Digital Citizenship: 6th Grade
Evaluating Information Online through Lateral Reading
Essential Understanding:
Researchers must read laterally to evaluate bias and authority in their sources
Learning Outcome(s):
• Students will read laterally, investigating the authors and publishers of online resources by opening new tabs and conducting more research, to look for bias and authority.
Common Core Standard(s):
RI.8.6: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
IFC Skills:
- Recognizes the effect of different perspectives and points of view on information.
- Compares online resources to seek global perspective.
Resources
Gale Online Newsfeed about Fake News
Cyberbullying
Essential Understanding:
People use cyberbullying to gain power over others. A cyberbully gains power by forming a group united against a common target.
Learning Outcome(s):
• Students will understand what cyberbullying is and how it can hurt others.
• They will be able to identify cyberbullying situations and act safely to support others.
Common Core Standard(s):
• SL.6.1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
IFC Skills:
• Differentiates between important and unimportant details.
• Presents conclusions and supporting facts in a variety of ways. (IFC Assessment 6.4: Conclusions and Supporting Evidence).
Resources
NS Teens: Making Safer Choices Online
Gale Online Newsfeed about Cyberbullying