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Sixth Grade Chatting Safely Online [Lesson]

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How do you chat safely with people you meet online?
Games, social media, and other online spaces give kids opportunities to meet and chat with others outside the confines of their real-life communities. But how well do kids actually know the people they're meeting and interacting with? Help students consider whom they're talking to and the types of information they're sharing online.

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Chatting Safely Online | Common Sense Education

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How do you chat safely with people you meet online? Check out Chatting Safely Online, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 6 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Eighth Grade Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities [Lesson]

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Eighth Grade Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities [Lesson]

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Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing -- and not just about themselves but each other? Help students think critically about their digital footprints on social media.

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Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing -- and not just about themselves but each other? Help students think critically about their digital footprints on social media.

Identify reasons for using social media and the challenges that often come along with it.

Reflect on the responsibilities they have that are related to digital footprints -- both their own and others' -- when they're using social media.

Identify ways to make the most of social media while still caring for the digital footprints of themselves and others.

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Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities | Common Sense Education

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How does using social media affect our digital footprints? Check out Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 8 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Seventh Grade The Power of Digital Footprints [Lesson]

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Seventh Grade The Power of Digital Footprints [Lesson]

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Our digital footprints can impact our future. What others find about us online shapes how they see us or feel about us.  Help your students learn about their digital footprint and the steps they can take to shape what others find and see about them online.

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Our digital footprints can impact our future. What others find about us online shapes how they see us or feel about us. Help your students learn about their digital footprint and the steps they can take to shape what others find and see about them online.

Define the term "digital footprint" and explain how it can affect their online privacy.

Analyze how different parts of their digital footprint can lead others to draw conclusions -- both positive and negative -- about who they are.

Use the Take a Stand thinking routine to examine a dilemma about digital footprints.

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The Power of Digital Footprints | Common Sense Education

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How might our digital footprints shape our future? Check out The Power of Digital Footprints, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 7 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Kindergarten - Media Balance is Important  [Lesson]

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Kindergarten - Media Balance is Important  [Lesson]

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Students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology.

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How do we find a happy balance between our online and offline activities?

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balance - having equal weight or importance of something

device - an electronic piece of equipment like a phone, tablet, or laptop

This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA , ISTE , CASEL , and AASL . See standards

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Media Balance Is Important | Common Sense Education

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How do we find a happy balance between our online and offline activities? Check out Media Balance Is Important, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your kindergarten students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Ninth Grade Protecting Online Reputations [Lesson]

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Tagging friends on social media is a great way to connect with others and capture memorable experiences. But what if they don't want to be tagged? Encourage your students to take responsibility for how they may affect the digital footprints of others.

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Tagging friends on social media is a great way to connect with others and capture memorable experiences. But what if they don't want to be tagged? Encourage your students to take responsibility for how they may affect the digital footprints of others.

Define "digital reputation," and identify examples of socialmedia posts that can have a positive or negative effect.

Use the 1-2-3-1 Perspectives activity to consider the causes and effects of posting about others online.

Generate a list of questions to ask themselves before posting pictures or information about someone else.

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Protecting Online Reputations | Common Sense Education

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How can you respect the privacy of others online? Check out Protecting Online Reputations, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 9 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Let's face it: Some online spaces can be full of negative, rude, or downright mean behavior. But what counts as cyberbullying? Help your students learn what is -- and what isn't -- cyberbullying, and give them the tools they'll need to combat the problem.

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Let's face it: Some online spaces can be full of negative, rude, or downright mean behavior. But what counts as cyberbullying? Help your students learn what is -- and what isn't -- cyberbullying, and give them the tools they'll need to combat the problem.

Recognize similarities and differences between in-person bullying, cyberbullying, and being mean.

Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying.

Identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and ways they can be an upstander for those being bullied.

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Is It Cyberbullying? | Common Sense Education

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What is cyberbullying and what can you do to stop it? Check out Is It Cyberbullying?, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 5 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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As kids grow, they'll naturally start to communicate more online. But some of what they see could make them feel hurt, sad, angry, or even fearful. Help your students build empathy for others and learn strategies to use when confronted with cyberbullying.

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The Power of Words | Common Sense Education

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What should you do when someone uses mean or hurtful language on the internet? Check out The Power of Words, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 3 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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From our head down to our toes, and our feet up to our nose, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online.

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From our head down to our toes, and our feet up to our nose, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online.

Understand the importance of being safe, responsible, and respectful online.

Learn the "Pause & Think Online" song to remember basic digital citizenship concepts.

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Pause & Think Online | Common Sense Education

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How can we be safe, responsible, and respectful online? Check out Pause & Think Online, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 1 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Tenth Grade Rewarding Relationships [Lesson]

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"It's complicated" can describe many of our relationships with others, both romantic and otherwise. Add digital devices and social media to the mix, and things get complicated even further. Help students take the first step toward building healthy and rewarding friendships and romantic relationships, both online and off.

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Rewarding Relationships | Common Sense Education

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How can I make sure my relationships are healthy and positive? Check out Rewarding Relationships, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 10 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Grade 4-Keeping Games Fun and Friendly [Lesson]

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Grade 4-Keeping Games Fun and Friendly [Lesson]

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Social interaction is part of what makes online gaming so popular and engaging for kids. Of course, online communication can come with some risks. Show your students how to keep their gaming experiences fun, healthy, and positive.

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Social interaction is part of what makes online gaming so popular and engaging for kids. Of course, online communication can come with some risks. Show your students how to keep their gaming experiences fun, healthy, and positive.

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Keeping Games Fun and Friendly | Common Sense Education

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How can I be positive and have fun while playing online games, and help others do the same? Check out Keeping Games Fun and Friendly, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 4 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Eleventh Grade Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?

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Eleventh Grade Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?

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Our digital footprints can have a powerful impact on our future. This can be a scary thought, given that what's in our digital footprint isn't always in our control. Teach students that digital footprints are an opportunity to showcase their best selves and craft a footprint that leads to future success.

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Our digital footprints can have a powerful impact on our future. This can be a scary thought, given that what's in our digital footprint isn't always in our control. Teach students that digital footprints are an opportunity to showcase their best selves and craft a footprint that leads to future success.

Learn that they have a public presence online called a digital footprint.

Recognize that any information they post online can help or hurt their future opportunities (college admission, employment, etc.).

Create a vignette that shows how a positive digital footprint can help someone take advantage of an opportunity.

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Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint? | Common Sense Education

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How can information you post online affect your future opportunities? Check out Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 11 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Twelfth Grade The Change You Want to See [Lesson]

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Twelfth Grade The Change You Want to See [Lesson]

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Research shows that happiness in life is less about what you do and more about why you do it. When your actions have purpose, they lead to positive results -- both for you and the world. Help students use the power of the internet to turn their personal passions into positive impact.

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Research shows that happiness in life is less about what you do and more about why you do it. When your actions have purpose, they lead to positive results -- both for you and the world. Help students use the power of the internet to turn their personal passions into positive impact.

Explain what it means to find your purpose and why it is beneficial.

Consider different ways that people have used their digital footprint to make a positive impact on the world and whether you would do something similar.

Reflect on what your own purpose might be, including a problem you want to solve and how you might go about solving it.

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The Change You Want to See | Common Sense Education

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How can you create a digital footprint that showcases your purpose? Check out The Change You Want to See, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 12 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Grade 2-We The Digital Citizens [Lesson]

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Grade 2-We The Digital Citizens [Lesson]

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Students explore the amazing possibilities that come with using technology. They'll also learn from the Digital Citizens, who take a pledge to be safe, responsible, and respectful when traveling through the online world.

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How can we be good digital citizens? Check out We, the Digital Citizens, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 2 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Kindergarten-Media Balance Is Important [VIDEO]

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Kindergarten-Media Balance Is Important [VIDEO]

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Grade 7-The Power of Digital Footprints [VIDEO]

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Grade 7-The Power of Digital Footprints [VIDEO]

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Grade 8-Social Media and Digital Footprints:  Our Responsibilities [VIDEO]

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Grade 8-Social Media and Digital Footprints:  Our Responsibilities [VIDEO]

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Grade 4-Keeping Games Fun and Friendly [VIDEO]

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Grade 4-Keeping Games Fun and Friendly [VIDEO]

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Ninth Grade: Protecting Online Reputations has no video

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Eleventh Grade: Who's Looking at Your Online Footprint has no video

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Eleventh Grade: Who's Looking at Your Online Footprint has no video

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Twelfth Grade The Change You Want to See has no video

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Twelfth Grade The Change You Want to See has no video

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Sixth Grade:  Chatting Safely Online Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Sixth Grade:  Chatting Safely Online Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eighth Grade: Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eighth Grade: Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Seventh Grade: The Power of Digital Footprints Lesson Quiz

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Seventh Grade: The Power of Digital Footprints Lesson Quiz

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Kindergarten-Safety in my Online Neighborhood [Lesson]

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Kindergarten-Safety in my Online Neighborhood [Lesson]

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The power of the internet allows students to experience and visit places they might not be able to see in person. But, just like traveling in the real world, it's important to be safe when traveling online. On this virtual field trip, kids can practice staying safe on online adventures.

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Common Sense Education has partnered with CYBER.ORG to support cybersecurity education. If you want to build on the themes from this lesson, we recommend the following resources from CYBER.ORG's content library:

Layered Security (Grades K-2): Students learn about the physical security around their school and how to verify someone's identity.

Stronger Together (Grades K-2): Students learn to use more than one security tool to keep people, places, and devices safe.

Our collaboration with CYBER.ORG was made possible with the generous support of Craig Newmark Philanthropies.

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Safety in My Online Neighborhood | Common Sense Education

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How do you go places safely online? Check out Safety in My Online Neighborhood, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your kindergarten students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Ninth Grade Protecting Online Reputations Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Ninth Grade Protecting Online Reputations Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Fifth Grade:  Is It Cyberbullying? Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Fifth Grade:  Is It Cyberbullying? Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Third Grade: The Power of Words Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Third Grade: The Power of Words Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. Using a fun traffic light activity, students learn how to identify "just right" content, giving them the green light to learn, play, and explore the internet safely.

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Common Sense Education has partnered with CYBER.ORG to support cybersecurity education. If you want to build on the themes from this lesson, we recommend the following lesson from the CYBER.ORG content library:

Agreeing to the Rules (Grades K-2): Students learn about user agreements and how these relate to appropriate behavior in class and when using devices at school.
Our collaboration with CYBER.ORG was made possible with the generous support of Craig Newmark Philanthropies.

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Internet Traffic Light | Common Sense Education

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How do you stay safe when visiting a website or app? Check out Internet Traffic Light, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 1 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Tenth Grade:  Rewarding Relationships Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Tenth Grade:  Rewarding Relationships Lesson Quiz [Template]

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4th Grade:  Keeping Games Fun and Friendly Lesson Quiz [Template]

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4th Grade:  Keeping Games Fun and Friendly Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eleventh Grade: Who's Looking at your Digital Footprint? Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eleventh Grade: Who's Looking at your Digital Footprint? Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Twelfth Grade: The Change You Want to See Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Twelfth Grade: The Change You Want to See Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Does what you do online always stay online? Students learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small, and harmful or helpful. Students compare different trails and think critically about what kinds of information they want to leave behind.

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Does what you do online always stay online? Students learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small, and harmful or helpful. Students compare different trails and think critically about what kinds of information they want to leave behind.

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What information is OK to have in your digital footprint? Check out Digital Trails, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 2 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Sixth Grade Digital Drama Unplugged [Lesson]

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Sixth Grade Digital Drama Unplugged [Lesson]

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Digital Drama Unplugged | Common Sense Education

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How can you de-escalate digital drama so it doesn’t go too far? Check out Digital Drama Unplugged, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 6 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Eighth Grade:  Responding to Online Hate Speech [Lesson]

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Eighth Grade:  Responding to Online Hate Speech [Lesson]

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Students can come across all kinds of negative content online and on social media, whether it's rude, mean, or even hateful. But what should students do when they encounter hate speech online? Have  students think through digital dilemmas and identify the best ways to respond.

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Students can come across all kinds of negative content online and on social media, whether it's rude, mean, or even hateful. But what should students do when they encounter hate speech online? Have students think through digital dilemmas and identify the best ways to respond.

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How should you respond to online hate speech? Check out Responding to Online Hate Speech, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 8 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Seventh Grade: Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying [Lesson]

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Seventh Grade: Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying [Lesson]

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When cyberbullying happens, everyone involved brings their own perspective to the situation. Help students learn about the importance of empathy, how to consider others' feelings, and how to be an upstander when cyberbullying occurs.

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When cyberbullying happens, everyone involved brings their own perspective to the situation. Help students learn about the importance of empathy, how to consider others' feelings, and how to be an upstander when cyberbullying occurs.

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Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying | Common Sense Education

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How can you respond when cyberbullying occurs? Check out Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 7 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Ninth Grade Chatting and Red Flags [Lesson]

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Ninth Grade Chatting and Red Flags [Lesson]

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Having conversations online, without nonverbal cues or being able to see people, can be awkward and sometimes even risky -- with drawbacks from simple misunderstandings to manipulation or inappropriate messages. Help students navigate and avoid these situations before they go too far.

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Having conversations online, without nonverbal cues or being able to see people, can be awkward and sometimes even risky -- with drawbacks from simple misunderstandings to manipulation or inappropriate messages. Help students navigate and avoid these situations before they go too far.

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Chatting and Red Flags | Common Sense Education

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How can you tell when an online relationship is risky? Check out Chatting and Red Flags, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 9 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Grade 5-You Won't Believe This! [Lesson]

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Grade 5-You Won't Believe This! [Lesson]

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The internet is full of catchy headlines and outrageous images, all to make us curious and get our attention. But kids don't usually realize: What you click on isn't always what you get. Show your students the best ways to avoid clickbait online.

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You Won’t Believe This! | Common Sense Education

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What is clickbait and how can you avoid it? Check out You Won’t Believe This!, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 5 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Grade 3-Your Rings of Responsibility [Lesson]

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Grade 3-Your Rings of Responsibility [Lesson]

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Teaching digital citizenship is all about helping kids think beyond themselves and recognize the ripple effects of their actions. Personal responsibility is important, but understanding their responsibilities to others can help kids unlock new ways to learn and connect with their communities -- and even change those communities for the better.

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Teaching digital citizenship is all about helping kids think beyond themselves and recognize the ripple effects of their actions. Personal responsibility is important, but understanding their responsibilities to others can help kids unlock new ways to learn and connect with their communities -- and even change those communities for the better.

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Your Rings of Responsibility | Common Sense Education

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How do digital citizens take responsibility for themselves, their communities, and their world? Check out Your Rings of Responsibility, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 3 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Tenth Grade:  Countering Hate Speech Online [Lesson]

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Tenth Grade:  Countering Hate Speech Online [Lesson]

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As humans, we thrive on social connections and group associations. But this tendency can also lead us to be suspicious of people outside our group. This fear -- xenophobia -- can be overcome by more exposure to people who are different from us. However, the internet can often make this more difficult. Help students recognize this challenge and find strategies for navigating content online.

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As humans, we thrive on social connections and group associations. But this tendency can also lead us to be suspicious of people outside our group. This fear -- xenophobia -- can be overcome by more exposure to people who are different from us. However, the internet can often make this more difficult. Help students recognize this challenge and find strategies for navigating content online.

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Countering Hate Speech Online | Common Sense Education

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How can we counter online hate speech and xenophobia? Check out Countering Hate Speech Online, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 10 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Your digital footprint can affect your online reputation for a long time. But kids don't always realize that digital footprints aren't just a personal matter. Show your students how they can contribute to a positive digital reputation, both for themselves and for others.

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Our Online Tracks | Common Sense Education

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How does our online activity affect the digital footprints of ourselves and others? Check out Our Online Tracks, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 4 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Eleventh Grade: Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying [Lesson]

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Eleventh Grade: Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying [Lesson]

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Texting and chatting online can sometimes feel just like talking to someone in person, but it's actually pretty different. It's all because of something called the "online disinhibition effect," which makes us more likely to share or communicate differently from how we would in person. Help your students learn to consider this concept before they post, and stop digital drama and cyberbullying before they start.

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Texting and chatting online can sometimes feel just like talking to someone in person, but it's actually pretty different. It's all because of something called the "online disinhibition effect," which makes us more likely to share or communicate differently from how we would in person. Help your students learn to consider this concept before they post, and stop digital drama and cyberbullying before they start.

Define "online disinhibition" and describe how it can be both positive and negative.

Explain how anonymity, lag time, and lack of nonverbal cues all contribute to online disinhibition.

Analyze how online disinhibition can cause cyberbullying and brainstorm ways to counter it.

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Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying | Common Sense Education

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How does online disinhibition sometimes lead to cyberbullying? Check out Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 11 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Twelfth Grade We Are Civil Communicators [Lesson]

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Twelfth Grade We Are Civil Communicators [Lesson]

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When we talk about our personal beliefs and politics, passions can run high -- especially when we're online. These intense moments can often lead to tit-for-tat insults, or worse. But, if addressed calmly and coolly, they can be an opportunity to find common ground and deeper understanding. Teach students to keep disagreements civil so their ideas will be heard and so they can advocate for positive change.

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How can we communicate with civility online? Check out We Are Civil Communicators, a free digital citizenship lesson plan from Common Sense Education, to get your grade 12 students thinking critically and using technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Grade 12-We Are Civil Communicators [VIDEO]

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Grade 12-We Are Civil Communicators [VIDEO]

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Grade 11-Online Disinhibiton and Cyberbullying [VIDEO]

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Grade 11-Online Disinhibiton and Cyberbullying [VIDEO]

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Grade 5-No video for You Won't Believe This!

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Grade 5-No video for You Won't Believe This!

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Sixth Grade:  Digital Drama Unplugged Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Sixth Grade:  Digital Drama Unplugged Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eighth Grade: Responding to Online Hate Speech Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eighth Grade: Responding to Online Hate Speech Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Seventh Grade: Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying Quiz [Template]

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Seventh Grade: Upstanders and Allies: Taking Action Against Cyberbullying Quiz [Template]

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Ninth Grade Chatting and Red Flags Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Ninth Grade Chatting and Red Flags Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Fifth Grade: You Won't Believe This! Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Fifth Grade: You Won't Believe This! Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Third Grade:  Your Rings of Responsibility Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Third Grade:  Your Rings of Responsibility Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Tenth Grade:  Countering Hate Speech Online Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Tenth Grade:  Countering Hate Speech Online Lesson Quiz [Template]

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4th Grade: 4th Grade:  Our Online Tracks Lesson Quiz [Template]

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4th Grade: 4th Grade:  Our Online Tracks Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eleventh Grade: Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Eleventh Grade: Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Twelfth Grade We Are Civil Communicators Lesson Quiz [Template]

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Twelfth Grade We Are Civil Communicators Lesson Quiz [Template]