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Class levels 5-6

Course planning

Learning unit 1 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Before starting the class 2-3 min. Presentation of the topic Didactic teaching Positive to surprising acceptance of a current topic Presentation
Explanation of cyberbullying 10 min. Explanation of the concept by drawing on the blackboard
  • For this purpose draw a cloud and write the word “cyberbullying” inside. Students create a mind map, using brainstorming.
  • Conversation during the lesson
  • Drawing on the blackboard/mind map brainstorming
Possible answers
Insult, threaten, isolate, discredit, Internet, cellphone/smartphone, posting photos/videos, social networks
Helpful questions:
→ Where and how does it happen?
  • Blackboard
  • Information sheet (optionally)
Differences between bullying and cyberbullying 5-10 min. The students compare face-to-face bullying and cyberbullying and find differences Conversation during the lesson The students show much more experience and common knowledge than the teacher had supposed The teacher shows empathy to the stories shared by the students
Sample video 5-10 min. Sample video watching
Direction: Please check the availability of the videos, they may not be online any more!
Video The teacher shows the video Computer & projector, video clip
Video analysis 15 min. Discussion about the content of the video:
  • Perpetrators and impacts as well as reactions provoked by cyberbullying
Conversation during the lesson
  • Long time conditions
  • Isolation, suicidal thoughts
Speak about the emotional element of the video. Lead the conversation through the target-oriented questions about the perpetrators, impact and reactions provoked by cyberbullying or that are possible for victims and bystanders. Notes on the blackboard (optional)

Learning unit 2 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Review 5 min. Review of the most important content from lesson 1 (especially the definitions of the concepts) Conversation during the lesson Active participation Leading of conversation through target-oriented questions
Personal experience of the students 5 min. Personal life experience of students is being asked and applied Conversation during the lesson Anxiety and insecurity, willingness to tell stories
  • Speak about the emotional element of the video
  • Showing empathy
Personal experience of the students
Elaboration phase 1
Reaction training for victims and bystanders
20 min. Finding opportunities for victims and bystanders (classmates) to react to. Classroom discussion based on the stories The students should stick to the particular statement and stay on one side (right or left side of the rope) The teacher manages the process with the statements:
  • The students should make a decision
  • The students should express their opinion
Rope and statements
Legal aspects 15 min. The students should know the legal aspects. Begin with guesses, then learn the rights and violations. Group work, info sheet. Alternatively: consult a lawyer.
  • Insecurity, almost no conscience of illegality
  • Surprising results
→ Is this allowed?
Clarifying of legal questions: presence of a crime, right to ownership of an image and others.
  • The conversation is provoked by questions about the legal aspects.
  • The teacher gives directions concerning the group work
Slides / projector / worksheet
→ This task wil be continued in Unit 3

Learning unit 3 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Legal aspects → Continuation of the task from Unit 2
15 min. The students should know the legal aspects. Begin with guesses, then learn the rights and violations. Group work, info sheet. Alternatively: consult a lawyer.
  • Insecurity, almost no conscience of illegality
  • Surprising results
→ Is this allowed?
Clarifying of legal questions: presence of a crime, right to ownership of an image and others.
  • The conversation is provoked by questions about the legal aspects.
  • The teacher gives directions concerning the group work
Slides / projector / worksheet
Sample video 10 min. Movie: Direction: Please check the availability of the videos, they may not be online any more! Video Anxiety - uncertainty Lead an analysis of the movie with the knowledge acquired so far Video
Elaboration phase 2 15 min. The content of the movie is discussed according to particular criteria (consequences, impacts, opportunities for action for all the participants) Conversation during the lesson Active participation Stimulating the students to express their opinions and to make guesses Blackboard

Learning unit 4 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Confirmation of the results 20 min. Working in groups, the students write down the most significant lessons from the learning stages and complete them:
  • Reaction options for victims and
  • Reaction options for bystanders/classmates
  • Willingness of teachers to act
  • Willingness of parents to act
Rotating group work
(each group has 3 min. for each poster/task)
The students collect options for reaction in the case of cyberbullying and write them on prepared posters The teacher provides assistance devising options, if necessary Posters
Presentation 25 min. The students present their posters with reaction options for the victims, bystanders, teachers and parents Presentations Concrete options for action are presented The teacher accompanies the presentation and offers to hang up the posters in the classroom. Presentations

Learning unit 5 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Short reflection 10 min. Reflection on the most important and impressive lessons from the previous units. Any questions that remain are answered. Conversation during the lesson Active participation Stimulating the conversation with questions
Creative action development 35 min. The students develop a plan against cyberbullying in their school Working in groups Ideas are collected - active participation The teacher supports the ideas Posters

Learning unit 6 (45 min.)

Topic / Learning phase Time Basic content (What?) Action/social form Methodological instructions (Who acts how?) Media / material
Expected students' behavior Teacher's activities
Presentation in front of the school management 20 min. Presentation of the creative phase Presentations Students present their ideas confidently The teacher and the school management appreciate the diversity of students' ideas Posters
Discussion 15 min. Discussion with the school management about the implementation of the ideas
  • Discussion
  • Conversation during the lesson
Students' requests to the school management The teachers decide how to implement the ideas in the school “We against Cyberbullying”
Feedback 10 min. Fill the feedback forms
  • Each student receives a feedback form
Individual work Copies from the feedback forms for each student
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