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Computing · Stage 3

Be an Upstander

Thinking It Through · kindness online — help kindly when someone is treated badly online

✦ Computing📘 Stage 3 · S3⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 7–8★ Free to start
I can help kindly when someone is treated badly online.
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Kavi Sees a Mean Comment

Kavi was watching a video when a friend, Pip, posted a drawing. Then someone left a mean comment: "That is so ugly!" Other owls just watched and did nothing — they were bystanders. Pip looked sad. Kavi's tummy felt funny. "I don't like this," Kavi thought. So Kavi did not join in or laugh. Instead Kavi sent Pip a kind message — "I love your drawing, Pip! That comment wasn't fair" — and told a trusted grown-up about the mean words. Pip smiled again. "You helped me," said Pip. When you stand up and help kindly instead of just watching, you are an upstander.

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What your child will learn

1A bystander watches — an upstander helpsWhen someone is treated badly online, you can just watch, or you can help kindly. Tap each card to see the difference.
2Four kind things an upstander can doYou don't have to fix everything or be mean back. An upstander helps in kind, safe ways. Tap each one to see how it helps.
3Does this help kindly, or make it worse?Some choices help the person who was treated badly. Others make things worse, or just leave the person alone. Tap the right box for each one.
4Someone is being teased — what do you do?Kavi sees a friend being teased with mean comments online. The other owls are just watching. Predict the kind, upstander thing to do, then reveal.
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A peek inside

Pip sees a mean comment on a friend's photo and just keeps scrolling without helping. Is Pip being an upstander or a bystander?
an upstander helps kindly; a bystander only watches and does nothing

Try this at home: Someone who stands up and helps kindly when another person is treated badly online is called an ____.

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