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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing - and not just about themselves but each other? Help learners think critically about their digital footprints on...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Device Free Moments

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders learn when it's appropriate to use technology and when it's not, and practice making family rules for device-free time at home. Includes lesson plan, slideshow, student...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Curated Lives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Social media gives us a chance to choose how we present ourselves to the world. We can snap and share a pic in the moment or carefully stage photos and select only the ones we think are best. When students reflect on these choices, they...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: The Power of Digital Footprints

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Our digital footprints can impact our future. What others find about us online shapes how they see us or feel about us. Help your middle schoolers learn about their digital footprint and the steps they can take to shape what others find...
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National Gallery of Art: Heroines & Social Media

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students will learn about Queen Zenobia of Palmyra who led her soldiers to challenge the Roman Empire. Then, they will select another famous heroine from history and create a fictional Facebook profile for her as a form of biography....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying High Quality Sites

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learn how to "test before you trust" the sites and information found on the Web in this lesson plan and student handout from Common Sense Education. Assessing what you find on the Web is an essential skill for today's students. Use this...
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Pbs Learning Media: Booker T. Washington: Orator, Teacher, and Advisor

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through two primary source activities and watching a short video, students will learn about Booker T. Washington's commitment to African American education, and assess his ideas about how to achieve equality for African Americans in the...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: A Creator's Responsibilities: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars reflect on their responsibilities as creators and users of creative work. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
In this lesson, students will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: The Key to Keywords: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches. They compare the number and kinds of sites obtained and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Free membership required.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Keeping Games Fun and Friendly

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Social interaction is part of what makes online gaming so popular and engaging for kids. But online communication can come with some risks. This lesson helps students understand how to keep their gaming experiences fun, healthy, and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Connecting With Digital Audiences

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Code-switching is the action of changing your language, behavior, or appearance based on who you're with or where you are. In this lesson, students will apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: We Are Civil Communicators

For Teachers 11th - 12th
When we talk about our personal beliefs and politics, passions can run high -- especially when we're online. These intense moments can often lead to tit-for-tat insults, or worse. But, if addressed calmly and coolly, they can be an...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Chart It: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn to assess people's intentions and the impact of their words and actions, both positive and negative, in online environments. Requires free membership.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Copyrights and Wrongs: Grades 9 12

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. Requires free membership.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Gender Stereotypes Online: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of gender stereotypes, in both an online and offline context. Students identify and discuss gender stereotypes in the "Dress Up Your Avatar" feature of a kids' virtual world. Free membership required.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Scams and Schemes: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Students learn what identity theft is, what kinds of information identity thieves want, and what can be...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Secret Sharer Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students look beyond protecting their own privacy to respecting the privacy of others online. Students read and analyze case studies about students who have compromised the privacy of someone else online by tagging, copying, and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Strategic Searching: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn that to conduct effective and efficient online searches, they must use a variety of searching strategies rather than relying on a single source. Students learn a five-step method for planning and carrying out an online...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Trillion Dollar Footprint: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn that they have a digital footprint, which can be searched, shared, and seen by a large, invisible audience. They then learn that they can take some control over their digital footprint based on what they post online. They...
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Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, learners explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate discrimination? After...
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Blast Off! Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the STEM lesson plan, learners will watch rocket demonstrations from the teacher Then students will create their own rockets.
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Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Tool Time Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson plan for young scholars to learn about the function of tools. Students will see how the shape of the tool can relate to its function. They will also see how different jobs require different tools.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: A Penny for Your Thoughts, Movies or Music?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The ethical implications of downloading entertainment are huge. Explore this issue with students using this lesson plan. Be sure to include your library media specialist in planning.

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