Digital Citizenship (High School) Teacher Resource Pack

Help your high school students build the future-ready digital skills they need for school, work, and life. The Digital Citizenship Resource Pack includes 6 comprehensive lessons covering online identity, communication, attention, information literacy, data privacy, AI usage, and college/career digital readiness. Designed for learners ages 15–19, these lessons offer flexible, discussion-driven activities that meet teens where they are—and help them grow into thoughtful, ethical digital participants.

This pack is ideal for advisory periods, digital literacy courses, social-emotional learning, homerooms, counseling groups, or blended learning environments.

What’s Inside

This 100+ page downloadable resource pack includes:

Teacher & Parent Guides

Clear instructions, learning rationales, flexible teaching pathways, and insights for guiding teens through complex digital topics (pp. 3–5).

6 Ready-to-Teach Lessons

Each lesson includes a teacher lesson plan, a student-facing article, reflection prompts, and 4–5 interactive activities.

Lesson Topics

1. Digital Identity: Reputation & Future Pathways
   How digital footprints, platform algorithms, and online choices shape opportunities. (pp. 11–24)

2. Digital Communication: Relationships, Conflict & Online Behavior
   Tone, misunderstandings, cyberbullying, conflict escalation, and de-escalation skills. (pp. 25–40)

3. Attention & Digital Well-Being
   Persuasive app design, multitasking, habit loops, notification audits, and focus strategies. (pp. 41–52)

4. Information Ecosystems: Bias, Deepfakes & AI
   Algorithms, bias, misinformation, source credibility, TRUST test, and media manipulation. (pp. 53–67)

5. Digital Ethics & Data Economies
   App permissions, data rights, ethical decision-making, and privacy protection. (pp. 68–76)

6. Digital Futures: College & Career Readiness
   AI literacy, professional communication, portfolios, and aligning digital habits with future goals. (pp. 76–87)

Assessments & Reflection Tools

• Pre-Assessment to gauge students’ existing understanding

• Post-Assessment to track growth in digital reasoning and habits

• Teacher reflection pages

• Parent communication tools

(see pp. 6–10 and pp. 87–107)

Bonus Tools Included

• Cybersecurity Basics Guide: online safety, phishing awareness, secure browsing (pp. 95–97)

• Password Safety Checklist (pp. 93–94)

• Dictionary of Emotions to support SEL and reflection (pp. 98–100)

• Goal Setting Worksheets supporting digital self-management (pp. 101–102)

Skills Students Gain

By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

• Manage their digital identity with awareness and intention

• Communicate ethically and navigate conflict online

• Evaluate information, bias, and AI-generated content

• Protect personal data and understand their digital rights

• Use technology and AI tools responsibly

• Build a digital presence that aligns with their goals

Perfect For

• High School Classrooms

• Advisory & Homeroom

• Life Skills & SEL Programs

• College & Career Readiness Programs

• Digital Media & Computer Science Courses

• Counseling groups

Product Details

• Format: Printable & Digital PDF

• Length: 100+ pages

• Grade Level: 9–12 (ages 15–19)

• Publisher: Seltrove Education, an imprint of IB Source Inc.