Digital Identity
Middle School Lessons
Below Are Digital Identity Lessons for Middle School
Week 1 - Be Me!
Choose 2 or more lessons that you think will be best for your students.
From Common Sense Media
Students are introduced to the 24/7, social nature of digital media and technologies, and gain basic vocabulary and knowledge for discussing the media landscape. They make similes about their digital lives and learn that because media connect us in more social and interactive ways than ever before, it is important to carry out online relationships responsibly.
From Common Sense Media
Students review their media habits and the array of media they use on a weekly basis, and reflect on the role of digital media in their lives. Students log the time they spend with different forms of digital media. Students then reflect on the role that digital media play in their lives.
From Google’s Be Internet Awesome
Students pair up and compare pretend secrets to start thinking about zones of privacy.
From Google’s Be Internet Awesome
Students study a collection of personal information about a fictitious character in order to try to deduce things about this person.
From Common Sense Media
Students learn that presenting themselves in different ways online carries both benefits and risks. Students first consider what it means to adopt a different identity online. They complete the lesson by reflecting on the choices they make when they present themselves in different ways online, and the benefits and risks involved in doing so.
From Common Sense Media
Students learn that they have a digital footprint, which can be searched, shared, and seen by a large, invisible audience. Students then learn that they can take some control over their digital footprint based on what they post online. A key message of the lesson is that although online information provides an incomplete picture of a person, it can still affect how others view that person.
From Google’s Be Internet Awesome
Students explore how different types of people—parents, employers, friends, the police— would see the character from the previous activity