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Online Safety: Grades 6-8 Lesson PlanOnline Safety: Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2017
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Online Safety: Grades 6-8

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This Online Safety: Grades 6-8 lesson plan also includes:
  • Quiz
  • Quiz: Answer Key
  • Don't Go, Jo!
  • Internet + X Behavior Might = Y Result
  • Internet + X Behavior Might = Y Result: Answer Key
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Recognize risky behaviors and avoid them! That's the big idea behind two activities designed to teach middle schoolers to think critically about online safety. After reading background articles about protecting online identity, cyberbullying, and repetitive stress injuries, pupils craft a persuasive argument to convince a friend not to meet in person someone they met on the internet. Individuals then complete a matching activity that asks them to match risky behaviors with possible consequences. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

critical thinking, online communication, internet safety, social-emotional learning, healthy habits, cyberbullying, cybersecurity, argumentative writing, persuasion, persuasive arguments

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a "Don't Go, Jo!" online safety wall and have class members post one of their arguments
  • Divide the class into six groups, assign each group a different article to read and discuss, and have groups report what they learned to the whole class

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies of two handouts

Pros

  • Includes links to the background articles and templates for the two activities
  • Provides a comprehension quiz and answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.7 RI.6.8 RI.7.1 RI.7.7 RI.7.8 RI.8.1 RI.8.7 RI.8.8 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.7 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.7 RI.11-12.8

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