{"id":179,"date":"2026-03-26T18:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/chapter\/witnessing-online-meanness-and-cruelty-moral-dilemmas-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:59:36","slug":"witnessing-online-meanness-and-cruelty-moral-dilemmas-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/chapter\/witnessing-online-meanness-and-cruelty-moral-dilemmas-2\/","title":{"raw":"Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Moral Dilemmas","rendered":"Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Moral Dilemmas"},"content":{"raw":"Have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/exploringstudentwrdsb\/chapter\/witnessing-online-meanness-and-cruelty-moral-dilemmas\/\">Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Moral Dilemmas<\/a>, or share it on a digital projector or digital whiteboard.\r\n\r\nHave them watch the video and then answer the questions in the Cornell Notes interactive activity. When they have written their answers,\u00a0 take up the questions with the class:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Facts and Principles:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What are the relevant <strong>facts<\/strong> in this scenario?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What <strong>moral principles<\/strong> are in conflict?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>Challenge question: <\/em>The <strong>top reason<\/strong> Canadian kids give for being mean or cruel online is that they did it to <strong>get back at someone<\/strong> for something that target did to them or to a friend. Does that change what you think about online meanness and cruelty?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Variables:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nThink of at least <strong>one new detail<\/strong> that might change how you see things.\r\n\r\n<em>Challenge question: <\/em>Can you think of a situation where your <strong>relationship <\/strong>with Jody, Khalil or Aaron might change what you think was the right thing to do?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Options:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nList at least three different things you can do that might make things better.\r\n\r\nIdentify which of those you think is the <strong>best <\/strong>choice and explain why, giving at least two reasons.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/exploringstudentwrdsb\/chapter\/witnessing-online-meanness-and-cruelty-moral-dilemmas\/\">Witnessing Online Meanness and Cruelty: Moral Dilemmas<\/a>, or share it on a digital projector or digital whiteboard.<\/p>\n<p>Have them watch the video and then answer the questions in the Cornell Notes interactive activity. When they have written their answers,\u00a0 take up the questions with the class:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Facts and Principles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>What are the relevant <strong>facts<\/strong> in this scenario?<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>moral principles<\/strong> are in conflict?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Challenge question: <\/em>The <strong>top reason<\/strong> Canadian kids give for being mean or cruel online is that they did it to <strong>get back at someone<\/strong> for something that target did to them or to a friend. Does that change what you think about online meanness and cruelty?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Variables:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Think of at least <strong>one new detail<\/strong> that might change how you see things.<\/p>\n<p><em>Challenge question: <\/em>Can you think of a situation where your <strong>relationship <\/strong>with Jody, Khalil or Aaron might change what you think was the right thing to do?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Options:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>List at least three different things you can do that might make things better.<\/p>\n<p>Identify which of those you think is the <strong>best <\/strong>choice and explain why, giving at least two reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-179","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":175,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/179\/revisions\/492"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/175"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/179\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/explore-teacher-wrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}