Responding to Online Hate Speech

How should you respond to online hate speech?

Students can come across all kinds of negative content online and on social media, whether it's rude, mean, or even hateful. But what should students do when they encounter hate speech online? Have  students think through digital dilemmas and identify the best ways to respond.

Objectives:

• Examine and respond to a piece of artwork about the power of technology.
• Analyze an online hate speech dilemma using the Feelings & Options steps.
• Identify specific actions to positively affect a situation involving hate speech.

Vocabulary 

• cyberbullying 
• anonymous 
• hate speech

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