Digital Citizenship Lessons
Digital Footprint & Online Safety · Grades 6-10
- Grades
- Grades 6–10
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 31
- Answer keys
- Included
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Teach digital citizenship that sticks with seven practical, ready-to-teach lessons on digital footprint, privacy, passwords, cyberbullying, posting, copyright and online safety. Middle and early high school students audit their footprint, lock down a mock privacy settings panel, sort passwords by strength, plan an upstander comic, run real-life posts through T.H.I.N.K., decide what's fair use, and spot red flags in an online chat. All people, apps and accounts are fictional, so students never share real data.
What's included
- Teacher guide with pacing for 7 lessons + wrap-up, materials and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- Teacher notes on privacy, age rules, handling disclosures and reporting resources
- Lesson 1: "Your Digital Footprint" article (active vs. passive) + footprint audit and "future you" test
- Lesson 2: Lock It Down privacy settings panel + personal info traffic light
- Lesson 3: Passwords & two-factor authentication article, 16-card password strength sort and recording sheet
- Lesson 4: "From Bystander to Upstander" article + 6-panel upstander comic strip planner and rubric
- Lesson 5: T.H.I.N.K. Before You Post, 12 "Would You Post This?" scenario cards, recording sheet and a social post rewrite page
- Lesson 6: Copyright & fair use basics article + "Can I Use It?" scenarios and a Creative Commons license guide
- Lesson 7: Online friends & safety article + Red Flag or Green Flag? chat analysis and safety plan
- Digital citizenship pledge
- 6 exit tickets
- 15-question unit quiz (multiple choice + short answer, 21 points)
- Complete answer keys and discussion guides
How to use it
Teach it as a 7-lesson unit (about 45 minutes each) plus a wrap-up day, or pull single lessons for digital citizenship week, back-to-school technology expectations, computer classes, library media, advisory or homeroom.
Skills practiced
Digital footprint awarenessprivacy and securitypassword strength and 2FAupstander skillsresponsible postingcopyright and fair useonline safetycollaborative discussion
