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GO BACK TO THE LESSON PLANS PAGE   Lesson 1 Grade: 6th grade Time: 30 minutes Materials Needed: video, computer and internet connection media type="file" key="EverybodyKnows30.mov" width="300" height="300" Explanation:
 * Topic: Safe and responsible use of social networking sites.**

Activites:
 * 1) **Ask: Who is on Facebook? My Space? Twitter? Anything else?** (Also refer to results of survey from Opening Class session.) Tally on board how many use each networking site. **Why do you use these sites?** Discuss.
 * 2) **Ask: What information about yourself do you post on these sites? Discuss examples students give and write on board. **
 * 3) **Ask: Which information is safe to post and which isn't?**
 * 4) Play video and discuss. **Ask: Why do you think this happened? Who are her friends? Who aren't? What do you think she should post so that this doesn't happen?**
 * 5) Create a safe my space page with the class online. If no computer, display safe web pages and not safe and students can pick out the right one or have students create their own safe page.

What should you leave on the Internet? What should you take from the Internet? How should you act online?

  GO BACK TO THE LESSON PLANS PAGE  Lesson 2 Grade: 6th grade Time: 30 minutes Materials Needed: Activity sheets 1-3 video: media type="file" key="Exchange_60.mov" width="300" height="300" Explanation:
 * Topic: Safe and responsible use of chat rooms, email, message boards and instant messaging.**

Activities:
 * 1) //** Ask: What are some ways you can communicate on line? **// (email, instant messaging, chat rooms, message boards)
 * 2) //** Which of these communication methods are usually one-to-one? **// (email and instant messaging**) // Which are usually group communications? //** (chat rooms and message boards)
 * 3) Tell students to keep this distinction in mind when thinking about the reasons for the good manners tips in this lesson.
 * 4) Display overhead transparency (activity sheet 1) and discuss all the points.
 * 5) Distribute activity sheets 2-3 and students complete with a partner.
 * 6) Discuss their answers as a group.
 * 7) //** Why do good manners vary depending on the method of communication? **// (because new methods of communicating may create new situations that are not encountered in other methods)
 * 8) //** What are some good manners tips common to all kinds of messages? **//
 * 9) //** What is a good manners tip especially for E-mail? For instant messaging? For chat? For message boards? **// Refer students to the lists on Activity Sheets 2 and 3.
 * 10) Discuss any personal experiences they want to share of do’s and don’ts or questions.

What should you leave on the Internet? What should you take from the Internet? How should you act online?