Resources for 8th Grade

Energy Infographics

• Project Guide

Viral History Project

Day 1: Analyzing Successful Social Media Campaigns

Using what we have learned in class and this graphic organizer, work in teams to analyze each of the social media campaigns below. Don't forget to consider how things go viral.

1. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

   • Here's How the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Actually Started (Time.com, article and video)

   • ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Commitments (als.org)

2. Movember

   • Movember's Origin Story (us.movember.com)

   • Movember Through the Years (us.movember.com, history/timeline)

   • Movember, NHL team to spread men's health message (NHL.com, article)

   • The Prostate Cancer Foundation and Movember Announce 2021 Challenge Award Winners (pcf.org, announcement)

   • Movember Funds Two New Programs In The US Supporting First Responders

   • Movember Develops First Ever Social Impact Media Accelerator For Black Creators

3. #NoLikesNeeded / #NoDigitalDistortion

   • Dove's #NoLikesNeeded Campaign Tackles Selfies and Self-Image: 'The Only Like That Counts Is Your Own' (people.com, article and video)

   • #NoDigitalDistortion: Dove Empowers Young Women

   • Dove brings No Digital Distortion's body-positive message to TikTok 

   • The Dove Self-Esteem Project

Day 2: Planning Your Social Media Campaign

You will be working as a team to create a viral social media campaign to support a historical movement. You will choose from one of the four topics below. You may choose to go off-topic, but you will need teacher approval and permission from an adult at home.

Step 1: Choose one person from your team to open this graphic organizer for your planning. It will force you to make a copy. That person should then give editing rights to the other group members.

Step 2: Choose from one of these topics or seek approval/permission to go off-topic. Then use the resources below for help in your planning. If you are going off-topic, you will find your own reliable, high-quality resources with help from your teachers. Use the graphic organizer to create a plan for how you will set up your social media campaign and make it go viral.

Finding Credible and Reliable Resources (Walton)

Watch: Mr. Caggia explains how to find credible and reliable resources

Links to sites mentioned by Mr. Caggia:

• Salem MS Library site - Digital Resources page

• NC Wise Owl home access password: wiseowl19 or wiseowl20

• Salem MS Library site - Evaluating Resources

• Disrupt Texts: Website | Twitter | Articles and Publications

Digital Portfolios

• Salem Middle School Guide to Digital Portfolios

• Reflection Prompts and Questions for Digital Portfolios