Lesson
Updated lessons available!My Media Use: A Personal Challenge
What is your strategy for finding media balance?
Grade
7Time
55 mins.
Objectives
- Make an inventory of their media choices and how those choices make them feel.
- Brainstorm personal strategies for balancing media use.
- Create personal guidelines for promoting healthy media balance.
Vocabulary Show definitions
guideline .
inventory .
media balance
guideline – a set of criteria or piece of advice for how to do something
inventory – a complete list of items or actions
media balance – using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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My Media Choices Inventory
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