Social Media Safety Lesson
By Graphene - Digital Life Lessons
This social media safety lesson helps grades 7–12 students explore online privacy, passwords, two-factor authentication, privacy settings, digital footprint, phishing, tagging, harassment, social media safety, and digital citizenship. Most students are already using platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, or BeReal, so this lesson meets them where they are and helps them make safer choices without turning online safety into a scare lecture. Students review practical safety habits, complete a private social media safety check, work through realistic online safety scenarios, and create group ground rules for responsible social media use. This resource helps students understand privacy, account security, posting choices, and digital footprint decisions in a way they can actually apply to platforms they use. This is a low-prep, structured discussion lesson designed to help students think clearly, not tell them what to think. It gives teachers a practical way to discuss social media safety without relying on fear, shame, or public sharing of private account details. Check my blogpost that dives a bit deeper. Useful for digital citizenship, social media safety, online safety, advisory, health class, media literacy, technology class, life skills, counseling, or any lesson on privacy, passwords, two-factor authentication, and responsible social media use. This activity is part of the Social Media and Digital Life bundle — a set of 7 activities covering social media safet
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