Nose Dive - worksheet

Open Ended

How does it feel when something you post on social media gets a lot of likes?

Open Ended

How does it feel when something you post on social media gets very few or no likes?

Open Ended

Have you ever deleted and reposted something because it did not get enough likes?Why?

Open Ended

Have you ever deliberately not liked something someone posted because you were mad at them?Why?

Open Ended

How long do you think you could make it without social media?

Open Ended

Have you ever considered deleting or deactivating some or all of your social media accounts? Why/why not?

Multiple Choice

What is social media mainly used for in the world of the show?

• Ranking people and content on a scale of 1 to 5

• Sending messages and ordering food

• Finding new apartments and careers

• Liking and disliking content

Multiple Choice

Why is Lacie so nice to everyone she meets?

• She is honestly happy most of the time

• She is trying to get a promotion at work

• She is trying to raise her social media score

• She doesn’t have very many friends and wants new friends

Multiple Choice

Why does Lacie get anonymous low votes at work?

• She doesn’t like the free coffee a coworker gives her

• She gives 5 stars to someone her coworkers are mad at

• They don’t think she is genuine in the elevator

• She is thinking about quitting and they don’t want her to go

Multiple Choice

How does Lacie know Naomi?

• She found her on social media because they had similar interests

• They were college roommates

• They were best friends when they were children

• They used to work together at the mall

Multiple Choice

What happens to Lacie at the airport?

• She is not allowed to fly because she is on a “no fly” list

• Naomi calls her and asks her to get a car instead

• She misses her flight because her brother made her late

• She becomes disruptive after her flight is cancelled so security dings her a full point

Multiple Choice

What story does the truck driver share with Lacie?

• She tells the story of how her husband died of cancer and social media could not help

• She tells Lacie about how she first became a truck driver to get more 5 star ratings

• She tells Lacie about her best friend’s speech at her own wedding

• She tells the story of the time she got in a car crash

Multiple Choice

Why doesn’t Naomi want Lacie at her wedding anymore?

• Naomi doesn’t want to hear the speech about the eating disorder

• Naomi finds out that Lacie had an affair with Greg

• Naomi doesn’t want a person with such a low score at her wedding

• Naomi decides her best friend Kim is a better fit for the ceremony

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best explanation for why Lacie and her blockmate cuss each other out?

• They know each other from high school and did not get along

• It is his fault that she got arrested at the wedding

• They have both lived so long being “fake nice” that they are relieved to finally express negative emotions

• Lacie doesn’t like anyone and is always yelling

Open Ended

Explain why the episode might be called “Nosedive.”

Multiple Select

Mark all the possible themes for “Nosedive.”

• Phones make people happier

• It’s important to express your anger or you will be unhappy.

• Social media makes people less authentic.

• Nobody is more important than your childhood friends.

• A social media rating does not make you truly happy.