Las Vegas Phone-Free Classrooms: Printable Digital Life Lessons, Grades 6–9
Las Vegas Phone-Free Classrooms: Printable Digital Life Lessons, Grades 6–9
Yes, you can teach cyberbullying, influencers, AI, privacy, phishing and algorithms in a Clark County classroom where phones stay locked away. The Digital Life Units Bundle gives you six Grades 6–9 units built on reading, worksheets and discussion, so students talk about their online lives without opening a single app. You print the student pages, project the slides if you like, and the phones stay in the pouch.
See the Digital Life BundleThe Digital Life Units Bundle costs $89.99 and contains six units: Cyberbullying and Hate Speech, Influencers and Social Media, AI and Responsibility, Data Protection and Cyber Safety, Cybersecurity: Phishing & Social Engineering, and Recommendation Algorithms and Filter Bubbles. Student work happens on printed worksheets and in discussion, which suits a CCSD room under Nevada's phone rules. It is a digital download, and the three computer science units include full answer keys. It is not written for Nevada's computer science standards.
The resources
Digital Life Units Bundle, Grades 6–9
6 resources in one download: $89.99 instead of $149.94 bought separately.
Start with the first resource; the others are optional add-ons. Open any cover for the full contents and price.
Digital Life Units Bundle | Cyberbullying, Influencers, AI, Privacy, Phishing & Algorithms | 6 Units | Grades 6–9
AI & Cybersecurity Units Bundle | How AI Works, Prompting, Phishing, Encryption & Data Privacy | 6 Units | Grades 6–9
Digital Citizenship Activities | Cyberbullying, AI, Social Media & Media Literacy Lessons | Grades 7–10
Middle School Ethics Curriculum | Justice, Conscience, Freedom, Digital Life & Climate | 10 Units | Grades 6–9
The real problem
Teaching about phones when the phones are gone
Nevada Senate Bill 444, signed by Governor Joe Lombardo in 2025, took effect in July 2026. It bans cell phones during instruction in public schools statewide and requires each district to have an electronic device policy. For Clark County School District teachers this is less of a shift than elsewhere: CCSD already barred phone use during instruction, and since the 2024-25 school year middle and high school students have locked their phones in signal-blocking pouches. That leaves a teaching problem. The topics students most need to think about, such as group chats that turn cruel, influencer marketing, phishing texts and feeds that learn what keeps them scrolling, all live on the device that is now sealed away. Many digital citizenship materials assume students will log in, click through a simulation or check their own settings. In a pouch classroom that plan stalls. With the new 2026-27 bell schedule, middle schools run from 7:30 a.m. to 1:41 p.m., and a lesson that loses ten minutes to login trouble is a real loss in a short day. What helps is material where the screen is the subject, not the tool: a reading, a scenario on paper, a question to argue about.
Why it fits
Why these units work with the pouch policy
Each unit is planned around texts, worksheets and conversation. Here is how that lines up with a CCSD classroom this year.
- Phishing & Social Engineering lets students spot fake messages on paper instead of in their own inbox.
- Recommendation Algorithms and Filter Bubbles explains feeds through readings and tasks, with no app to open.
- Cyberbullying and Hate Speech gives a planned unit for incidents students bring in from outside school.
- Data Protection and Cyber Safety covers privacy choices students can apply when they get their phone back.
- The computer science units have worksheets on four levels, so one printed set covers a mixed class.
- Full answer keys with a marking guide in the security and algorithm units make sub days easier.
Getting started
Running the bundle through a CCSD semester
This is one way to order the six units. Adjust it to your advisory, CTE or computer class schedule.
- Open with Influencers and Social MediaStart where students already have opinions. Print the student pages, run the discussion and let the class name the accounts they follow without anyone needing to pull up a profile.
- Move to phishing and data protectionPair the two security units. Students sort printed example messages, mark the warning signs and write their own rules for protecting personal information once the school day ends.
- Explain the feedTeach Recommendation Algorithms and Filter Bubbles next. Its reading text and hands-on deep-dive task show why two students see different content, a question that comes up often once phones are out of reach.
- Take on cyberbullying and hate speechBy now the class has shared language for online behavior. Set clear discussion rules first, then use the unit for the harder conversations about what students have seen online.
- Close with AI and ResponsibilityEnd on who is accountable when software makes choices. It works as a final debate and connects to anything your school does on AI literacy this year.
What to buy
Which digital life bundle to buy
Most CCSD middle school teachers should start with the Digital Life Units Bundle at $89.99, which costs less than the $149.94 you would pay for the six parts separately. If your course leans toward computer science, the AI & Cybersecurity Units Bundle ($89.99) swaps the social topics for how AI works, prompting and encryption. The Digital Citizenship Activities set ($69.99, Grades 7–10) is a smaller option with four units and twelve lessons. Advisory or ethics teachers who want a full year of discussion lessons can look at the Middle School Ethics Curriculum ($119.99, parts $249.90).
Honest limits
What the bundle does not do
These units are written for any state. They contain no Nevada content and no references to the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Computer Science and Integrated Technology, so check them against those standards and your CCSD course guide yourself. Nothing here explains SB 444 or your school's device policy to students. No software or devices are included, and you print the pages. The licence covers your own teaching; a department or school needs a short message to Teach Lessons first. If the bundle is not a fit, you can exchange it within 7 days for store credit of equal value.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is this aligned with Nevada standards or approved by CCSD?
No. The bundle is not aligned with, endorsed by or approved for the Nevada Academic Content Standards for Computer Science and Integrated Technology or by Clark County School District. It is general material for Grades 6–9. Compare each unit with the standards and your course outline before you build it into a graded course.
Do students need their phones or a laptop for any unit?
No device is required by the units. Student work is built on printed worksheets, reading texts and discussion. You may want a projector for the slides, but students can complete every task on paper, which fits a classroom where phones stay in pouches. Nothing in the bundle asks students to log in anywhere.
Can I teach this in advisory rather than a computer class?
Yes. The social topics, such as influencers and cyberbullying, work well in advisory or homeroom blocks. The security and algorithm units ask a little more reading, so plan for slightly longer sessions or split a unit across two meetings. The paper format also works well in a homeroom where the pouch rule applies all period.
How does this differ from the AI & Cybersecurity bundle?
Both have six units and cost $89.99. The Digital Life bundle mixes ethics topics with privacy and phishing. The AI & Cybersecurity bundle is more technical, with how AI works, prompting and encryption. Three units appear in both, so buying both means paying twice for those.
Will it help me talk about the new phone law with students?
It gives you a way to discuss why phones and feeds are hard to put down, which is close to the reasoning behind device rules. It does not contain material about SB 444 itself. If you want that, bring in your district's own policy text.
How do I get the files after buying?
The download link arrives by email right after purchase and also sits in your customer account under Orders. You can print the student pages that night and teach the first unit the next morning. Keep the original files in your account so you can reprint a clean set next semester.
Phones in the pouch, the conversation on the table
Six printable units on the digital lives your students lead outside the classroom. Open the product page to see every unit.
See the Digital Life Bundle