Don't Feed the Phish

Lesson Overview and Teacher Lesson Plan

Essential Question:

How can you protect yourself from phishing?

Students will be able to:

Compare and contrast identity theft with other kinds of theft.
Describe different ways that identity theft can occur online.
Use message clues to identify examples of phishing.

Estimated time: 45 min

Lesson Snapshot:

Warm-Up: Safe or Unsafe? ( 10 min)
Explore: How Identity Theft Happens (15 min)
Analyze: How to Catch a Phish (15 min)
Wrap-Up: Stay Safe from Scams (5 min)

What you need:

colored markers or highlighters
pencils
blank paper

Quick Links to Lesson Resources:

Student Handout: Trick Questions! Practice Quiz (Google Form) - Student version

Student Handout: Trick Questions! Practice Quiz (printable) - Student version

Student Handout: How to Catch a Phish - Student version - Teacher version

Lesson Quiz - Student version - Teacher version

Take-home resources:

Family activity

Family engagement resources

Standards Alignment:

Common Core ELA:

L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.2.B, L.6.3, L.6.3.A, L.6.3.B, L.6.4, L.6.6, RI.6.1, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.6.6, RI.6.10, SL.6.1, SL.6.1a, SL.6.1b, SL.6.1c, SL.6.1d, SL.6.2, SL.6.3, SL.6.4, SL.6.6, W.6.4, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.10

ISTE:

2a, 2b, 2d

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