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Lesson 3 **Title**: **Avoiding Sexual Predators online** Grade: 6 Time: 30 minutes

__Materials Needed__: "Who's Your Friend on the Internet?" at [] Julie’s Journey video (available online at [] ) Teens PSAs - “Promises” available at [] Paper/Pens or Pencils

__Explanation__: Make students aware of the fact that online it is impossible to know who your friends are and who is not. Because you're not in the same room, you can't see the person or use body language to read someone. People online could be lying about anything.

__Activities__: 1. Play the game, "[|Who's Your Friend on the Internet?] ." Ask students to respond to the question who they would like for a friend. Click the button and see that none of the "friends" is a safe choice - that no one online is for sure a safe friend. 2. Discuss the idea that anyone can be lying online and that it is impossible to know the truth from fiction. 3. Ask the students if they have ever told a lie when they were online. (For example, I told my friend that I had to log off because my mom wanted me to do chores, but I really just didn’t want to chat anymore. In a chatroom I said that I play basketball all the time, because they all did and I didn't want to seem uncool. But I can't remember the last time I played basketball.) It's pretty easy to lie online because you're not in the same room as someone. They don't see your body language and can’t tell if you are telling the truth or not. But this means that it's also really easy for people who might like to hurt or take advantage of you to lie about who they are. 4. Have each student take out a piece of paper. Tell them to write three items on the paper:two things about themselves that even their best friend probably doesn't know and one thing that is completely made up. Tell the students not to tell anyone which is which, and to mix up the order of the items on their sheet. 5. Write the names of each child on a small slip of paper, and put the papers in a bowl. Randomly pull out a slip of paper and invite that student to read each of the three items, making sure not to let on which ones are true and which are false. After all three are read, have the students guess which item they think is the false one. If they are right, the class wins; if they are wrong, the student wins. Repeat this until time is over or until the class loses interest. Emphasize how difficult it is to tell the truth from fiction. 6. Watch the video [|Julie's Journey] or the [|Teen PSA: Promises]. Discuss how people online might try to get you to trust them. Why do you think some people believe the promises? What is the intention of a person like this? What should you do in a situation like this?

What should you leave on the Internet? What should you take from the Internet? How should you act online?

  GO BACK TO THE LESSON PLANS PAGE  Lesson 4 **Title: Personal Information**

//NOTE: The latest research indicates that young adolescents can be the target of adults seeking offline sex, but the conventional wisdom that predators piece together private identity information in order to stalk young adolescents is unfounded. Researchers indicate that the riskiest behavior for teens is to engage in sexual talk or to share provocative photos with adults they meet online. This lesson tackles a broader reason for students not sharing private identity information—because of the risk of identity theft.// //[From the CyberSmart Curriculum website]//

Grade: 6 Time: 30 minutes

__Materials Needed__: [|Private and Personal Information] handout from the CyberSmart Curriculum website [|Links to websites] requesting information (also from cybersmartcurriculum.org website) Tracking Teresa video (available at [] ) Computer with Internet access; projector

__Explanation__:  Students learn they can converse and share ideas and opinions with others in cyberspace. They adopt a critical thinking process that empowers them to protect themselves and their families as they visit sites requesting private identity information.

__Activities__: 1. Discuss the difference between private identity information and personal information. [Private Identity Information is information about a person that should be kept private—such as a Social Security number—so that identity thieves cannot use it. Personal information is information that cannot be used by identity thieves—such as a favorite food.] Review the information on page 1 of the CyberSmart handout (see above, under "Materials"). 2. Define and discuss identity theft. See page 1 of CyberSmart handout. 3. Have students list examples of personal information on page 2 of the CyberSmart handout. 4. Discuss the kinds  of information they have been asked to give out on Web sites. Discuss what is personal information and what is private identity information. Explain that when they get to such a page, they should stop and consider whether providing the information requested will reveal private identity information. 5. Using a projector connected to a computer with Internet access, visit and display the websites listed on the CyberSmartCurriculum webpage for Students ([] ). Discuss which of these sites ask for personal information and which ask for private identity information. Recall that private identity information should not be communicated in cyberspace without permission of a teacher, parent, or guardian. 6. Watch the [|"Tracking Teresa" video] which outlines how much information can be garnered from a teenager's information trail online. Have students decide what information that Teresa gave out was personal and what was private identity information. 7. If time, go online to Google and type in someone's phone number. Show students how easy it is to find out someone's full name, address and location (get a map, get a picture) just by typing in this information.

__Assignment__: Using Pages or another desktop publishing or word processing program, ask students to put together a digital "collage" with words and pictures that give out only personal information about themselves.

What should you leave on the Internet? What should you take from the Internet? How should you act online?