Bullying+and+Violence

In the high school Social Studies curriculum, students are required to understand the effects of current events and social issues. Bullying is a very topical issue that rarely gets addressed in depth in traditional classrooms because of the nature of the subject. Since bullying is not a topic found in traditional 9th grade social studies textbooks, the resource file holds the majority of the content students will be exposed to during the unit. In order to incorporate elements of reading and writing, students will be analyzing various forms of text from online newspaper articles, to audio clips, videos, websites, and images. The culmination of the unit will be a student led campaign against bullying. Students will be required to create visual expressions of their understanding of the effects of bullying through Animoto videos, which will eventually be embedded on the school's anti-bullying wikispace page. Through the use of these resources, students will deepen their understanding of the content as well as learn how to use digital tools, images and videos to further enhance learning.

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 * __List of Resources: __**

__**Traditional Text Sources **__

1. Knox, M. (2013, March 09). Bullied to death: Teen’s torment ended in I-85 tragedy. Independent Tribune.
 * Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 7.1
 * Bullied to Death: Teen's torment ended in I-85 tragedy

2. Bergard, M. (2007, November 08). School Shooters Often In Pain, Expert Tells Central Students. The Hartford Courant.
 * Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 10.8
 * School Shooters Often In Pain, Expert Tells Central Students

3. Beals, S. R. (2013, June 07). Pride Patrol Tackles Bullying In Middletown. The Hartford Courant
 * Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.5
 * Pride Patrol Tackles Bullying In Middletown

4. Kalman, I. (2012, January 11). Why Are So Many Kids Committing Bullycide? Retrieved 06 01, 2013, from Psychology Today
 * Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9
 * Why Are So Many Kids Committing Bullycide?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Halligan, J., & Halligan, K. (2010). Ryan's Story. Retrieved 06 10, 2013, from RyanPatrickHalligan
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.2
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ryan's Story

__**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Web Based Sources **__

1. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Koyczan, S. (2013) "To This Day”
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To This Day

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Savage Love LLC. (2010). It Gets Better Project. Retrieved May 25, 2013, from It Gets Better
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.4
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">It Gets Better Website

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. National Bullying Prevention Center. (2013). Pacer Center's Teens Against Bullying. Retrieved June 1, 2013
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Teens Against Bullying

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">4. The Bully Project (2011) About The Bully Project. Retrieved June 1, 2013, from The Bully Project
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.1

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Stop Bullying. Retrieved June 1, 2013, from Stop Bullying
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 10.2
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Stop Bullying

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. Rachel's Challenge Start a Chain Reaction. (n.d) About Rachel. Retrieved June 1, 2013
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8.1
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rachel's Challenge

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. Animoto
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 7


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Unique Sources __**

1. <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Nelson Education. (2013, Nov 26). Bullying Infographics. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from We Inspire Futures
 * <span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Readability - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.9

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">2. media type="youtube" key="L9rTWstWfPU" width="560" height="315" <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Hirsch, L. (Director). (2011). Bully [Motion Picture].
 * <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;"> Bully Movie Trailer MPAA Rating: PG - 13 - Students will watch the entire film, this is just the trailer.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">3. media type="youtube" key="XP4clbHc4Xg" width="560" height="315" <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">McIlrth, T. (2010) Make it Stop September’s Children. On //Endgame// [CD].Fort Collins, Colorado: DGC
 * <span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">"Make it Stop" - Rise Against Music Video
 * <span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Readability - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 1.2 Viewing Content: PG-13

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">4. media type="youtube" key="ltun92DfnPY" width="560" height="315" <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Koyczan, S. (2013) "To This Day"
 * <span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Readability - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 8 - This is an animation video of the spoken word poem, "To This Day."

<span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">5. Nettles Law Firm.(2012, Jan 20). Serious Effects of Bullying Retrieved June 1, 2013 from Nettles Law Firm
 * <span style="color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Readability - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 10.5

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,;">6. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Nelson Education. (2013, Nov 26). Bullying Infographics. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from We Inspire Futures
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Readability - Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 9.9

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- By Angie Singh