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Be a Super Digital Citizen

How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?

Grade

4

Time

45 mins.
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Objectives

  • Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital citizen.
  • Recognize what cyberbullying is.
  • Show ways to be an upstander by creating a digital citizenship superhero comic strip.

Vocabulary Show definitions

cyberbullying . digital citizen . upstander
cyberbullying – using digital devices, sites, and apps to intimidate, harm, and upset someone
digital citizen – someone who uses technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate
upstander – someone who takes action to help when they see another person being treated unfairly or unkindly
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Cyberbullying & Online Harms Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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45 mins.
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