Citizenship
It is expected that students will: appreciate that membership in a society affects individual rights and freedoms value the ideals of democratic citizenship describe essential characteristics of democratic processes demonstrate awareness of the goals and ideals of democracy	Lessons Cyberbullying and Civic Participation Cyberbullying and the Law (Grades 7-8) Understanding Cyberbullying: Virtual vs. Physical Worlds The Girl in the Mirror
APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES
gather and organize a body of information from primary and secondary print and non-print sources, including electronic sources   interpret and evaluate a variety of primary and secondary sources	Lessons Activity Two: Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Celebrities and World Issues Deconstructing Web Pages Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues How to Analyze the News ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum News Journalism Across the Media: Introduction   Perceptions of Race and Crime   Perceptions of Youth and Crime   Thinking About Hate Teaching TV: Critically Evaluating TV Television News : Lesson Four MNet Special Initiatives Allies and Aliens Jo Cool or Jo Fool Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource) Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)  MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students Teachable Moments Hurricane Katrina and the Internet  The Mediated Communications of News of War Photographic Truth in the Digital Era The Girl in the Mirror