Finding Balance in a Digital World

Lesson Overview and Teacher Lesson Plan

Essential Question:

How do we balance digital media use in our lives?

Students will be able to:

Reflect on their common online and offline activities.
Analyze and prioritize the activities that are most important to them.
Identify ways to "unplug" to maintain balance between online and offline activities.

Estimated time: 45 min

Lesson Snapshot:

Warm-Up: It's a Digital World! (10 min)
Reflect: My Online and Offline Life (15 min)
Apply: Balance It Out (15 min)
Wrap-Up: Finding Media Balance ( 5 min)

What you need:

Blank paper

Quick Links to Lesson Resources:

Lesson Slides

Video: Digital Life 101

Student Handout: Online, Offline - Student version

Student Handout: Balancing Act - Student version

Lesson Quiz - Student version - Teacher version

Take-home Resources:

Family tips

Family activity

Family engagement resource

Standards Alignment :

Common Core ELA:

L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.2.B, L.6.3, L.6.3.A, L.6.3.B, L.6.4, L.6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.1a, SL.6.1b, SL.6.1c, SL.6.1d, SL.6.2, SL.6.3, SL.6.4, SL.6.6, W.6.4, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.10

ISTE:

2a, 2b

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