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Bullying, discrimination and reporting

Bullying is repeated behaviour intended to hurt, where there is a power imbalance. Recognising it precisely makes it easier to report clearly.

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Recognise bullying, discrimination and harassment, and know how to report them

Key learning points

  • • What counts
  • • Bystanders matter
  • • Reporting well

This lesson at a glance

  • 20 minutes
  • 16 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

bullyingdiscriminationharassmentreportcounts

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Watch first

Bullying, discrimination and reporting

An English teaching video on this topic from TED-Ed. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Recognise bullying, discrimination and harassment, and know how to report them

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · What counts

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

What counts

Physical, verbal, social exclusion and online bullying all count. Harassment is unwanted behaviour that violates someone's dignity. Discrimination is unfair treatment because of a protected characteristic such as race, religion, disability, sex or sexual orientation — that one is against the law under the Equality Act 2010.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Bystanders matter

Doing nothing is not neutral, because silence reads as agreement to the person doing it. Safe options include not laughing, checking in with the person afterwards, and reporting. You do not have to confront anyone to help.

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Quick check

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Quick check

What makes behaviour bullying?

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which is unlawful discrimination?

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Reset break

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Reporting well

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Reporting well

Write down what happened, when, where and who saw it. Keep screenshots. Report to a trusted adult, and if nothing changes, report again and higher. Persistent recording turns 'I feel picked on' into evidence someone can act on.

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Quick check

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Quick check

What is a safe bystander action?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What makes a report easier to act on?

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Explore the idea

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Worked example

Worked example: turning an incident into a report

Vague: 'They are always horrible to me online.' Clear: 'On 3 and 5 March, in the group chat, two people posted edited photos of me and eleven people saw them. I have screenshots.' The second version gives dates, place, who was involved and evidence — everything an adult needs to act.

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Challenge round

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Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Challenge round

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Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

Physical, verbal, social exclusion and online ____ all count.

____ is unwanted behaviour that violates someone's dignity.

____ is unfair treatment because of a protected characteristic such as race, religion, disability, sex or sexual orientation — that one is against the law under the Equality Act 2010.

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Bullying, discrimination and reporting

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. What makes behaviour bullying?

  2. 2. Which is unlawful discrimination?

  3. 3. What is a safe bystander action?

  4. 4. What makes a report easier to act on?

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Lesson round-up

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Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

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Points this lesson

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0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

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Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Case study

The group chat

Ellie is added to a class group chat with twenty-six people in it. At first it is jokes and homework questions. Then someone screenshots a private message from a girl in another class and posts it. Several people laugh. Two people leave the chat. Ellie says nothing, and feels bad about it that evening.

The next day the girl is off school. A teacher asks the class about the chat. Nobody wants to be the one who tells.

Staying silent can feel like the safest choice in the moment. It also leaves the person who was hurt on their own.

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Reading questions

  1. What choices did Ellie have at the moment the screenshot was posted?
  2. Who could she tell, and what would each of them be able to do?
  3. Write what you would do in this situation and why, in 6–8 sentences.

  • Thinking it through

    Writing

    Write what you would do in this situation, who you would ask, and why.

    6–8 sentences

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