BUSHLAND

SIXTH GRADE

AT-HOME ACTIVITIES

• Digital Life 101
  • ​ (Media Balance & Well-Being) Students learn all the ways we consume, create, and share digital media in our daily lives, then reflect on its omnipresence.
• Teen Voices: Presenting Yourself Online 
  • (Digital Footprint & Identity) Students hear from teens about the benefits and drawbacks of presenting themselves differently (or even anonymously) to others online, and consider what it means to "be yourself" in digital spaces.
• Teen Voices: Who You're Talking To Online 
  • (Relationships & Communication) Students hear what other teens have to say about meeting and talking to known and unknown people online, think about the types of information they're sharing about themselves, and consider strategies to keep their online friendships safe and positive.
• DIGITAL COMPASS (More Info below)

SEVENTH GRADE

AT-HOME ACTIVITIES

• Digital Footprint
  • ​ (Digital Footprint & Identity) Students learn to think carefully before posting and sharing information by comparing their digital footprints to things such as a permanent marker, a copy machine, or a jumbotron at a stadium.
• Teen Voices: Friendships and Social Media
  • ​ (Relationships & Communication) Students hear what other teens have to say about using social media to connect with friends, consider the complications and distractions that can happen, and think critically about how social media affects their own relationships.
• DIGITAL COMPASS  (More Info below)

EIGHTH GRADE

AT-HOME ACTIVITIES

• Teen Voices: The Pressure to Be Connected
  • ​ (Media Balance & Well-Being) Students hear what other teens have to say about how digital media has them feeling "hooked," then think critically about their own digital media use.
• Teen Voices: Oversharing and Your Digital Footprint
  • ​ (Digital Footprint & Identity) Students hear what other teens have to say about sharing on social media, then think critically about the decisions they're making any time they post something online about themselves or others.
• Teen Voices: Sexting, Relationships, and Risks
  • ​ (Relationships & Communication) Students can hear other teens' honest -- and sometimes frank -- thoughts about the pressures and risks that come with sexting, then consider how they might react in similar situations.
• DIGITAL COMPASS  (More Info below)

DIGITAL COMPASS ACTIVITIES

Digital Compass is our award-winning suite of engaging games for middle schoolers. Games give students the freedom to explore how the decisions they make in their digital lives can affect their relationships and futures.  Click on “Digital Compass” underneath each grade level to view grade level specific Digital Passport games. 

*Lessons and resources provided by Common Sense Media.*