Digital Literacy and Wellbeing
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We are proud to implement Common Sense Media's excellent Digital Literacy and Citizenship curriculum within our scheme of work. All links go directly to the original materials, nothing is hosted on our site or controlled by TeachICTNT.
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Common Sense Media Curriculum home page
Find everything from Common Sense Media's Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum, including all units, lesson resources and implementation guides.
Teacher training
Common Sense Media have put together a self-led teacher training course. which walks you through the Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum, exploring its core principles and experiencing the ready-to-use lesson plans first hand. By the end, you'll have everything you need to help your students not only survive, but thrive in our tech-filled world.
You can also watch a webinar about the introduction and implementation of the curriculum here.
Scope and sequence
The curriculum features 147 lessons, with 13 to 18 lessons per year group. Each new lesson is designed to be roughly 20 minutes in length, and collectively, the lessons for each year cover all six of Common Sense Media's core topics. For best results, we recommend implementing the full curriculum throughout a school year. The scope and sequence document outlines this recommended plan.
Integration Guide
The new curriculum adapts to your school's structure. Use it in computing lessons, during PSHCE or class times - whatever fits your school's schedule and priorities. While we recommend year-long implementation, you can also teach the lessons individually or reorder them as needed.
The Integration Guide offers a variety of examples for how to make things work in your school setting.
Year group lesson pages
Please note that all age groups are shown in the US grade system.
- Grade K is equivalent to UK Year 1 (5/6 year olds)
- Grade 1 is equivalent to UK Year 2 (6/7 year olds)
- Grade 2 is equivalent to UK Year 3 (7/8 year olds)
- Grade 3 is equivalent to UK Year 4 (8/9 year olds)
- Grade 4 is equivalent to UK Year 5 (9/10 year olds)
- Grade 5 is equivalent to UK Year 6 (10/11 year olds)
All lessons provide:
- Objectives
- Key vocabulary
- Lesson materials
- Lesson plan
Year 1 Lessons
Year 2 Lessons
Year 3 Lessons
Year 4 Lessons
Year 5 Lessons
Year 6 Lessons
