Understanding who uses the internet
I can explain who uses the internet and why it’s difficult to tell who people are online.
Understanding who uses the internet
I can explain who uses the internet and why it’s difficult to tell who people are online.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Billions of people around the world are online.
- People can use the internet anywhere in the world.
- People of all ages can use the internet.
- It is impossible to know who someone on the internet really is, unless we know them offline.
Keywords
Online - using the internet
Internet - a network connecting digital devices across the world
World wide web - the websites on the internet
Identity - who someone is
Common misconception
It is easy to find out who someone is online.
It is very easy for people to disguise their identity online. It can be impossible to tell what is real and what is fake.
To help you plan your year 4 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Understanding who uses the internet, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 4 rshe (pshe) lesson on: Understanding who uses the internet, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Equipment
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of upsetting content
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to say something is true when it isn't
something about us that is sensitive and private
send or post words, sounds, images or videos online
talk to someone using text, words, images or video
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a network connecting digital devices across the world
the websites on the internet
using the internet
who someone is