Lesson
Updated lessons available!Social Media and How You Feel
How does your social media use affect how you feel?
Grade
10Time
50 mins.
Objectives
- Reflect on how their social media use makes them feel and how it compares to other teenagers'.
- Describe how active and passive social media use can lead to positive and negative feelings.
- Identify action steps to increase their positive feelings when using social media.
Vocabulary Show definitions
active use .
passive use
active use – contributing online via posts, comments, or other forms of communication and expression
passive use – scrolling through online content without reacting to the content
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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