1. Social Media and Hysteria

2. Happy Monday!
Please get out some paper, pen or pencil and highlighters if you have them.
If you have your AUP contract or parent contact sheet, I will be collecting those today.
Place your cell phones in your backpacks or purses, and then put those along the sides of the room please.
THANK YOU!

3. Learning Targets I can establish the historical context of a work.
Today we will make modern connections to the hysteria that was evident in the Salem Witch Trials.
I will analyze an informative text for the main idea and supporting details.

4. How do you use social media?
What is your preferred form of social media?
Facebook?
Twitter?
Snapchat?
Instagram?
Pinterest?
Why do you prefer one over the other?
How much time each day would you say you spend on a social media site?
In your own personal experience, have you ever seen something on a social media site that wasn’t true or damaging to someone’s character? Give an example.

5. Read the Article
Read “One Bad Tweet Can Be Costly to Student Athletes” carefully.
As you read, annotate the text for this:
Main ideas and supporting details
Interesting comments or facts
Something you can relate to
Remember when annotating, you highlight the text that you feel is significant, and then make notes in the margin about why you are highlighting it. YOU DO NOT HIGHLIGHT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE!

6. What’s wrong with this tweet?

7. Social Media Anticipation Guide
Answer the questions from the social media anticipation guide on your own paper please!

8. Consequences of Social Media
When can social media impact your opportunities or freedoms?
At what age do you feel young adults can handle social media? Why this particular age?

9. Develop Your Own Social Media Contract
What advice would you give a person just creating their first social media accounts? What would they need to know/understand to ensure they used it properly?
Create a contract that would provide guidelines for ensuring smart and safe use for tweens. Your contract should have at least 8 key points that would instruct him/her on safe use.
Like any other contract, provide a place for the signature of both the student and the parent.
On the back of your “contract,” provide a justification for your choice of guidelines.