Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum

What Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum is

Common Sense Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum is a free web-based framework for teachers building digital literacy skills with students in grades K–12. It covers healthy habits; relationships and communication; privacy and safety; cyberbullying and online harm; digital footprint; and information and media literacy. The curriculum includes more than 165 updated lessons, described on its About page as 170+ lessons. Lessons combine interactive activities and discussion guides and take about 20 minutes for K–8 or 40 minutes for grades 9–12. Topics include AI literacy, social media, screen time, deepfakes, consent, and AI hallucinations. Schools can use a full grade-level sequence across a school year or select and reorder lessons. Teachers and administrators can also take a free, self-paced implementation course. Lessons can fit library or media lab sessions, core-subject classes, advisory, health, or social-emotional learning programs. The curriculum was developed with Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education, informed by experts at Georgetown, Wellesley, and Cornell, and independently evaluated by researchers at the London School of Economics and the University of New Hampshire.