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Identity-Based Bullying: Listening to Young People

Tools and Strategies

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Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current EventsAll young people should be able to feel safe, included and respected in their classrooms and schools. Unfortunately, many do not. A recent study of high school students found that nearly four in ten students experienced identity-based bullying or bullying related to an aspect of their identity such as race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or physical appearance. How can we listen and learn from young people about…

March 23, 2024

Youth Speak, Educators Listen

Tools and Strategies

Explore powerful stories from young people who have experienced bias in their school communities.

February 08, 2024

How Tweens Experience Cyberbullying

Tools and Strategies

Illustration of woman gets negative messages on social networks

Engage your family in the conversation about tweens and their experiences in digital spaces and with cyberbullying.

July 06, 2023

Centering Youth Voices: Addressing Identity-Based Bullying

Tools and Strategies

Students walking in and out of a school's front door

Students explore examples based on young people’s real-life experiences of identity-based bullying and identify ways that their school can address and reduce this type of bullying.

May 10, 2023

9 Ideas for Teaching Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Lesson Plan

Use these activities to bring the history, culture and experience of the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) people and community to your classroom.

May 23, 2022

Mini-Lesson: Microaggressions

Tools and Strategies

Short Online Experience to Learn about this Core Topic For Educators | Middle School, High School About the Mini-Lesson What are microaggressions? This mini-lesson will help you to explore what microaggressions are, how they are experienced, and what can be done to address them. ADL's mini-lessons are short, interactive, online lessons for educators to learn about a core ADL topic, theme or activity. Objectives This self-paced micro-lesson will enable you to: Learn…

August 23, 2021

Identity-Based Bullying

Lesson Plan

Bullying is a major problem in our schools. When it targets aspects of a person’s identity, it is called identity-based bullying, and may include bias about appearance, race, culture, gender and gender expression, language, religion, socioeconomic status, disability and sexual orientation. According to the Cyberbullying Research Center (Patchin & Hinduja, 2020), 49.8% of tweens (9 to 12 years old) said they experienced bullying at school and 14.5% of tweens shared they experienced…

June 09, 2014