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Texting and Talking
Texting and Talking
How often do you chat or text with your friends? Every hour? Every day?
How often do you chat or text with your friends? Every hour? Every day?
Refection Questions
Refection Questions
What types of things do you usually message about?
Is it different from what you talk about in person?
What similarities and differences do you notice in how you communicate with friends using devices and in person?
Are there any differences related to frequency?
Watch the video and reflect..
Watch the video and reflect..
How do people say devices and social media affect their friendships?
How do people say devices and social media affect their friendships?
Is it more positive or negative?
Is it more positive or negative?
What were some examples of relationships and communication that felt positive and healthy and ones that do not?
What were some examples of relationships and communication that felt positive and healthy and ones that do not?
Do their experiences match yours? Why, or why not?
Do their experiences match yours? Why, or why not?
Activity
Activity
Friendships and Feelings
Friendships and Feelings
Complete part 1 with a partner. (Make a copy of google doc to fill in sections)
Directions:
Directions:
Complete Part 1 on the Friendships and Feelings worksheet with a partner.
Choose TWO resources listed below and take notes in the Friendships and Feelings worksheet on page 2.
Choose TWO resources to review:
Choose TWO resources to review:
Watch: Frientimacy: The 3 Requirements of All Healthy Friendships (0:00–8:30)
What does the resource say about quality relationships?
What does the resource say about quality relationships?
Here are some examples:
Here are some examples:
"Snapchat Streaks Are Not Friendships"
They should include talking to one another.
They should include people being genuine with each other.
Sending pictures back and forth does not, by itself, make a strong friendship.
Obsessing over streaks can get in the way of enjoying the moment.
"Healthy Vs. Unhealthy Relationships"
Each person supports and encourages the other.
Each person is interested in what the other person has to say.
Disagreements are respectful.
Both people give and take in the relationship.
There is no verbal or physical abuse.
There is no pressuring to do things that someone doesn't want to do.
The relationship makes both people feel good about themselves.
"Frientimacy: The 3 Requirements of All Healthy Friendships"
They feel like a "safety net."
They include a sense of intimacy.
Both people feel seen in the friendship.
Quality friendships have consistency, positivity, and vulnerability.
Do you agree with the key points in this resource? Why, or why not?
Flag it
Flag it
Complete Part 2 in the Friendships and Feelings worksheet.
When something happens in a friendship or relationship that feels uncomfortable, this is a red flag. It is a warning sign that something might be off.
When something happens in a friendship or relationship that feels uncomfortable, this is a red flag. It is a warning sign that something might be off.
Red Flag Feelings
Red Flag Feelings
Red flag feelings occurs when something happens that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious.
It's important to pay attention to this feeling, slow down, pause, and think.
It's important to pay attention to this feeling, slow down, pause, and think.
Directions:
Directions:
Complete Part 2 by reviewing the scenario in the Friendships and Feelings worksheet
Use the IDENTIFY | FEEL | IMAGINE | SUGGEST activity to brainstorm possible strategies for navigating a potentially unhealthy relationship and take notes.
Identify
Identify
Feel
Feel
Imagine
Imagine
Suggest
Suggest
Optional Extension Activity:
Optional Extension Activity:
Write and perform an ode-to-healthy-friendships poem. You can review "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda to see an example. Record a video and share with a family member, teacher or friend.
Lesson Quiz
Lesson Quiz
Family Tips
Family Tips
Digital Citizenship Family Activity:
Digital Citizenship Family Activity:
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