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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Media Balance Is Important

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics,...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Finding My Media Balance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Helping kids learn what makes different media choices healthy or not is a good start. But how do we help them actually make responsible choices in the real world? Help your young scholars create a personalized media plan. Students will...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Who Is in Your Online Community?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] By learning the Rings of Responsibility, 2nd graders explore how the Internet connects us to people in our community and throughout the world. Help students to think critically about the different ways...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: How Technology Makes You Feel

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson challenges kids to pay attention to their feelings while using tech. With an engaging emoji game, 1st graders learn practical strategies for managing their feelings - good, bad, and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: That's Private!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Staying safe online is a lot like staying safe in the real world. By helping a Digital Citizen sign up for a new app, 2nd graders learn about the kinds of information they should keep to themselves when...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: The Reality of Digital Drama (6 8)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discuss their impressions of peer drama, both online and as depicted on reality TV. Students compare and contrast two videos - one featuring a candid discussion between middle school young scholars about online drama and...
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Connecticut Educational Media Association (Cema)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
CEMA is an association of school library media specialists that seeks to promote "the general public educational library media programs in Connecticut" and encourage "professional development of media personnel and instruction." Its...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: You've Won a Prize!: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it. They compare junk mail to spam, learn tips for handling spam safely, and use those tips to answer questions on the student handout about a...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Sites I Like: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore and evaluate an informational website for children. They discover that people's opinions about the quality and usefulness of a site will vary. As a class, students view a website and identify features that they like and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Follow the Digital Trail: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners learn that the information they put online leaves a digital footprint or "trail." This trail can be big or small, helpful or hurtful, depending on how they manage it. Free membership required.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson Plan: Powerful Passwords

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn the benefits of using passwords and then play a board game to discover some strategies for creating and keeping secure passwords. Requires free membership.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Exploring Media Messages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Recognize negative aspects of advertising and how advertising exploits young people. Examine how the media tries to define a person's style, values and ideas, and take a stand against negative media images.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Selling Stereotypes Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of a stereotype, and they explore the messages they receive regarding differences between boys and girls. They watch and discuss a video of a little girl questioning why companies market boys' and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Using Keywords (K 2)

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results to meet their goals. Then they...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Build Your Ideal Community: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will consider the characteristics of positive online communities that promote responsibility and respect. Requires free membership.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Right Sites: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the distinctions between the quality and appeal of a children's informational website. They use both types of criteria to rate and compare children's informational websites.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Strong Passwords (3 5)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online. They learn tips for creating safe passwords. They explore scenarios in which two characters choose passwords, and they use...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: What's Cyberbullying? Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss positive and negative aspects of interacting with others online. They learn the definition of cyberbullying and help the teacher fill in a Venn diagram that compares in-person bullying with cyberbullying. They then read...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: English 4; Utopia

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, connect literature to events and experiences, use various writing skills, deconstruct media, practice grammar and vocabulary skills, and analyze point of view,...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Lesson: Sending Email: K 2 Grade

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore how they can use email to communicate with real people within their schools, families, and communities. Requires free membership.
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Ten Rhetoric of War Writing Projects

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Created by a teacher responding to the events in Kosovo, this list is a great start for a media literacy class project. Good discussion-starting questions are included with each item on the list. Requires some independent research to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Sink or Float Educator Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is an educator's guide for a unit on things that sink or float. It includes lesson plans, experiments, and activities. Learners apply the scientific method as they investigate whether objects sink or float.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Storytime Stick Puppets Family Activity

For Students K - 1st
Make puppets of Molly and her family and friends from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, and use them to retell a story you watched. You can also take Molly on a new adventure by making up your own story. The activity also includes...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Cracking the Gender Code: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore "boy codes" and "girl codes," and discuss the extent to which they shape people's online identities and relationships. Requires free membership.

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