7th Grade Digital Citizenship Lessons
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Trillion Dollar Footprint
Essential Question  |  What is a digital footprint, and what does yours convey?
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Students will be able to...
  • learn that they have a digital footprint and that information from it can be searched, copied and passed on, and seen by a large, invisible audience, and that it can be persistent.
  • recognize that people’s online information can be helpful or harmful to their reputation and image.
  • consider their own digital footprints and what they want those footprints to be like in the future.
Trillion Dollar Footprint - Lesson Plan PDF
​Resources from Common Sense Media

Cyberbullying - Crossing the Line

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Think Before you Post Link
Essential Question  |   When does inappropriate online behavior cross the line to cyberbullying, and what can you do about it?

Students will be able to...
  • learn that they have a digital footprint and that information from it can be searched, copied and passed on, and seen by a large, invisible audience, and that it can be persistent.
  • recognize that people’s online information can be helpful or harmful to their reputation and image.
  • consider their own digital footprints and what they want those footprints to be like in the future.
Family Tip Sheet      Student Activity      Lesson Plan
​Resources from Common Sense Media

Literacy - Research and Information

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Research and Information
​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
Resources from Common Sense Media​
Research and Information  |  BrainPop  (3:01)
  • How do you do an Internet search?
  • Search engine
  • Keywords
  • Using quotation marks

Digital Etiquette

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Digital Etiquette
Digital Etiquette  |  BrainPop (3:58)
  • What’s the deal with digital etiquette?
  • How to treat others online (games, email, IM, chats, blogs, and social networks)
  • Communicating online

Online Safety

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BrainPop Online Safety Video
Internet Safety  |  BrainPop  (4:45)​
  • 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