Education Standards
Digital Citizenship Lesson Repository (pdf)
Digital Citizenship K-5th Grade Scope & Sequence
Overview
This sequenced collection, curated by Seattle Public School educators, contains openly-licensed Digital Citizenship resources for K-5 educators.
Introduction
As elementary teachers of library and technology, we recognize our students’ need to learn and apply positive digital citizenship. Especially now, more interactive online, we found ourselves wishing for a one-stop shop for a Digital Citizenship scope and sequence.
We did not recreate the wheel: we researched and aggregated what we deemed the best lessons for Digital Citizenship, aligned them with current Washington State and ISTE standards, and sequenced them. In some instances, educators may choose from a few lessons on a single topic. Following our progression, students will be introduced to and revisit Digital Citizenship concepts via different contexts. In sum, elementary students, starting in kindergarten and ending in fifth grade, will explore and practice different aspects of digital citizenship in age-appropriate activities.
Understanding that Best Practices underscore an interdisciplinary approach, we designed this lesson collection to enable collaboration among a school’s educators; we would neither expect nor recommend a single educator to teach these in isolation.
K-5 Digital Citizenship Key Concepts and Scope and Sequence
Digital Citizenship Key Concepts K-5
| WA State Tech Standard | Key Concepts | Kindergarten - 5th Grade |
| 2a | Digital Footprint | What you express online can be permanent |
| 2a | Digital Well-Being &Balance | Balance with digital with non-digital activitie |
| 2b | Onlne Safety/Smarts | Navigate safely and smartly online |
| 2b | Online Interactions | Practice kindness for self and community |
| 2c | Respecting Intellectual Property | Recognize and respect the creations/contributions of others |
| 2d | Privacy | Personal versus private information |
Washington Educational Technology K–12 Learning Standards
Digital Citizenship K-5 Scope and Sequence
This chart shows content covered by the curated lessons for each of the concept areas. Note the progression of standards across the grade levels.
| K | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade |
Digital Footprint | What are digital footprints? | Safety, responsibility, and respect online | Our digital trail | Online reputation | Share information responsibly Data collection | How posts affect reputation Positive footprints |
Digital Well-Being & Balance | Media balance basics Managing choices in Digital Age | How technology makes you feel | Device free moments | Balance digital life | Informed media choices | Personalized media plans |
Online Safety Smarts | Practice safety on virtual fieldtrip Spotting advertising online | Five online safety basics “Just Right” websites and apps Safe searching online Online reliability | Positive digital citizenship Fact-checking the internet | Seek help | Bravery online Anti-phishing | Report abuse |
Online Interactions | Empathy | Responsibility and respect | Differentiate between positive and negative comments | Positive words Tone online | Navigate online bullying | Say it nicely Recognize gender bias online |
Respecting Intellectual Property | Take and give credit | Explore fairness and credit | Why and how to credit Credit those who inspire us | Copyright and Fair Use Altering digital content | Copyright and responsibility Respect ownership | Identify copyright Fair Use concepts Citing sources |
Privacy | Online “strangers” Three basic privacy and security rules Personal info basics | Connect online safely Handle requests for personal info | What to keep private Identify, analyze, and synthesize basic internet safety | Private information Passwords | Password security Personal vs private Privacy solutions | Avoid clickbait Customize privacy settings |
Digital Citizenship K-5 Curated Lessons
To view all lessons, download our editable Microsoft Word doc or PDF.
Where provided by our sources, we include the following learning standards.
Attribution and License
Attribution
Authors/Curators
Anne Aliverti, Teacher Librarian, Seattle Public Schools
Kristi Leland, Teacher Librarian, Seattle Public Schools
LeAnn Miller, Teacher Librarian, Seattle Public Schools
Nuzhat Mustafa, Technology Teacher, Seattle Public Schools
Alicia Nygard, Teacher Librarian, Seattle Public Schools
Amy Young, Teacher Librarian, Seattle Public Schools
The Washington Educational Technology K–12 Learning Standards by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License.
The Washington Social Studies Learning Standards by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Digital Citizenship logo by Kim Love | CC BY
License
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This resource was made possible by funding from the Washington State Legislature and administered through the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.