Empowerment and Identity on Social Media Activity Guide
10-SESSION PROGRAM, Ages 11-18
An essential tool and resource to promote healthy development for youth growing up in today’s digital world. Providing skills development for media literacy, digital citizenship, and more accurate information on how to use social media safely and in more of an emotionally healthy manner, this curriculum harnesses the relational strengths of youth to effectively explore the complex intersecting topics of technology, body image, cyberbullying, exploitation, and relationships.
10-SESSION PROGRAM, Ages 11-18
An essential tool and resource to promote healthy development for youth growing up in today’s digital world. Providing skills development for media literacy, digital citizenship, and more accurate information on how to use social media safely and in more of an emotionally healthy manner, this curriculum harnesses the relational strengths of youth to effectively explore the complex intersecting topics of technology, body image, cyberbullying, exploitation, and relationships.
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Session
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Theme
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Activity/Description
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| 1 | My Relationship to Technology and Social Media | My Online Profile: Getting to Know Me, Rate it! Comparing Social Media Platforms, My Relationship with Technology & Tracking Screen Time |
| 2 | Finding My Media Balance | Pros and Cons of Life in Virtual Communities, Finding My Media Balance |
| 3 | My Digital Footprint: Ads, Messages, and Being a Leader | Messages in the Media, My Digital Footprint, Teach the Children Public Service Announcement (PSA |
| 4 | A Focus on Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hurtful Behavior | Defining Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hurtful Behavior, Stories of Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hurtful Behavior, Upstander Role-plays |
| 5 | Gender, Body Image, and Social Media | Gender Stereotypes, Beauty is..., Hands Down Beautiful |
| 6 | Sexting | Group Discussion about Sexting and Sexting Laws, Video: “Teen Voices: Sexting, Relationships, and Risks”, Sexting Scenario and Role-plays |
| 7 | Social Media, Mental Health, and Allyship | Agree/Disagree - Exploring Feelings about Social Media, The Facts about Social Media, Flipping the Faults, Strategies for Being an Upstander |
| 8 | The Importance of Empathy | How to Empathize, Realizing our Commonalities with Feelings, Practicing Empathy Scenarios and Empathy Blockers |
| 9 | Staying Safe on the Internet | Forced Choice, Digital Relationships and Sex Trafficking, Identifying and Responding to Potentially Dangerous Messages and Ads |
| 10 | Being a Leader and Sharing My Voice | Positive Leaders, Leading a Social Media Change Message, “Dear Little” Letter, Optional: Food and Celebration |