#WINATSOCIAL

National Calendar
The Social Institute’s #WinAtSocial Program empowers students to live up to high standards. Each Standard unlocks a unique
sequence of lessons. Lessons align with the Understanding By Design framework (UbD®) and evidence-based competencies of CASEL.

THE SOCIAL INSTITUTE’S CYBERBACK

SEVEN SOCIAL STANDARDS Having each others’ back and supporting

each other online.

PLAY TO YOUR CORE FIND YOUR INFLUENCERS

Reflecting our values, character, Surround yourself with positive people
and interests in our actions online. and credible influences.

PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY

USE YOUR MIC FOR GOOD
LIKE YOU’RE FAMOUS
Using social media as a microphone to
Staying in control of our personal create meaningful change.
information online.

STRIKE A BALANCE HANDLE THE PRESSURE

Balancing our time and attention on Finding your own path no matter the
technology with the people around us. pressure from others.

This document represents The Social Institute’s #WinAtSocial National Calendar. By following this schedule, your school can join a nationwide
discussion, experience the timeliest, most relevant Curriculum Lessons, and cover all Seven Social Standards each year.
 #WINATSOCIAL NATIONAL CALENDAR
#WinAtSocial Curriculum Lessons are updated monthly to integrate the latest research, most recent articles, timely
4th-8th Grade
events, and student experiences. For example, all Strike a Balance lessons are updated directly ahead of September,
ensuring you’re equipped with the most relevant and engaging modern life skills lessons throughout the school year.
*Click on the lessons in blue to view them in WinAtSocial.com

ORIENTATION SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

LIVE STRIKE A BALANCE CYBERBACK HANDLE THE PRESSURE PLAY TO YOUR CORE PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY FIND YOUR INFLUENCERS USE YOUR MIC FOR GOOD

GRADE Taking control Making kindness Leading the Building positive Discovering Using data
Game-planning Analyzing how

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of your health contagious way through reputations the data to enhance
to get the most search results can
happiness, and in our school everyday social one choice created by our our school
out of our day >> sway us >>
future success >> community >> pressures >> at a time >> actions online >> culture >>

Reflecting our Huddling with Channeling

GRADE Taking control Balancing our Handling your Staying in control
Diffusing online values in the your family to get your interests

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of your health time on devices emotions of what family
gossip, rumors, content we advice and work into helping
happiness, and to reach your even when and friends share
and trash talk >> share or through others and
future success >> goals >> it’s tough >> about us >>
consume >> challenges >> volunteering >>

Finding and Working

Overcoming the Respecting
GRADE Taking control Helping friends Recognizing Knowing when to examining together across
fear of missing the values

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of your health and family strike a stereotypes, put your guard up credible sources, generations
out on texts, of family and
happiness, and balance with their origin, and with strangers articles, to address
apps, and time friends in social
future success >> technology >> their impact >> and hackers >> and social media challenges in
with friends >> situations >>
accounts >> society >>

Recognizing how
Exploring how Handling and Surrounding
GRADE Taking control Standing up for the portrayal of Championing a
and when rebounding from Respecting the yourself with

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of your health peers who have people in cause you care
to communicate texts, posts, and privacy of others people and
happiness, and been bullied movies, shows, about at
over text and jokes that cross online and off >> content that
future success >> online >> and ads can our school >>
in person >> the line >> inspire you >>
affect us >>

Empowering Analyzing how

GRADE Taking control Elevating a Rising above the Building a Examining how Making an
younger students companies,

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of your health culture pressures of likes, lasting, positive free apps and impact in your
to strike influencers, and
happiness, and of inclusion at followers, and reputation on websites use our community
a balance with online groups can
future success >> our school >> perfect posts >> social media >> personal data >> and beyond >>
their devices >> influence us >>

In addition to the Curriculum Lessons above, TSI also publishes 1-2 LIVE Lessons per month addressing current events and timely trends that matter to students.
LIVE Examples of past LIVE Lessons include ‘Understanding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the power of social media’ and ‘Standing up for the planet this Earth Day and every day’.
All lessons are co-created by TSI’s team of Curriculum Developers and thoroughly vetted by students, educators, and researchers across the nation.

All #WinAtSocial content is confidential and cannot be shared or used outside of your school. Please help maintain the confidential nature of this material. © The Social Institute. All rights reserved.
 #WINATSOCIAL NATIONAL CALENDAR
#WinAtSocial Curriculum Lessons are updated monthly to integrate the latest research, most recent articles, timely
9th-12th Grade
events, and student experiences. For example, all Strike a Balance lessons are updated directly ahead of September,
ensuring you’re equipped with the most relevant and engaging modern life skills lessons throughout the school year.
*Click on the lessons in blue to view them in WinAtSocial.com

ORIENTATION SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

LIVE STRIKE A BALANCE CYBERBACK HANDLE THE PRESSURE PLAY TO YOUR CORE PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY FIND YOUR INFLUENCERS USE YOUR MIC FOR GOOD

Finding common Upgrading

Stepping up How outside Evaluating news
GRADE Taking control Recognizing the ground, privacy settings Recognizing the
thank you skills pressures lead sources and

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of your health science behind navigating to control impact and intent
and embracing us to define information in
happiness, and screen time and disagreements, and manage behind photos in
gratitude to fuel ourselves on our social media
future success >> social media >> and resolving our personal our feeds >>
our well-being >> social media >> feeds >>
conflicts >> information >>

Respecting
Mastering Understanding Redefining Examining the
GRADE Taking control healthy Interpreting the Unlocking
apps and tech and mastering how we portray role of artificial

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of your health boundaries to ethics of privacy social media to
hacks to boost our mind and ourselves intelligence in
happiness, and strengthen your and sharing solve real-world
our academic body’s response authentically on forming just
future success >> relationships and screenshots >> problems >>
performance >> to stress >> social media >> societies >>
friendships >>

Analyzing the Enhancing your

Building habits Sharpening our Pursuing your Considering how
GRADE Taking control Preventing impact of resume to best
to enhance peak online presence interests by the brands you

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of your health burnout cancel culture represent
performance to win over syncing up with support have a
happiness, and to boost your and rushing to your latest
under employers mentors and role social impact
future success >> productivity >> judgement strengths
pressure >> and colleges >> models >> on the world >>
online >> and interests >>

Building inclusive Weighing the Actively listening

GRADE Taking control Examining the Harnessing failure Owning our story Activating and
communities role of student and asking

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of your health positive impact of and missteps by understanding empowering the
in high school, privacy rights in thoughtful
happiness, and diversity in media to fuel future struggles and next generation
college, and creating a questions to seize
future success >> and ads >> success >> triumphs >> of leaders >>
the workplace >> safer society >> opportunities >>

In addition to the Curriculum Lessons above, TSI also publishes 1-2 LIVE Lessons per month addressing current events and timely trends that matter to students.
LIVE Examples of past LIVE Lessons include ‘Understanding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the power of social media’ and ‘Standing up for the planet this Earth Day and every day’.
All lessons are co-created by TSI’s team of Curriculum Developers and thoroughly vetted by students, educators, and researchers across the nation.

All #WinAtSocial content is confidential and cannot be shared or used outside of your school. Please help maintain the confidential nature of this material. © The Social Institute. All rights reserved.