Digital Citizenship

Lessons with Videos


All lesson plans provided are from Common Sense Media, a NYCDOE approved Digital Citizenship content provider. Students response forms have already been created or can be provided in Digital Citizenship Google Classrooms for each grade. Please contact Mrs. Wright for classroom code(s) and to request students response forms.
Chatting Safely Online (grade 6)https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/chatting-safely-onlinelesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/chatting-safely-online
Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line (grade 6-8)https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/cyberbullying-crossing-the-line-6-8lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/cyberbullying-crossing-the-line-6-8
Dealing with Digital Drama (grade 6)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RydKEaiKolclesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/digital-drama-unplugged
Digital Media and Your Brain (grade 8)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc-qk0t8ms4lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/digital-media-and-your-brain
Emma's Story: Cyberbullied by a Best Friendhttps://www.youtube.com/waletch?v=qA1TJjJgdz8
Internet Trolls: Born That Way?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLggqoPEfJU
My Social Media Life (grade 7)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBWQTb5WLg4lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/my-social-media-life
Oversharing and Our Digital Footprint (grade 8)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ottnH427Fr8lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/social-media-and-digital-footprints-our-responsibilities
The Power of Digital Footprints (grade 7)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3gSNgaBm0&list=PL8TjVyuBdsCmgnK3Cup8KUtJqSMyhfz_O&index=9 lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/the-power-of-digital-footprints
The Power of Words (elementary level, but worth repeating as a discussion starter)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rOnMl26dR8lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/the-power-of-words
Private and Personal Information: What Information About You is OK to Share Online? (elementary level - repeat if needed)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPpG2e71Eclesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/private-and-personal-information
Sexting, Relationships, and Risks (grade 8)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwVT6WnPQY&list=PL8TjVyuBdsCmgnK3Cup8KUtJqSMyhfz_O&index=4lesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/sexting-and-relationships
Who Are You Online? (grade 6)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKj9bdGSVwwlesson plan: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/who-are-you-online

Lessons, Links, Resources


Checkology – Digital and Media Literacyhttps://get.checkology.org/
Common Sense Education - Digital Citizenship Curriculumhttps://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/curriculum
NetSmartzhttps://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz

Videos


Cyber Bullying - from Grecia Matahttps://vimeo.com/22721330
Email Etiquette - What Employers Don't Want to Seehttps://vimeo.com/171640404
Fake News and COVID-19: Get Smart: Information Hygiene – Sanitize Before You Sharehttps://newslit.org/get-smart/information-hygiene-sanitize-before-you-share/
The Internet Filterhttps://vimeo.com/156736490
Reach Out - Cyber Bullyinghttps://vimeo.com/177970545
Top 6 Do's and Don'ts of Email Communicationhttps://vimeo.com/136982727