Grade 6

Language · Unit 2 of 12

Digital Media Literacy — Full Unit

7 lessons


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  • 7 lessons
  • PDF · Word · Slides
  • Answer keys included

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Description

All 7 lessons are complete — learning about rights and jobs that come with using digital tools, learning how to keep our personal data safe online, judge whether a source of information can be trusted, recognize common parts found in digital and media texts, learning how a text's form connects to its message and the situation it was made in, learning the four stages of the design process: plan, make, test, and improve, and write online messages that are respectful and welcoming.

Every lesson comes with a full teaching set: a lesson plan, a worksheet, homework, and a handout. The unit also includes 7 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment.

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What's in this unit

  1. 1

    Plan

    7 lesson plans, each one 40-minute period, with what to say and what to watch for.

  2. 2

    Slides

    The lesson on the board, one step at a time, with each answer on the next slide.

  3. 3

    Printouts

    A worksheet, a handout and homework for every lesson.

  4. 4

    Assessment

    7 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, an assignment.

  5. 5

    Answer keys

    At the back of every worksheet, homework and assessment.

The 7 lessons

  1. 1Your Rights, Your Responsibilities, Your Digital Identitylearning about rights and jobs that come with using digital tools and learning how our online choices build a digital identity over time
  2. 2Staying Safe, Well, and Kind Onlinelearning how to keep our personal data safe online and learning polite habits that help everyone feel safe online
  3. 3Checking Your Sources: Is This Information Reliable?judge whether a source of information can be trusted and compare more than one source before deciding what is true
  4. 4How Digital Texts Are Built to Grab Your Attentionrecognize common parts found in digital and media texts and learning how a creator's choices affect the people watching or reading
  5. 5Why Was This Text Made This Way?learning how a text's form connects to its message and the situation it was made in and learning how the audience and purpose shape the choices a creator makes
  6. 6Designing a Solution: Plan, Make, Test, Improvelearning the four stages of the design process: plan, make, test, and improve and choose a digital or media tool that fits a real problem
  7. 7Welcoming Everyone in an Online Communitywrite online messages that are respectful and welcoming and notice different cultural backgrounds when we work online together
  • Read-Me-First — open it before anything else; one page that says what each file is for
  • One numbered zip per lesson: lesson plan, worksheet, homework, handout and a one-page lesson read-me
  • A zip for the 7 exit cards; a zip for the assessments: 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment
  • Every file as a print-ready PDF and an editable Word document; the lesson plan also as a PowerPoint deck to project

In every lesson

  • Lesson plan
  • Worksheet
  • Homework
  • Handout

For the whole unit

  • 7 exit cards
  • 2 quizzes
  • A project
  • An assignment
  • Every format included — PDF, DOCX & PPTX
  1. Your Rights, Your Responsibilities, Your Digital Identity
  2. Staying Safe, Well, and Kind Online
  3. Checking Your Sources: Is This Information Reliable?
  4. How Digital Texts Are Built to Grab Your Attention
  5. Why Was This Text Made This Way?
  6. Designing a Solution: Plan, Make, Test, Improve
  7. Welcoming Everyone in an Online Community
  • Each lesson fits one 40-minute period; the plan is written for a substitute to teach cold
  • Prints cleanly in black and white; nothing depends on colour
  • Answer keys on the teacher pages at the end of every worksheet, homework and assessment
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