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= **Transdisciplinary Themes** =

** How we express ourselves **
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

=**Essential Agreement**=


 * Listen to the ideas of others
 * Be honest in our work (includes citing resources)
 * Be inclusive
 * Share thinking with group members so everyone agrees
 * Work to the best of our abilities – put in a good effort
 * Share the workload evenly
 * Stay focussed on our work when it’s time to work
 * Set deadlines and meet deadlines

= **Group Name and Members** = Documentary: **Emma**, Rhea, Lilly, Noah, Toby and Maia

= **Central Idea** = Documentaries can help people understand the causes and effects of bullying throughout different stages of life and raise awareness to help the victims of bullying.

= **Formulating questions** = 1.How does bullying affect people throughout different ages? 2.Why do people bully? 3.How can you deal with bullying? 4.Why are people scared to stand up to bullies? 5.How can documentaries raise awareness for bullying?

= **Lines of Inquiry** = <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">1.Bullying affects people throughout different ages <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">2.Why people bully <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">3.What do do when you're being bullied <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">4.Why people are scared to stand up to bullies <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">5.Why documentaries raise awareness for bullying

= **Key Concepts** = <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">1.change <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">2.causation <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">3.responsibility <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">4.causation <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">5.change

=**Research**=

Using the resources provided and your own experience, define what bullying means to you.
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Bullying is when one person is mean to another person in an attempt to make themselves feel bigger or stronger or more powerful than the victim. There are many ways of bullying, the most common ones are cyberbullying (online, texting, virtual games, e-mail), verbal (teasing, spreading rumours, sarcasm, name-calling, threatening), physical ( hitting, shoving, stealing, unwanted sexual touching) and social (mobbing, excluding, ganging up on someone, scapegoating). Bullies think they won't get caught because the victims are too scared to stand up to them or tell an adult. This is why bullying is an ongoing problem.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does bullying affect people throughout different stages of their life?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Bullying is very different throughout different stages of their lives. In kindergarten the bullying would just be not sharing and teasing. In Grade 5 it might be pushing and punching, spreading rumours or excluding. In high school it might be cyber-bullying, excluding and spreading very bad rumours. Bullying doesn't have to happen within the school yard, it can follow kids home. Some examples are cyber bullying or even child abuse. Child abuse is where the child's parents abuse them. Some examples of child abuse are hitting, starving or sexually abusing the child. There are many reasons an adult might abuse a child such as, mental illnesses caused by drugs or not wanting their child. Their is also elder abuse. Elder abuse is where people take advantage of an elder. They might want their money and pretend to be their grandchildren if the elder has a mental illness. They might also lock them in a room because they don't want to deal with them. This is how bullying affects people throughout different stages of their lives.

Why do people bully?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Bullies bully because of many reasons. Here are a few examples: low self-esteem, things going on at home, things they learn from television or things they see at home or wanting to have power over the victim. They might also bully because they are jealous of the victim. Bullies bully because they want to make the other person feel small so they can feel powerful and good about themselves. Bullies will not feel good if someone stands up to them because they won't feel powerful anymore.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How can you deal with bullying?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Bullies bully people because they think the victims will be too scared to stand up to them, but if the victim stands up to them than the bullying is proven to stop within ten seconds, here are a few things to do when you're getting bullied:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-"Can you please stop, I don't like what you're doing" <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-"Why do you care" <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- use sarcasm <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- don't bully them back (it tells them that their bullying is working) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- react assertively, not passively

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">If you have stood up to the bully but it's still not stopping, a good idea would be to tell an adult you trust, such as a guidance counsellor, a teacher or your parent.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How can documentaries raise awareness for bullying?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Documentaries can raise awareness for bullying in many ways. It can show people the realities of bullying and how bad they really are, they can show people what other people think of bullying and they can show how to deal with bullying. All these reasons raise awareness for bullying because they show the effects of bullying. That raises awareness for bullying because once people see the effects, they want to help. If people want to end bullying, the bullies will stop because people are standing up to them. This is how documentaries can raise awareness for bullying.

**Victims to bullies**
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Victims can be bullies too. Pretend Leah was mean to Sarah. Sarah gets really mad and when she goes home her little neighbour wants to play with her. Sarah said no and pushes her. Victims are sometimes bullies because they are mad about being bullied and they want to feel powerful instead of weak

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Relational Bullying **
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Relational bullying is when a bully tries to hurt a victim by hurting their relationship with someone. They can do this by spreading rumours and telling nasty lies. They can also try to turn the victim's friend against her, excluding the victim or making a friend just so they can hurt the victim.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does bullying make someone feel? **
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Bullying can make someone feel many different ways. Some examples are: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Victims will feel these different feelings through different types of bullying. Physical bullying might make someone feel angry or sick while cyber-bullying might make someone feel lonely or confused.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">shy
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">confused
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">suicidal
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">angry
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">lonely
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">sick
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">tired
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">nausea
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">wanting to be left alone

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cliques and bulllying
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A clique is a small group of friends. Usually there is a group of girls in a popular clique. There are other cliques that are often formed around a common interest such as music or basketball. A popular clique tends to be exclusive and sets rules for who can and can't belong in the clique. This is bullying. Cliques are often in middle school years. This can make your school life very stressfull.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When your friends with a bully
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A lot of girls think life would be a lot better if they were popular but bullying is often worse when you are popular. Sometimes popular girls bully outsiders but they usually bully girls within their clique, the girls that are supposed to be their friends. Cliques usually set rules for how you have to behave. If you don't follow their rules, you can become a target of bullying.

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullying **
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Cyberbullying is a form of bullying. Here are a few examples of cyberbullying:

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Mean e-mails or IMs <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Web pages to make fun of someone <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-People pretending to be someone else online <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Embarassing someone through pictures or videos <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Forwarding private e-mails <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Behaving rudely in online groups <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Through online voting sites <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Cyber-stalking

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Cyberbullying is really another form of relational bullying because you can't hurt someone physically with a computer but you can hurt their feelings. There are some differences between cyberbullying and ordinary bullying, here are some: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-The internet makes it easier for the bullies to stay anonymus <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-It happens much more often because no one is watching them <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">-Cyberbullying is quick and easy

=**Discussion Questions**=

How have you researched your exhibition project?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I usually used websites on bullying because they all have different things like how to stand up to a bully. I also used newspaper articles because they really show the reality of bullying and how it can get really serious. I also used my own experiences with bullying because I've been bullied a lot and I have a good understanding of bullying. I sometimes used books but not that often because I didn't find them very helpful.

Discuss areas of success and areas that have been a challenge.
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A few areas that have been a success was the project proposal. It was an area of success because we all agreed and we already knew exactly what we needed, what our responsibilities were, and how our project was connected to our central idea. Another area of success was the why do people bully question because we all have been bullied and we had a good understanding of why people bully others, so it didn't take long to answer that question. An area that has been a challenge was the central idea because we all wanted a different central idea. It was hard to make one that everyone agreed on.

Explain the making of your film, from pre-production to post-production.
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">The first thing we had to do was figure out who we were going to interview and which grade someone would do. The second thing we had to do was think of questions we were going to ask the students. Then we had to tell the kids and send home letters to their parents. Once we got the permission forms back, we started interviewing them. After that, we took a trip to the Upper School to learn how to use the editing software, Final Cut Pro. We edited and eventually we finished. In the middle of all this, we went on our exhibition wikis to reasearch bullying to become experts. Currently we are working on the final touches on our video and then we will be rehearsing and making powerpoints for the beginning of our presentation.

What have you learned about bullying through the course of the exhibition process?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I've learned what many different people think about bullying and how bullying affects people through different stages of their lives. I have also learned the effects of bullying, many different types of bullying, how you can deal with bullying and why bullies bully. I've learned a lot about bullying and I'm glad we chose to focus on bullying.

Has working on the exhibition changed your outlook on bullying, bullies or those that are bullied? Discuss.
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Yes, before the exhibition I thought that bullying was just teasing and name-calling and that it wasn't that big of a problem. Now I know that bullying is a really serious problem that a lot of people have to live with. I now know that bullies bully because of a certain cause (for example, things they see at home). I also now feel really bad that I never have stood up to bullies bullying other people because now I know that victims of bullying don't want to stand up to the bullies because they are scared of what will happen if they do.

What skills have you developed over the course of the exhibition //(research, communication, organization, etc.)//
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I have developed my research skill because over the course of the exhibition I had to do a lot of research on bullying. I had to look at websites, books, newspaper articles etc. Now research is easy for me because I know how to get the information I need to collect. I have also developed my editing skill because before I started editing I thought it would be really hard and that I wouldn't understand anything. When I first started editing I gave it a chance and I found it very simple once I new how to get titles and edit the sound on the videos.

=**Film making**=

What is your project?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A documentary where we interview kids from different grades and adults and get their opinion on bullying.

How is your project connected to your central idea?
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Our project is connected to our central idea because we want to raise awareness for bullying so kids will be encouraged to stand up to bullies.

What are your responsibilities for your project
<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">My responsibilities are:
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Interviewing the Grade 4's
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Filming Toby when he is interviewing Grade 2's
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Helping my group edit our video
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Helping my group present our project at the exhibition
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Coming up with a theme song

What resources will you need?
=Bibliography=
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A tripod (IT)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A Camera (MR. H)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">The Inquiry Lab booked for 1 or 2 days (Ms. Charron)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">iPad (IT)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">We need to be in fancy clothes (dresses for girls, t-shirt and jeans or suit for boys) (from home)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Spare time (we need to be able to skip classes) (all of our teachers)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Kids (teachers and parents)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Script (us)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Green Screen

BOOKS

Last Name, First Name || Copyright Date © || Title || Publisher ||
 * Author/s or Editor/s
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Golus, Carrie || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">2009 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Take a Stand! || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Lerner Publishing Group Inc. ||

ONLINE DATABASES / ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Last Name, First Name || Title of Database / Encyclopedia || Date website visited Day/Month/Year ||
 * Title of article || Author

WEBSITES

Last Name, First Name || Date website visited Day/Month/Year ||
 * Title of web page || URL || Author
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">BullyingCanada.ca || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">[] ||  || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">30/4/12 ||

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Day/Month/Year || Pages ||
 * Author - Last Name, First Name || Title of Article || Title of Newspaper || Date of Article
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Doucette, Chris || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">'Just give me a knife' || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> The Toronto Sun || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">13/9/11 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">75 ||
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Dimanno, Rosie || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Boy couldn't survive bullying || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Toronto Star || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">8/2/12 || <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">A1, A2 ||