Countering Bullying and Harassment: Skill-Based Lessons to Move from Bystander to Ally is created for grades six through ten. Written by Jane Harrison, a veteran ESR trainer and author with years of experience in the classroom, Countering Bullying and Harassment is a "read-it-today, use-it-tomorrow" resource with practical tips and strategies for implementation. The lessons in Countering Bullying and Harassment lead to a greater recognition and understanding about bullying and harassment in middle and high schools. This curriculum provides an essential, practical set of tools that help young people learn what bullying is, how to recognize when it's happening, and skills and strategies to move from bystander to effective ally to support people who are the targets of bullying and harassment. Countering Bullying and Harassment: Skill-Based Lessons to Move from Bystander to Ally includes: Six practical and sequenced lessons per grade level An engaging format with easy-to-follow instructions A variety of activity types including games, role-plays, cooperative learning, and selections from stories written by teens experiencing real-life bullying and harassment situations Lesson-by-lesson correlation to The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Competencies, which include: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, responsible decision making, and relationship skills Alignment with Common Core standards for English Language Arts including reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and media and technology Appendices on cyberbullying, teaching and learning strategies, and peer education as an effective strategy to promote school climate change and prevent harassment Author Jane Harrison adapted previously developed lessons created for ESR professional services work and added significant new content to create a curriculum suitable for the specific issues related to the kinds of bullying and harassment that adolescents are likely to face. Countering Bullying and Harassment: Skill-Based Lessons to Move from Bystander to Ally addresses a critical need in the marketplace; though there is much available related to bullying, there is a dearth of material both focused on middle and high school students and created with awareness of the time constraints that today's educators face. Read Less