Watch the clip and then complete the activities.
Reflection
Students respond to the message of the video by writing down one statement that they thought was true, one comment they may not agree with, and one question that they now have.
Human Barometer Activity
Facilitate a Human Barometer activity using the following statements:
- Using social media improves friendships
- Social media helps teenagers to build confidence
- Modern technology makes it easier to have many connections, but harder to build deep friendships
- Healthy friendships experience disagreement and hurt
Forgiveness is an essential part of all healthy relationships
Reflect
Students complete this sentence ‘True friendship means …’ and then share their response with the class.
Extend
- Article: Loneliness and the cost of true community (9 min)
- Article: We are all in the social media gutter looking at the stars (5 min)
Students read ONE of the articles and write a 2 paragraph summary reflecting on the difference between connection and community, or connection and conversation.