5th Grade - Privacy & Security

The lesson content below is from CommonSense:

Essential Questions:

• What is Clickbait and how can you avoid it in your Digital LIfe?

Discussion Questions:

• What are some strategies to avoid clickbait?
• What is "The Curiosity Gap?"

Lesson Plan:

Common Sense Lesson - You Won't Believe This!:

Vocabulary: 

• advertising – messages or photos that are made to persuade someone to buy a certain product
• clickbait – an image or headline that tries to get you to click on it, usually for advertising purposes
• headline – the title of an article, usually printed in big, bold letters at the top
• Curiosity Gap – the desire people have to figure out missing information

Teacher Resources:

• Lesson Plan
• Teacher Lesson Slides
• Student Handouts:
  • Avoiding Clickbait
  • What's "The Curiosity Gap?"
• Lesson Quiz

Family Letter:

During the week you will be providing instruction to students on Digital Footprint, please either send a printed copy of or a digital copy of the accompanied family letter home to support families on this topic.  The Family Letter reviews the Digital Agency topic, provides parents/guardians with discussion questions, and resources to support their students.

The Intro Family Letter provides parents/guardians with an explanation of how to use the letter with their students.  It is recommended to send the Intro Family Letter home at the beginning of the school year to explain to parents how these monthly letters will support their students at home, at school, and in their Digital Life.

• Intro Family Letter Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Samoan

5th Grade Family Letter

Family Letter Translations:

Arabic, Chinese, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese