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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.
 * __Bullying __**
 * Transdisciplinary Themes **
 * How we express ourselves **

//Musical: // Matthew, Anitra, David, Olivia
 * 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 focused on our work when it’s time to work
 * Set deadlines and meet deadlines
 * Group Name and Members **

Musicals can reach out to people and help them understand bullying, and how we can help people that are being bullied.
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Central Idea **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Causation
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Formulating questions **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why do people bully? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What should you do if you see someone being bullied? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How does bullying affect other people? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How will our Musical raise awareness to stop bullying? **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Lines of Inquiry **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reasons why people bully **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What you do when you see someone being bullied **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How bullying affects other people **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How our musical will raise awareness to stop bullying **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Key Concepts **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Responsibility

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Connection

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Change

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">To me, bullying means someone physically or verbally hurting someone else. It can also mean someone hurting someone online, for example insulting or threatening someone. Bullying is purposely hurting someone. Bullying can make people feel sad, ashamed, annoyed, mad, or even shy.
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Research **
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Using the resources provided and your own experience, define what bullying means to you. **


 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Reasons why people bully **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> There are many reasons why people bully. Sometimes the bully has been bullied at some other place or time in their life. People bully because it makes them feel superior to others. People bully to get attention. People bully because they think it will make them popular, or that it’s a way to fit in. Of course, bullying doesn't make someone popular or cool. It just makes them mean. Bullies are insecure. They try not to show it by being mean to others, before others can be mean to them. People bully because they are scared or sad about something, and they take their feelings out on others.


 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What you should do when you see someone being bullied **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> //Stand up, don't stand by.// Refuse to join in the bullying and don't just sit back and watch. The bully wants an audience. You give bullies power when you watch. Help the person who is being bullied by leading them away from the bully without looking at the bully. If you need to, get help from an adult, or even yell for help. Don't try to fight the bully physically or verbally. No matter how strong the temptation, you shouldn't fight the bully. Fighting the bully will make the situation worse for everyone.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Make sure the person who is being bullied tells an adult. Trust that the victim is telling the truth, and listen to what they have to say. Offer to go with them if you think it will help. If they don't want to go, offer to go to someone they trust for them. Involve as many people as you can. That includes classmates or other friends, parents, teachers, guidance councillors and the principal. People can stand up for each other by telling bullies to stop teasing and/or hurting somebody else.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Be a friend to someone who is being bullied. People who are being bullied would love a friend. Walk with them to school or to lunch, or wherever you think they might meet the bully. Look out for people who are new to your school, or people who just always seem to be alone. Treat others the way you want to be treated. If you see someone being bullied, stick up for them. Everyone has the right to be respected by their peers, and everyone has the responsibility to respect others.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Did you know that 85% percent of the time peers are present when bullying occurs? Bullies feed on attention, so don't give them any. The more attention they get, the more powerful they get. Bullies like showing others how tough they look, so they almost always have an audience when being mean. //Don’t be that audience.//


 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">How our musical will raise awareness to stop bullying **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> We chose to write a musical because music reaches out to people, and they are entertained by it. I think people (especially kids,) like learning about things when there is a story, rather than just a bunch of facts. Music also helps to tell the story. You see, a story grabs people’s attention. A good story grabs people's attention and keeps it. Most stories that make the news are written by adults. But our exhibition was written by kids.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">We wrote a song about a boy named Mitchell Wilson. The song is about his life story. It includes everything important from when he was born, up until his suicide, which was the result of bullying. It also includes in the chorus what he could have done instead of killing himself. I think that should help raise awareness, because it's real life. People will see examples we have made up and they will see issues that have actually happened. Most importantly, people will see that if you go too far, the unthinkable really can happen. Bullying occurs most often in kids and teenagers. So why not hear about it from kids themselves? Also, if a bully watches our musical, they might realize that what they are doing is wrong, and that they should stop.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> **How bullying affects other people**

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> //Bullying doesn't just affect victims//. It can affect the victim’s friends. They may see their friend being bullied and they may become scared of the bully. They may desert their friend. Worst of all, they may gang up on the victim and become a bully themselves.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> It may affect the bully's family. The bully may be used to feeling superior while they are bullying, and they may boss around their parents or siblings.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">The victim may act strangely around their family. The family might start to wonder, and get stressed or argue about it.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">It frightens other people when they see the bullying.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">I have researched this exhibition through books, websites and, an article. There is a website that is extremely helpful. It is called bullying.org. It tells you why people bully, what you should do if you see someone being bullied, what you should do if you are bullying others, and many more answers to many more questions.
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Discussion Questions **
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">How have you researched your exhibition project? Discuss areas of success and areas that have been a challenge for you. **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> The areas of success were when we printed off articles from //__Huffington Post__// and //__Toronto Sun__// telling us about the tragic story of Mitchell W//ilson//. It was amazing to find out that people take their lives because of bullying//.// We wrote a song about Mitchell’s story complete with 5 verses and 5 choruses. Another area of success was picking our roles. I thought it would take arguing and a lot of time//.// But no, it was quite simple. We dealt with it quickly and without much compromises needed. I was quite pleased with that.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> An area of difficulty was filming. It took longer than we thought it would, because it turned out that there were a lot of last minute issues that we didn't realize we had to take care of. We had to help each other learn our lines. We eventually got it done though. Another area of difficulty was writing the script. It was hard because we didn't know where we were going with it at first. Then we added another whole new idea, and that took our script on an entirely different road.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">We started out by deciding on a topic. That topic is bullying. When our group decided to do a musical, we wrote a script. It took a long time because we had to think for a while, and then come to a consensus on where the story was going to go. Then, we wrote the songs. After that, we had to decide on our roles. Once we had that agreed on, we had to start filming. Mr. Hewgill and Ms. Lai took care of the camera. (It took longer than we thought it would.)
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Explain the making of your film, from pre-production to post-production. **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Then we started editing. Everyone in our group wanted to edit, but only 2 people could edit at once, so we compromised and took turns.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> In art class we made posters to advertise our musical. We plan to put them up around the school.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">The exhibition was a lot of work, but we got some hilarious bloopers while we were filming. Over all, it was a great learning experience.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">I have learned many things about bullying over the course of the exhibition. I have learned about all the different types of bullying- everything from cyber-bullying to physical bullying to verbal bullying. I have also learned about why people bully, what you should do if you are bullying people, what you should do if you are being bullied, what you should do if you see someone else being bullied.
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What have you learned about bullying through the course of the exhibition process? **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Yes. I think the thing that changed my outlook the most was learning about bully victims. I had no idea that people could be bullies and victims. It changed my outlook because, I have never felt sympathy for bullies, but now I do. I'm really glad we chose bullying for our exhibition. I never knew there was so much to learn about bullying.
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Has working on the exhibition changed your outlook on bullying, bullies or those that are bullied? Discuss. **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">The skills I have developed the most over the course of the exhibition are: research, organization, time management and working in a group.
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What skills have you developed over the course of the exhibition //(research, communication, organization, etc?)// **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">I learned how to research because we have wikis, and I have learned how to gather important facts from websites and books.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;"> I have learned about organization because we had a binder that was always messy, and I could never find anything in it. I also had to keep our files on the computers very organized or else everything would be a mess, and I don't know what I would do.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">I have learned about time management because we started the exhibition months ago, and I never thought we would have to work this hard for this long, so it has taught me to work hard right from the beginning, so that I won't be rushing around to do everything at the end when I don't have much time left.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">I have learned how to work in a group. Sometimes you have to help people in your group, and sometimes they have to help you. Sometimes we have to go off and do our own jobs, and the whole group relies on you to do your part. When one person doesn’t do their job, everyone gets stressed, and we all try to help that one person, forgetting our jobs. In future when I am working in groups, I will look back on this and remember to plan ahead.

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">We are making a musical about bullying. Hopefully, it will help raise awareness to prevent bullying in future. It's a huge problem, and it needs to stop.
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 26.6667px;">Film making **
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Project Proposal **
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What is your project? **

<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Our central idea is about reaching out to people who are being bullied. Musicals can help do that. We are writing a musical for our exhibition. Our musical is about bullying, so it relates directly to the central idea. Our goal is to help raise awareness to stop bullying. Our musical brings us one step closer to it.
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">How is your project connected to your central idea? **


 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What are your responsibilities for your project? **
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">writing the script
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">writing the songs
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">editing
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">costumes
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">props
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">making posters to advertise our musical


 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">What resources will you need? **
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">green screen
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">props
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">costumes
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">computer
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">camera
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">i pad
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">inquiry lab
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">tripod
 * <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">Art tools (paper, pencils, markers, etc.)

=Bibliography=

BOOKS Last Name, First Name || Copyright Date © || Title || Publisher ||
 * Author/s or Editor/s
 * Golus, Carrie || 2009 || Take a Stand || Lerner Publications Company ||

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
 * bullying.org || http://www.bullying.org/htm/main.cfm?content=1059#q13 || Bill Belsey || May 8, 2012 ||
 * bullyingcanada.ca || http://www.bullyingcanada.ca/index.php ||  || May 8, 2012 ||
 * Stand Up 2 Bullying || http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=24700&tid=108 ||  || May 10, 2012 ||

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE Day/Month/Year || Pages ||
 * Author - Last Name, First Name || Title of Article || Title of Newspaper || Date of Article
 * || "Mitchell Wilson suicide: Boy's death raises Bullying Concerns" || Huffington Post || 20/05/2012 ||  ||
 * Michele Mandel || Boy bullied to death dad says || Toronto Sun || September 22, 2011 ||  ||