Research Project Social Media's Impact on Teens - Media Literacy Unit Activity
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This high-interest research project focuses on a topic that is relevant to our world today – the effects of having exposure to the Internet at a young age and the impact of social media on today’s modern teens!
Research topics include social media and anxiety, how social media facilitates the need to present one’s “false self,” cyberbullying and human trafficking, how social media impacts self-esteem, dangerous TikTok pranks and more!
Students will choose and research a social media-related topic from a Social Media Choice Board. Topics include both the positive and negative aspects of social media.
Your students will be inspired and motivated by the four student project examples included with this purchase featuring the following topics:
How Social Media Use Can Impact Employment
Social Media Influencers for Positive Change
Social Media’s Impact on Self-Esteem
TikTok and Generation Z – Positive Impact and Negative Consequences
Implementation of this resource is painless!
An editable Research Project Description and Requirements slides presentation will specify for your students everything they need to have in their final research project.
Exposed - Social Media’s Impact includes the following resources:
- Teacher’s Guide with Google Drive share links for all resources
- Directions on how to access and download materials
- Two pre-search song activities analyzing song lyrics referencing social media, a handout with comprehension questions, and a teacher’s answer key
- An editable Google Slides presentation that specifies research project requirements
- Access to 50+ bookmarked sites and video clips on teens and the impact of social media
- An Explore and Analyze student activity using bookmarked videos and websites on social media
- Social Media Research Topics Choice Board with links to four project examples
- An Editable Social Media Research Project Rubric
- Student’s Note-Taking Handout with guiding research prompts (which aligns with the required content included in the project’s grading rubric)
- Teacher’s Implementation Guide
Make sure to check out the preview to see a glimpse of all the materials that this resource includes!
09/22/2022: Previous buyers should download this resource again for free in order to receive the updates. This resource has multiple enhancements - including 4 student project examples to serve as a model!
The purchase of this product created and copyrighted by Teen Tech University includes a limited license for your classroom and personal use.
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If you are interested in additional high-interest research projects for high school students, check out the following!
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