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Knowing who to trust online

I can describe different ways to help decide who to trust online.

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Knowing who to trust online

I can describe different ways to help decide who to trust online.

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Key learning points

  1. Many people behave differently online than they do in real life.
  2. People we do not know offline are online strangers.
  3. It is not possible to know who someone really is online.
  4. Choosing who to trust online is an important decision.

Keywords

  • Behave - the things that someone does and says

  • Anonymous - unknown, with a hidden identity

  • Identity - who someone is

  • Online stranger - someone we do not know offline

Common misconception

People are always kind online.

People can sometimes do nasty things online that they would never do or say in the offline world.


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Encourage pupils to think about the people that they trust offline and what trust means to them. Have them consider how this can be applied to the online world.
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  • Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
  • Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
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Adult supervision recommended

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words with the definition.
Correct Answer:communicate,to talk to someone using text, words, images or videos
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to talk to someone using text, words, images or videos

Correct Answer:social media,websites and apps used to share words and images with other people
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websites and apps used to share words and images with other people

Correct Answer:information,words and numbers that mean something
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words and numbers that mean something

Q2.
Which of these are examples of personal information?
Correct answer: full name
hobbies and interests
Correct answer: school you go to
Correct answer: passwords
favourite colour
Q3.
We should tell a trusted if someone online asks for our personal information.
Correct Answer: adult, grown up
Q4.
Which of these statements are false?
Correct answer: Most children are on social media.
Some information is too personal to share online.
Correct answer: It is safe for under-13s to be on social media.
Many children communicate both online and offline.
Q5.
If something doesn’t feel right online, we should tell a trusted adult so that they can help us to block and it.
Correct Answer: report
Q6.
What is manipulation?
a picture of the screen of a digital device
telling someone in charge what is happening
Correct answer: influencing someone’s emotions to make them do something
spending time with friends and family

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words to the definition.
Correct Answer:behave,the things that someone does and says
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the things that someone does and says

Correct Answer:identity,who someone is
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who someone is

Correct Answer:online stranger,someone we do not know offline
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someone we do not know offline

Q2.
Many people behave online to how they do in real life.
Correct Answer: differently, different
Q3.
Which statements are false?
Correct answer: It is safe to trust anyone online.
People we do not know offline are online strangers.
Correct answer: Everyone online is kind.
It is not possible to know who someone really is online.
Q4.
If we talk to the wrong person online, they could ...
keep our money safe
Correct answer: hurt our feelings
Correct answer: access our accounts
become a trusted adult
Q5.
Match the person online with whether they could be trusted or not.
Correct Answer:family member we know offline,trust
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trust

Correct Answer:someone who says they are a friend,not trust
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not trust

Correct Answer:an adult we only know online,not trust
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not trust

Correct Answer:a friend a trusted adult has checked,trust
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trust

Correct Answer:a cousin's friend we don't know offline,not trust
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not trust

Q6.
If someone online is unknown with a hidden identity, this means that they are ...
Correct Answer: anonymous