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Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum

Free K–8 lessons to prepare students for life in the digital world.

Our updated curriculum readies students for the possibilities—and pitfalls—of today's always-on world, from AI literacy to cyberbullying, screen time, and more.

     🎯 Expanded coverage: Over 140 new lessons on today's most relevant topics.
     📅 Engaging, low-prep activities: Brand-new videos, games, and interactives.
     🔎 Backed by research, classroom tested, and created with teachers just like you.

And just like always, it's 100% free for educators everywhere.

Lessons Implementation
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A person is holding a phone with a purple screen displaying various values and icons, including a sign post (independence), lock (privacy), scales of justice (justice), group of stick figures (connection), shoe (physical health), outer space (spirituality), checkmark (authenticity), and heart with hands (gratitude).
Healthy Habits
Grade:
7
1 of 18
Tech & Values
How are different values supported and/or compromised by tech?
A blue screen with a magnifying glass hovering over various devices and icons, including a laptop, a YouTube player, headphones, and a phone with a person shrugging.
Information & Media Literacy
Grade:
7
2 of 18
Choosing Sources
How do we match our information needs with the best online sources?
An image of student sitting cross-legged with a laptop and thinking with three portraits in the background with loading icons.
Digital Footprint & Identity
Grade:
7
3 of 18
Care to Share?
How does audience influence what we share online?
A billboard on top of a cityscape with a red background and white text that reads: "YOU"
Privacy & Safety
Grade:
7
4 of 18
Data for Sale
Why is our data valuable to companies?
An image of kid with a fishing pole at a pond filled with social media icons with a phone as the bait.
Privacy & Safety
Grade:
7
5 of 18
Your Data, Your Choices
How can I manage the data that companies collect about me?
Three teens are looking ahead smiling while the teen in the center is on their phone.
Relationships & Communication
Grade:
7
6 of 18
Parasocial Relationships
How do parasocial relationships affect the way we connect with others?
A person palming their face in embarrassment with an animated overlay of brain with social media apps emerging from their animated brain.
Healthy Habits
Grade:
7
7 of 18
What Are Thinking Traps?
What are thinking traps, and how can they impact our well-being when we use tech?
Social share image for Friendships & Boundaries
Relationships & Communication
Grade:
7
8 of 18
Friendships & Boundaries
How does tech impact our friendships?
A water bottle in an artistic representation of water with ripples emerging from the floating bottle.
Cyberbullying & Online Harms
Grade:
7
9 of 18
The Ripple Effects of Conflict
How do conflicts escalate online?
A phone with an autoplay button loading and counting down (3, 2, 1...) with a puppy video in the background.
Healthy Habits
Grade:
7
10 of 18
What Are Design Tricks?
How does technology design impact our habits and well-being?
Two teens are looking at each other while holding phones with a speech bubble that says, "Would you be comfortable if I shared this?"
Digital Footprint & Identity
Grade:
7
11 of 18
Permission to Post
How does practicing consent strengthen relationships and promote respect for digital footprints?
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Relationships & Communication
Grade:
7
12 of 18
Boundaries & Consent
What is consent and why is it important in our digital lives?
A person sitting at a desk with a laptop open to a search bar with the text "Questions"
Information & Media Literacy
Grade:
7
13 of 18
Evaluating Information Online
How do I practice lateral reading to evaluate information online?
Five bubbles with silhouettes of people in each are floating against a black background with a thumbs up and thumbs down graphics in the background.
Information & Media Literacy
Grade:
7
14 of 18
Bursting the Filter Bubble
How does our experience online shape what we see, believe, and share?
A group of people are looking out a window of a skyscraper as a superhero flies past.
Cyberbullying & Online Harms
Grade:
7
15 of 18
Being an Upstander
How can you be an upstander to cyberbullying?
A social media profile of a girl named Sam Gamgee with a grid of photos showing their interest in plants.
Digital Footprint & Identity
Grade:
7
16 of 18
The Assumptions We Make
How do the partial pictures we present online shape how others see us?
An 8-bit video game background of a dungeon with a troll character standing in the way of another character.
Cyberbullying & Online Harms
Grade:
7
17 of 18
How to Re-A.C.T. to Cyberbullying
What can you do if you are the target of cyberbullying?
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Privacy & Safety
Grade:
7
18 of 18
Location Sharing & Your Privacy
How does location sharing impact our privacy?