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Detecting Lies & Harmful Links Lesson PlanDetecting Lies & Harmful Links Lesson Plan
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7th - 12th
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Detecting Lies & Harmful Links

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Who and what can you trust online? How do you know? After viewing a pair of introductory videos on positive and safe online conduct, learners discuss the content and put it into practice during an online search activity about alien life.

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Concepts

internet safety, the internet, Digital Citizenship

Additional Tags

Digital Citizenship, youtube, online privacy, online safety, Media Literacy, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a note-taking page for learners to fill out as they watch the videos so that they can have a record of the tips

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  • The presentation titled Detecting Lies available in the materials tab is the main material you will use for this lesson; note that the lesson references page numbers, but these are actually slide numbers

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  • The videos are engaging and offer useful tips for students to use while online
  • Learners will enjoy exploring the websites about alien life while practicing evaluative skills

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