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Do your students use Facebook ? Do you use Facebook with your students? Does your school

have its own Facebook page? According to this CNN Report, 1 out of people worldwide

uses Facebook! “That’s roughly 1.23 billion active monthly users.” "here are a lot of other

interesting stats in this report, as well as key #o#ents in Facebook$s own "i#eline% &ou can

use this report as a starting point for a classroo# discussion about Facebook% 'elow you will

find so#e suggested discussion (uestions and activities that can be used in con)unction withCNN$s *'y the Nu#bers! 1+ &ears of Facebook infographic% -f you have your own ideas for 

discussing this Facebook #ilestone in class, please leave a co##ent%

1. Share

.hare a link to the CNN infographic with your students% Allow students to use #obile devices

or co#puters to access the graphic%

2. Review Vocabulary

Review any vocabulary that you think your learners #ay need help with% For e/a#ple!

• co0founder • spawn

• class action suit

• debut

• aggregate

• roll out

•  public offering

• revenue

Alternatively, you could assign one word above to each pairing, and have your students teach

a word% r, ask your students to choose words they want to review fro# the report%

3. Discuss

2lace students in pairs 3or s#all groups4 to discuss the following (uestions!

1% Are you on Facebook?

a4 -f yes, how long have you been on Facebook, and why did you )oin?

 b4 -f no, why aren$t you on Facebook?

5% 6hat part of this infographic surprises you?7% 6hy do you think the photo of 8ichelle and 'arack ba#a is the *#ost liked?

9% 6hat is the #ost i#portant change Facebook has #ade in the last decade? 3.ee sidebar

divided by years%4

:% 6hy do you think Disneyland is the *#ost checked0in location? Do you use this *check0

in feature on social #edia networks? 6hy or why not?

% ;ow do Facebook users in your native country co#pare to other Facebook users in the

world?

<% ;ow do you feel about the advertising on Facebook? Do you buy things fro# Facebook?

=% Are you concerned about your privacy when you use social #edia networks like Facebook?

>% ;ow long do you think you spend on Facebook 3or other social #edia networks4 each

#onth? Are you above or below the average? 6hy?

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1+% ;ow do businesses #ake #oney through Facebook? 6hich types of businesses do you

think are the #ost profitable?

. !oo" #ac" $%&tional'

Facebook has put together a short video of #e#ories for each Facebook user% -nvite students

to share their personalied *A @ook 'ack Facebook video with their class#ates% DidFacebook choose good photos and #ilestones to highlight? 3Ask students to watch their own

videos first, to #ake sure that they are co#fortable sharing the content%4 .tudents can discuss

how their own Facebook habits have changed since they originally beca#e users% Are they

more active or less? Do they share more pictures or videos? Are they lurkers?