UbD Stage 1

Title of Unit

Cyberbullying Grade Level

5th

Curriculum Area

Digital Citizenship Time Frame

30-45 minutes

Stage 1 – Identify Desired ResultsContent Standards:

NET*S Standard 5. Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technologyb. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivityc. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learningd. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

Understandings

Students will understand that:

Students will recognize what Cyberbullying is.Students will evaluate whether they are susceptible to Cyberbullying.Students will understand how to prevent and stop cyberbullying.

Essential Questions

Overarching Questions:

What is cyberbullying Who does cyberbullying effect and how?

Topical Questions:

Are you practicing safe online habits? How are your online actions affecting

others? What can be done to prevent or stop

cyberbullying?

Knowledge and Skills

KnowledgeStudents will know:

Vocabulary related to internet, social media, Cyberbullying, derogatory.

Current statistics about Cyberbullying.

Skills Students will be able to:

Define cyber-bullying in their own words

Identify the difference between bullying and cyber-bullying.

Identify who is affected by cyber-bullying in addition to the target of the bullying.

Identify the different ways that cyber-bullying affects the parties involved.

List steps they can take to prevent others from using them as target for cyber-bullying

List steps they can take if they become a target for cyber-bullies.

Educate others on how to prevent cyber-bullying

Stage 2 - Evidence

Performance Task(s)

Students will: Give their own definition of cyber-bullying Compare and contrast cyber-bullying vs.

regular bullying. Watch a video clip about Cyberbullying and the effects it can have.

Other Evidence(e.g. tests, quizzes, work samples, observations)

Oral Discussion

Handout with real-world scenarios of how to deal with cyberbullying (Appendix A)

Follow-up with counselors, if needed.

Student Self-Assessment and Reflection

Students will reflect on their behaviors and the behaviors of their friends throughout the lesson. They will evaluate their encounters with Cyberbullying and discuss ways to improve and overall eliminate Cyberbullying.

UbD Stage 3 –Plan Learning Experiences

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences

Students will discuss what they think contributes to Cyberbullying and how they could prevent it.

Students will view surprising statistics based on student and parent Cyberbullying facts.

Students will see the long term impact of Cyberbullying and see that it can lead to death and can have very serious consequences.

Will also send presentation out to parents because they need to be aware of Cyberbullying and that they are an integral part in putting an end to it.