Pre-Writing Activity: Social Media

For this quick brainstorming journal, please complete the sentences below. You can do so in a Word document and attach it, or you can type into the text box.

PART 1

I use social media mostly to___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My go-to social media sites include:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I have /have not (select one) seen social justice campaigns on my social media feed.

Some of the campaigns/hashtags that deal with social justice I have seen are:

1.

2.

3.

I have /have not (select one) liked or followed an online social media campaign.

I have /have not (select one) attended an event organized online.

PART 2:

Please do not look these up online. Just write down what you think. There is no wrong answer.

When I hear the word “activism,” I think of___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When I think of the phrase “social justice,” I think of:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART 3:

Only after you have done step 2, look up the words “justice” and “activism,” and “protest” in the dictionary. Write down the definitions you find below:

• Justice:
• Activism:
• Protest: