Students create a short interactive Code.org story that teaches what inclusion, kindness, and fairness look like in school or online. Through sequencing, events, iteration, debugging, peer testing, and revision, they use computational thinking to design a clear message that is respectful, accessible, and aware of bias in technology. The work connects computer science with reading, speaking, digital publishing, and visual communication as students analyze model stories, collaborate with classmates, and prepare to present to peers and the school counselor. By the end, students share a polished project and brief explanation of how their coding choices communicate empathy, anti-bullying, and equity.

Students will build and debug a short Code.org interactive story that uses sequencing, events, and iteration to communicate inclusion, kindness, and anti-bullying in a school or online setting. They will analyze examples of digital stories and discuss how design choices can include or exclude people, including issues of bias, fairness, respectful language, and accessibility. Students will integrate visuals and digital media into a clear presentation, collaborate through peer testing and feedback, and revise their work to improve both code function and the message of empathy. Students will explain their computational thinking, reflect on how their design affects user experience, and publish a final project that is clear, respectful, and ready to share with classmates and the school counselor.

Students will create planning artifacts throughout the week, including a class co-designed story map, scene sketches, a coding checklist, peer feedback notes, and short screen-capture or circle-share reflections that document debugging, sequencing, events, iteration, and equity-focused revisions. The main product is a short Code.org interactive story or animation with clickable scenes, a clear beginning, middle, and ending, and a positive message about inclusion, fairness, kindness, or anti-bullying in a school or online setting. Each finished project must run correctly, show at least one respectful choice or act of kindness, and be accessible and easy to follow for classmates and the school counselor. Students will also produce a one-minute presentation explaining how their code choices communicate empathy and inclusion and how they addressed bias, accessibility, or fairness in the user experience.

Start with a Respect Remix Jam: show a short Code.org interactive story about a school or online conflict, then ask students to notice how the choices, visuals, and code communicate inclusion, fairness, or bias. Invite the school counselor to help students name respectful language, safe online choices, and realistic moments when someone could include, exclude, or support a peer. In teams, students brainstorm examples of kindness and anti-bullying, then co-create a class story map with a clear beginning, middle, and ending that includes one act of inclusion and one design choice that makes the story accessible and fair for users. Close with a quick share where each team explains one message they want their coded story to teach and one user experience choice that will help others understand it.

Host a Kindness Code Showcase where students share their finished Code.org interactive stories with classmates and the school counselor. Each student gives a one-minute talk explaining how sequencing, events, and iteration helped communicate inclusion or anti-bullying in a school or online scenario, while the audience uses a simple feedback note to name one clear message of kindness or respect. Display projects on devices or projected stations so visitors can click through each story, notice accessibility and bias-related design choices, and celebrate revisions students made to better represent equity. End with a brief reflection circle or screen-capture station where students explain one computational thinking skill they used and how their project supports fairness and empathy.