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Digital Friendships

How do you keep online friendships safe?

Grade

5

Time

45 mins.

Objectives

  • Compare and contrast different kinds of online-only friendships.
  • Describe the benefits and risks of online-only friendships.
  • Describe how to respond to an online-only friend if the friend asks something that makes them uncomfortable.

Vocabulary Show definitions

benefit . private information . risk
benefit something positive that results from a situation
private information information about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you (e.g. your full name or your address)
risk the chance that something could go wrong or cause problems if you share your personally identifiable information
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Two smiling students in sweaters looking down on their phones against a purple background.
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Navigating Online Friendships
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Two silhouettes of the side profile of two people facing one another with a question mark icon to the right.
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Communicating Personal Boundaries
What are personal boundaries, and how can I communicate them to others?
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A yellow background with a blue button with text that says, "ADD FRIEND" with a cursor hovering nearby.
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Lesson Plan

45 mins.