Time: 50 minutes

Section Content:

Personal Safety
Crime and the Net

Instructional Approach:

Direct instruction, lecture. Indirect instruction, seek and find answers. Interactive instruction, group activites.

Activities and Evaluation:

Word process reflection. Answer specific questions. Large group discussion.

Suggested Resources:

• Launching a Business on the Web - Chapter 17 Security pg. 385-402

• My Rules for Online Safety - http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/childsaf.htm

• Internet Safety - http://worldkids.net/school/safety/internet.htm

• Privacy - http://www.leapday.demon.nl/privacy.htm

• The World Wide Web For Kids and Parents - Chapter 18 Ten Things You Should or Should Not Do on the Web pg. 323-325.

Sample Lesson

Ask students to go to the site http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/childsaf.htm. Ask students to read the information on the site to themselves, or have students take turns reading it out loud, or read it to them as they read with you. The teacher can make up a questionnaire, with questions pertaining to the 3 sites listed in the Reference section. Ask students answer the questions by going to those sites. When students are finished the teacher can ask students various questions like; Why not put your picture on the Internet? Why not put personal information on the Internet? Why is privacy important? Why not reply to offensive messages?