Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety Lesson Plans and Activities for 2nd Grade

Teaching Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety to elementary kids is one of the most important and timely topics. This digital citizenship and Internet safety pack teaches students their rights and responsibilities on the Internet, media balance, and well-being, focusing on being kind to others, all about privacy and security and how not to share our information, cyberbullying with a focus on stopping online meanness, 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 digital citizenship and the importance of device-free moments, privacy and security with a focus on keeping personal information private, digital footprints and identity with a focus on digital breadcrumbs, relationships and communication with a focus our virtual community, cyberbullying with a focus on stopping online meanness, and news and media literacy with a focus on giving author's credit for their work.

This packet will take about 7 class periods to review all aspects of digital citizenship in the second-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, 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: Superhero Digital Citizenship, complete with a classroom pledge and Device-Free Moments

Privacy and Security: That's Private!

Digital Footprint and Identity: Digital Breadcrumbs

Relationships and Communication: Who Is In Your Virtual Community?

Cyberbullying: Putting a STOP to Online Meanness

News and Media Literacy: Giving Credit