New K-12 Curriculum for Cyber Smart Weeks
Common Sense Media offers FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum to help educators empower their students and their school communities to be safe, responsible, and savvy as they navigate this fast-paced digital world.
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K-3 Scope and Sequence
4-5 Scope and Sequence
6-8 Scope and Sequence
9-12 Scope and Sequence for Digital Citizenship
The curriculum is divided into three major topical strands, each with its own units and lessons. Teachers may choose to teach all the lessons in each of the three strands, or decide to teach individual lessons. Scope and sequence charts (above) as well as implementation guides are available to help you get started.
Daily Topics for Grades K-5
- October 24: Safety & Security:Unit 1 Safety
- October 25: Safety & Security: Unit 2 Security
- October 26: Digital Citizenship: Unit 1 Digital Life
- October 27: Digital Citizenship: Unit 2 Privacy and Digital Footprints
- October 28: Digital Citizenship: Unit 3 Connected Culture
- October 31: Digital Citizenship: Unit 4 Respecting Creative Work
- November 2: Research & Information Literacy: Unit 1 Searching
- November 3: Research & Information Literacy: Unit 2 Research & Evaluation
Daily Topics for Grades 6-8 | Daily Topics for Grades 9-12
- October 24: Safety & Security:Unit 1 Safety
- October 25: Safety & Security: Unit 2 Security
- October 26: Digital Citizenship: Unit 1 Digital Life
- October 27: Digital Citizenship: Unit 2 Privacy and Digital Footprints
- October 28: Digital Citizenship: Unit 3 Connected Culture
- October 31: Digital Citizenship: Unit 4 Self-Expression & Identity
- November 2: Digital Citizenship: Unit 5 Respecting Creative Work
- November 3: Research & Information Literacy: Unit 1 Searching
- November 4: Research & Information Literacy: Unit 2 Research & Evaluation
Why Do We Focus on Cyber Safety?
On October 10, 2008, Congress passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act (Senate Bill 1492). The new legislation adds requirements that schools, as part of their Internet safety policies, educate minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms, and cyberbullying awareness and response.
To meet these requirements, we are recommending the use of Common Sense Curriculum. Teachers should plan to spend at least 10-15 minutes delivering information to students on the topic for each day during the Cyber Smart Weeks (October 24-November 4, 2011).
