CERCA Slides: Social Media

Social Media

Social media is a big part of our everyday lives; we spend a lot of time debating the positive and negative impact of this global experience.

Get your students exploring the ways in which social media is shaping our lives, perceptions of ourselves and others, and even the way entire societies think, with this popular writing lesson set. 🤔📱🌏

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Ask First, Then Post? Parents on Social Media.

Should parents get their children's permission before posting photos and stories to social media?

CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.W.3.1

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Student Guide

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Grade 4: What is FoMO?

Can social media negatively impact your happiness?

CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.W.4.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 5: Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful?

Based on the information in the reading, is social media more helpful or harmful?

CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.W.5.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 6: You Are the Product: How Your Data is Being Sold

Should social media companies be allowed to track "likes" and behaviors in order to target ads to users?

CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.W.6.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 7: Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Should manipulative advertising on social media that targets kids be considered “potentially harmful content online”?

CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.W.7.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 8: "Algorithms"

Should social media users be given more control over what appears in their news feeds?

CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.W.8.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 9: Crowdsourced Panopticon

Is the claim that technology has fundamentally changed our ideas of privacy and individualism valid?

CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 10: It’s not just bad behavior

Should social media platforms be redesigned to promote more constructive online dialogue?

CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 11: On College Campuses, Social Media Provides Private Spaces for Thousands

Does social media contribute to — or detract from — the development of communities on college campuses?

CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Grade 12: How to Fix Twitter — And All of Social Media

Does the author make a convincing argument that social media platforms should be restructured around “small, self-governing groups,” as opposed to individual profiles?

CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1

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Student Guide

Pear Deck

Social Media

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Ask First, Then Post? Parents on Social Media.

Should parents get their children's permission before posting photos and stories to social media? CCSS.RI.3.2CCSS.W.3.1

Grade 4: What is FoMO?

Can social media negatively impact your happiness? CCSS.RI.4.2CCSS.W.4.1

Grade 5: Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful?

Based on the information in the reading, is social media more helpful or harmful? CCSS.RI.5.2CCSS.W.5.1

Grade 6: You Are the Product: How Your Data is Being Sold

Should social media companies be allowed to track "likes" and behaviors in order to target ads to users? CCSS.RI.6.2CCSS.W.6.1

Grade 7: Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Should manipulative advertising on social media that targets kids be considered “potentially harmful content online”? CCSS.RI.7.2CCSS.W.7.1

Grade 8: "Algorithms"

Should social media users be given more control over what appears in their news feeds? CCSS.RI.8.2CCSS.W.8.1

Grade 9: Crowdsourced Panopticon

Is the claim that technology has fundamentally changed our ideas of privacy and individualism valid? CCSS.RI.9-10.2CCSS.W.9-10.1

Grade 10: It’s not just bad behavior

Should social media platforms be redesigned to promote more constructive online dialogue? CCSS.RI.9-10.2CCSS.W.9-10.1

Grade 11: On College Campuses, Social Media Provides Private Spaces for Thousands

Does social media contribute to — or detract from — the development of communities on college campuses? CCSS.RI.11-12.2CCSS.W.11-12.1

Grade 12: How to Fix Twitter — And All of Social Media

Does the author make a convincing argument that social media platforms should be restructured around “small, self-governing groups,” as opposed to individual profiles? CCSS.RI.11-12.2CCSS.W.11-12.1

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Should parents get their children's permission before posting photos and stories to social media?

CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.W.3.1

Can social media negatively impact your happiness?

CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.W.4.1

Based on the information in the reading, is social media more helpful or harmful?

CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.W.5.1

Should social media companies be allowed to track "likes" and behaviors in order to target ads to users?

CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.W.6.1

Should manipulative advertising on social media that targets kids be considered “potentially harmful content online”?

CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.W.7.1

Should social media users be given more control over what appears in their news feeds?

CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.W.8.1

Is the claim that technology has fundamentally changed our ideas of privacy and individualism valid?

CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1

Should social media platforms be redesigned to promote more constructive online dialogue?

CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1

Does social media contribute to — or detract from — the development of communities on college campuses?

CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1

Does the author make a convincing argument that social media platforms should be restructured around “small, self-governing groups,” as opposed to individual profiles?

CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1

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