Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety Lesson Plans and Activities for 3rd Grade

Have you ever wished you had more time to teach digital citizenship and Internet safety? Or wished you had materials that were engaging and easy to use? Well, wish no more! I have created Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety plans and activities that are all of those things and more.

This digital citizenship and Internet safety pack teaches students their rights and responsibilities on the Internet, media balance, and well-being focuses on the rings of responsibility within themselves, the community, and the world, all about privacy and security, cyberbullying with the focus on the power of their words, and so much more! And it’s all done in a way that engages students AND allows for collaborative opportunities.

Plus, all of the lesson plans are ready to go – complete with vocabulary-building exercises, technology integration ideas, and tips for differentiation. Everything you need to teach digital citizenship and Internet safety in a way that is meaningful AND fun!

⭐️ Teaching digital citizenship to elementary students allows students to better understand their rights and responsibilities on the Internet. Creating a community with citizenship lessons that cover expectations and virtual safety is essential inside of the classroom and inside your online classroom.

This packet discusses media balance and well-being with a focus on the rings of responsibility- self, community, and the world, privacy and security with a focus on password protection, digital footprints and identity with a focus on what you share and the effects on this information or image, relationships and communication with a focus creating a digital citizenship pledge for your online space, cyberbullying with a focus on the power of words, and news and media literacy with a focus on determining if the information or image is real or altered.

This packet will take about 6 class periods to review all aspects of digital citizenship in the third-grade classroom.

Features of this product:

Engaging

Opportunities to work collaboratively (in person or online)

Directions for in-person or online activities (Print AND Google slide version)

Focus on Instructional Technology (Zoom, LMS (Schoology or Google Classroom), and Padlet, Flipgrid, and Videos from YouTube embedded in the slides so no leaving Google Slides)

Expectations covered and community building

Complete Lesson Plans

Vocabulary building

Essential Questions

Formative and Summative assessments

What is Covered:

Media Balance and Well-Being: Rings of Responsibility

Privacy and Security: Password Protected

Digital Footprint and Identity: About Me

Relationships and Communication: Digital Citizenship Pledge Created with Student Buy-In

Cyberbullying: The Power of Words

News and Media Literacy: Is It Real?

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