The advantages and disadvantages of social media

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

"Ditching (= getting rid of) social media for just one week can boost your mental health."

Learning goals

- I can write at least five disadvantages and five advantages of social media.

- As a group, we can design our own social media app which makes at least one negative side of social media go away.  

As a group, make a list of all the advantages and disadvantages you hear and read. 

2 minutes

Write down 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of social media on your list. 

10 minutes

Hand-out with 3 advantages or  3 disadvantages of social media.

1. Do the vocabulary exercise --> fill int the blanks with the correct words.

2. Summarise (= giving the main points) of each advantage/disadvantage and add them to your list. 

Finished? -->  one person of the group goes to LessonUp and enters the code. 

Advantages

Disadvantages

18 minutes

- As a group, design your own social media app.

- Use the positive sides of social media and make at least one of the negative sides go away.

Your design should have: a logo, a name, a description of the app, a description of the positive sides, a description of the negative side(s) you made go away and a recommendation.