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Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum

Common Sense Media's Digital Literacy & Well-Being curriculum gives teachers a free, research-backed framework for building students' digital literacy skills. From AI literacy and social media to cyberbullying, screen time, and digital footprint, the curriculum covers the digital challenges students face every day as well as the offline skills they need to manage them.

The curriculum is designed for grades 9-12, with more than 25 lessons that reflect what students are actually encountering today. Whether you're introducing digital literacy and well-being concepts for the first time or updating what you've been teaching for years, this is a good place to start.

Pathway
Topic
Activities
7 Resources
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Financial Literacy · Healthy Habits
Spending Traps
Who is really in control of what you buy online?
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Freshman Foundations · Healthy Habits
Tech Habit Challenge
How can I build positive habits around media and tech to support my well-being?
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Health & Wellness · Healthy Habits
Design Tricks
How is tech designed to keep us hooked?
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Health & Wellness · Healthy Habits
Thinking Traps & Alternative Thoughts
What are thinking traps, and how can we develop alternative thoughts that support our digital well-being?
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Freshman Foundations · Healthy Habits
My Values & Tech
What are my values, and how do media and tech impact them?
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Health & Wellness · Healthy Habits
Navigating Health Advice Online
When does looking up health information stop being helpful and start getting in the way of your well-being?
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AI Literacy · Healthy Habits
Is AI A Choice or a Necessity?
How do you decide what technology gets a place in your life?