Digital Safety

Middle School Lessons

Below are Digital Safety Lessons for Middle School

Week 3 - Be Safe!

Choose 2 or more lessons that you think will be best for your students.

From Common Sense Media

Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Students learn what identity theft is, what kinds of information identity thieves want, and what can be done with that information. Students then analyze phony emails and identify tricks that identity thieves use online. Finally, they create a phishing email that includes the features that they have learned about, and see if classmates can identify the scams.

From Google’s Be Internet Awesome

A game where students study various emails and texts and try to decide which messages are legit and which are phishing scams


From Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Students learn how to create a strong password—and make sure it stays private after they create it.

From Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Teacher uses a school device to demonstrate where to look, and what to look for, when youʼre customizing your privacy settings.

From Google’s Be Internet Awesome

Students practice their anti-phishing skills by acting out, and discussing possible responses to, suspicious online texts, posts, pictures, and email.


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