At a Glance:

Grades:6, 7
Subject:STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
Topic:Digital Citizenship
Lesson Length:30 - 40 mins

Standards / Framework:

What will students learn in this activity?

In this lesson, students will explain how they can respect others online.

What should students know before this activity?

This lesson provides a great springboard to discuss the signs of cyberbullying.

How can teachers introduce this lesson?

  • Read and discuss the sample comic.
    • What did the character do wrong?
    • Why was posting that picture disrespectful?
    • What should they have done to respect their friend?

What will students do?

  • Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a three-to-four-panel comic in which they explain how to respect the rights and privacy of others.
    • Panels 1-2: Introduce an online situation or conflict. 
    • Panels 3-4: Illustrate your character making the right and respectful choice.

How can teachers wrap up the lesson?

  • Allow students to share and discuss their comics with the class or with a partner.

How can teachers differentiate this activity?

  • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
  • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
  • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
  • Create an anchor chart of other examples of cyberbullying. 
  • Provide sentence frames for the student comic.

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