3rd Grade Digital Citizenship Lessons

Super Digital Citizen

Student Video - Super Digital Citizen
Lesson in Action
Essential Question  |  How can people help others be good digital citizens?
Students explore what it means to be responsible and respectful to their offline and online communities as a step toward learning how to be good digital citizens. Students create digital superheroes who exhibit exemplary attributes and are able to solve digital dilemmas responsibly.

​Students will be able to...
  • compare and contrast their responsibilities to their offline and online communities.
  • reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding citizen.
  • devise resolutions to digital dilemmas.

Super Digital Citizen - Lesson Plan PDF 
Family Tip Sheet Digital Life- PDF
​Resources from Common Sense Media

Literacy - Research and Information

Improve Research Skills
​with Effective Keywords
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Brainpop Video Link
​Essential Question  |  Which keywords will give you the best search results?

Students will be able to...
  • experiment with different keyword searches and compare their results.
  • refine their searches by using multiple words, synonyms, and alternative words and phrases.
  • draw inferences to explain their search results
Key to Keywords - PDF Lesson
​Family Tip Sheet Smart Searching - PDF
Research and Information  |  BrainPop  (3:01)
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How do you do an Internet search?
  • Search engine
  • Keywords
  • Using quotation marks

What's Cyberbullying

Essential Question  |  What is cyberbullying, and how do you deal with it?
Students discuss positive and negative aspects of interacting with others online. Students learn the definition of cyberbullying and help the teacher fill in a Venn diagram that compares in-person bullying with cyberbullying. They then read a story of a student who is cyberbullied, identifying the players involved and how the target might feel.
Lesson Objectives
Students will be able to ...
  • empathize with the targets of cyberbullying.
  • ​recognize some of the key similarities and differences between in-person bullying and cyberbullying.
  • identify strategies for dealing responsibly with cyberbullying.
Family Tip Sheet        Student Activity       Lesson Plan

Internet Safety

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BrainPop Jr. Video Link
Internet Safety  |  BrainPop Jr. (3:36)

What should you do if a stranger sends you a message?
  • How can you be safe on the Internet?
  • How can you keep your computer safe?
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BrainPop Online Safety Video
Internet Safety  |  BrainPop  (4:45)​

Topics Covered:
  • People meet and communicate
  • Friends and new people
  • Games
  • Profile – what to share and what not to share
  • Post, chat, join groups
  • Privacy settings
  • Strangers