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Chatting Safely Online

How do you chat safely with people you meet online?

Grade

6

Time

45 mins.
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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.

Objectives:
  • Analyze how well they know the people they interact with online.

  • Reflect on what information is safe to share with different types of online friends.

  • Learn to recognize red flag feelings and use the Feelings & Options thinking routine to respond to them.

Vocabulary Show definitions
private information · red flag feeling · inappropriate · risky

private information – information about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you (e.g. your full name or your address)
red flag feeling – when something happens on digital media that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious
inappropriate – not acceptable in the situation; not okay
risky – potentially harmful to one’s well-being
STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
Lesson video
Teen Voices: Who You're Talking to Online
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STANDARDS
This lesson meets standards for  Common Core ELA,  ISTE,  CASEL, and  AASL .  See standards
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Key Standards Supported

Common Core ELA

L.6.6, RI.6.1, RI.6.10, RI.6.4, RI.6.7, SL.6.1, SL.6.1b, SL.6.1c, SL.6.1d, SL.6.6, W.6.10, W.6.4

ISTE

1d, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3d, 6a

CASEL

1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 3a, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f

AASL

I.A.1, I.A.2, II.A.2, III.A.1, III.A.2, V.A.2, V.A.3, I.B.1, I.B.3, II.B.1, II.B.2, III.B.1, III.B.2, II.C.1, II.C.2, III.C.1, III.C.2, V.C.1, I.D.1, I.D.2, I.D.3, I.D.4, II.D.1, II.D.2, II.D.3, III.D.1, III.D.2, V.D.1

Lesson Plan

45 mins.

Warm Up: Who You're Talking to Online

10 mins.

Evaluate: Two Online Chats

15 mins.

Analyze: Red Flag Feeling

15 mins.

Wrap Up: Exit Ticket

5 mins.

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  • Video: Teen Voices: Who You're Talking to Online
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