CERCA Slides by Grade
Grade 3: Ask First, Then Post? Parents on Social Media.
Should parents get their children's permission before posting photos and stories to social media?
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.W.3.1
Grade 4: What is FoMO?
Can social media negatively impact your happiness?
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.W.4.1
Grade 5: Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful?
Based on the information in the reading, is social media more helpful or harmful?
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.W.5.1
Grade 6: You Are the Product: How Your Data is Being Sold
Should social media companies be allowed to track "likes" and behaviors in order to target ads to users?
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.W.6.1
Grade 7: Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?
Should manipulative advertising on social media that targets kids be considered “potentially harmful content online”?
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.W.7.1
Grade 8: "Algorithms"
Should social media users be given more control over what appears in their news feeds?
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.W.8.1
Grade 9: Crowdsourced Panopticon
Is the claim that technology has fundamentally changed our ideas of privacy and individualism valid?
CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1
Grade 10: It’s not just bad behavior
Should social media platforms be redesigned to promote more constructive online dialogue?
CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.1
Grade 11: On College Campuses, Social Media Provides Private Spaces for Thousands
Does social media contribute to — or detract from — the development of communities on college campuses?
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1
Grade 12: How to Fix Twitter — And All of Social Media
Does the author make a convincing argument that social media platforms should be restructured around “small, self-governing groups,” as opposed to individual profiles?
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.W.11-12.1
