Week of September 18-22: Digital Citizenship Week
As the students attend their religion courses, they will be informed about various ways to remain safe online. Students will also come to understand why being a citizen of God offline is equally as being one online.
Students engaged in the following sketch:
Kevin sends his friend José a short video he made at home, a reenactment of a famous fantasy movie scene. José, laughing at how Kevin looks, shows it to some other kids at school. The kids (Ivy, Ned and Kelly) laugh at Kevin too, and then decide to post it on a video-sharing website. Two other kids, Nancy and Rob, stand off to the side and see everything unfold, but they do not step in to help. Millions of people then view Kevin’s video. Nasty comments are posted. Every day, Kevin goes online to check the site and sees more comments like “idiot” and “fat nerd.” Every day, he goes to school and hears similar cruel comments from his classmates.
Students were then asked the following questions in their composition books:
As the students attend their religion courses, they will be informed about various ways to remain safe online. Students will also come to understand why being a citizen of God offline is equally as being one online.
Students engaged in the following sketch:
Kevin sends his friend José a short video he made at home, a reenactment of a famous fantasy movie scene. José, laughing at how Kevin looks, shows it to some other kids at school. The kids (Ivy, Ned and Kelly) laugh at Kevin too, and then decide to post it on a video-sharing website. Two other kids, Nancy and Rob, stand off to the side and see everything unfold, but they do not step in to help. Millions of people then view Kevin’s video. Nasty comments are posted. Every day, Kevin goes online to check the site and sees more comments like “idiot” and “fat nerd.” Every day, he goes to school and hears similar cruel comments from his classmates.
Students were then asked the following questions in their composition books:
- Who are the bystanders?
- Who is doing the cyberbullying?
- What would you do if you were a bystander?
- What would you say to José if you wanted him to stop?
- What would you say to Kevin or do for him to show your support for him?
- What could you say to the other kids at school who viewed the video and left cruel comments?
- How could you have involved a trusted adult?
- What does it mean to be brave?
- How can you show bravery if someone is being cyberbullied and you are a witness?
Religion:
- End of Unit Test: 25%
- Service Hours: 25%
- Projects: 15%
- Group Work: 10%
- Notebook: 10%
- Vocab quizzes: 10%
- Homework: 5%