Basic digital citizenship

Personal & Social DevelopmentResponsible Decision-MakingAges 7–9

Understand basic digital citizenship — being kind online, protecting personal information, recognising that people behind screens are real people with real feelings, and knowing what to do if something online makes them uncomfortable

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Protect privacy and treat online people with respect.

Activity

Ask the learner to explain one prerequisite idea before starting. If uncertain, revisit it; graph order is not learner readiness.

Policy

Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.

Instructions

Use offline invented message cards only. No accounts, links, screenshots or passwords.

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Use the supplied stage cards on screen or scrap paper; adult key stays separate.

Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.

What this lesson covers and its limits

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partial: Understand basic digital citizenship — being kind online, protecting personal information, recognising that people behind screens are real people with real feelings, and knowing what to do if something online makes them uncomfortable
Bounded objective: Protect privacy and treat online people with respect. Offline rehearsal, not verified platform safety competence. No real account data collected.
partial: State at least three rules for staying safe and being kind online
Privacy/kindness/trusted help rules stated in offline rehearsal.
partial: Explain why hurtful messages online are just as harmful as saying them in person
Rewriting an insult recognises real feelings behind screens.
partial: Describe what they should do if someone online makes them feel uncomfortable or asks for personal information
Stranger/photo messages prompt stop/share-nothing/trusted-help response; no live account action.
partial: When {{name}} is chatting with friends online or playing multiplayer games, do they treat people kindly and know not to share personal details like their address or school name?
Try offers new-scenario-reasoning for the bounded objective; it does not establish every part of the source assessment. Offline rehearsal, not verified platform safety competence. No real account data collected.

Offline rehearsal, not verified platform safety competence. No real account data collected.

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State at least three rules for staying safe and being kind online
Explain why hurtful messages online are just as harmful as saying them in person
Describe what they should do if someone online makes them feel uncomfortable or asks for personal information

“When your child is chatting with friends online or playing multiplayer games, do they treat people kindly and know not to share personal details like their address or school name?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Personal & Social Development
Domain: Responsible Decision-Making
Age range: Ages 7–9

Standards

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