National Adult Literacy Database

This document offers an outline for a three-hour lesson about using the social networking site Facebook. Learning objectives include defining social networking; creating a Facebook account; using Facebook; and protecting privacy on Facebook.

The authors have included a detailed description of specific learning goals; an estimate of the time required for each goal; and page references for the workbook that accompanies the lesson.

This lesson plan, which was updated in 2012, is part of a computer series developed by Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and published on Creative Commons, a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available to share legally.