questions:

1
Define bullying.
2
Approximately how many American teens are involved in bullying (as a bully, a target of bullying, or both)?
3
Name two forms of indirect bullying.
4
What percentage of bullies acquire a criminal record by the age of 24?
5
List three things you can do if you witness someone else being bullied.
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