Educational worksheet to identify conflict vs. bullying in school settings.

Let’s go through each situation one by one and decide if it’s conflict or bullying.

First, remember:
- Conflict is when two or more people have a disagreement — it can be fair, and both sides might be upset or wrong.
- Bullying is when someone hurts, scares, or leaves out another person on purpose — often because they’re stronger, more popular, or want power. It’s repeated and not fair.

Now let’s look at each case:

1. Jill doesn’t like Jessica and spreads stories about her to friends, telling her friends why.
- This is spreading rumors to hurt someone’s reputation.
- It’s not a disagreement — it’s one person trying to make others turn against Jessica.
- That’s bullying.

2. Penny and someone starts an argument.
- An argument is usually a back-and-forth disagreement.
- Both people are involved and can argue back.
- That’s conflict.

3. Parks isn’t speaking to Donald because Donald accidentally broke his bike in gym class.
- Parks is mad because something was broken — but it was an accident.
- There’s no intent to hurt or control.
- This is a disagreement over what happened — so it’s conflict.

4. Tina has a sleepover and invites all her friends except for Sarah.
- Leaving someone out on purpose, especially repeatedly, can be emotional bullying.
- If Tina does this to make Sarah feel left out or hurt, it’s bullying.
- Even if it’s just once, excluding someone intentionally to hurt them counts as bullying.

5. A group of students call Katherine names and trip her in the hallways.
- Calling names AND tripping someone? That’s physical and verbal harm.
- Doing it in public, repeatedly (hallways), and targeting one person — definitely bullying.

Final Answer:
1. Bullying
2. Conflict
3. Conflict
4. Bullying
5. Bullying