Teacher Resources:

7th & 8th Grade Saint Success - 1. Graphic Organizer for Note Taking -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1INeGM1CeuvpVPUI4gEXF_yfG
Digital Citizenship & Sexual Consent Laws TaXgHlfC_Cq4GAibJYs/edit

2. Flocabulary Handout -
Thursday, October 20 http://assets.flocabulary.com/pdfs/units/oversharing-activities.p
df

Students will have one piece of paper with these on front and back.
This can be used for grading purposes at the end.

Learning Goal and Warm Up - 10 min Definition of Digital Citizenship

Learning Goal - I will be able to define digital citizenship. I will be able to analyze my
digital footprint by exploring oversharing online, internet privacy, and Colorado sexual ● Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate and responsible
consent laws. behavior with regard to technology use.

Warm Up - What do you think digital citizenship means? This will be our focus today:

How many devices do you use on a daily basis that connect to the internet? 1. Oversharing Online
2. Internet Privacy
How many times a day to you check social media? Text messages? Post something? 3. Sexual Consent Laws

DISCUSS as a class. We are a digital society! So we need to explore...DIGITAL

CITIZENSHIP!!!

Digital Citizenship - OVERSHARING - 15 min Digital Citizenship - PRIVACY - 10 min

● What does it mean to overshare? Let’s learn a little bit about this while watching
this video from Flocabulary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47ltgfkkik Basic Internet Safety

● Be careful about what personal information you share online.

● Follow along with The Top 10 Things to Think About Before You Post handout. ● Never open an email from a stranger.
http://assets.flocabulary.com/pdfs/units/oversharing-activities.pdf ● Never send pictures to strangers or view pictures that strangers send to you.
● Keep passwords private (except to parents/guardians if needed).
● Answer the questions at the end of the handout. ● Tell a trusted adult if something mean or creepy happens on the internet.

● Discuss as a class. Is there anything more you can think of?

SCENARIO - PRIVACY?!?! - Be careful what you snap!
FROM ABC NEWS:
Digital Citizenship - Sexual Consent - 15 min
You send a private photo to a friend who views it for a few seconds before it disappears forever,
right? Wrong! Why do we need to know about sexual consent in a Saint Success class on
digital citizenship?
Even after Snapchat admitted photos sent using the popular app don’t evaporate into the ether after
all, experts say users still don’t grasp how difficult is it to entirely erase something from the Internet. ● I can protect myself before anything bad happens.
● I can understand the legalities of sexual consent.
"It looks like it's gone," security expert Nico Sell told ABC News. "If you don't understand the
● I can talk with a trusted adult and group about sensitive or embarrassing
underlying technology of the Internet, and aren't thinking about what is going on behind the scenes,
subjects.
it looks like it disappeared."
● I can make informed decisions when viewing online content or receiving
But most of the time, your "deleted" Instagram snaps or Facebook posts -- or possibly Snapchats -- are messages and pictures from other people.
still lurking on a server somewhere, said Sell, founder of another private messaging app, Wickr.

The Facts of Colorado’s Sexual Consent Laws What does this mean?
“Sexual Assault” of a minor is reportable child abuse.
● The age of sexual consent is 17.

“Sexual Assault” is defined as “knowingly inflict[ing] sexual intrusion or sexual

● If a person is 15 or 16 years old, it is illegal to have sex with someone
penetration on a victim” in the following circumstances:
more than 9 years older.
● At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is less than fifteen years of
age and the actor is at least four years older than the victim and is not the spouse
● If a person is 14 years old or younger, it is illegal to have sex with someone
of the victim; or
who is 4 years older or more.
● At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is at least fifteen years of age
but less than seventeen years of age and the actor is at least ten years older than
QUESTIONS?
the victim and is not the spouse of the victim…

What can I do? Closure - 5 min

● Let an adult know if you think you, or someone you know, are a victim of sexual
assault or abuse. (This includes sexual acts, touching, verbal comments, or
Takeaways - Class Discussion or On Exit Ticket.
inappropriate pictures sent to you or sent by you to another person online through
apps, e-mails, texts, etc.) a. What is digital citizenship in my own words?
b. What is an example of an online overshare?
● Know the law and maintain boundaries. c. What should be kept private and off the internet?
d. As a 7th or 8th grader (ages 11-14), can I legally have sex with an 18 year old?
● Talk with your counselor or another trusted adult if you are being pressured by e. Technology can be a great thing, but it must be respected. Therefore, what will
another person to do something you are uncomfortable with. I do to make sure that I am an ethical digital citizen?

● Questions? (Feel free to do sticky note activity here. What questions or comments
do you have? I will try to answer them. You do not have to put your name on them.