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Year 7 · RSHE and PSHE · Online relationships · Lesson 1

Online friendships, privacy and your digital footprint

Online friendships, what personal information to keep private, privacy settings, digital footprints, the THINK test before posting and social media age limits.

Whiteboard video lesson: Online friendships, privacy and your digital footprint

17-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Compare online and offline friendships
  • Identify information to keep private
  • Explain digital footprints
  • Use privacy settings and the THINK test

The method

  1. Private details.
  2. Real-life friends only.
  3. THINK.
  4. Tell an adult.

Key words: online safety, privacy, digital footprint, THINK, passwords, social media.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Give one difference between online and offline friendships.

  1. Step 1: Who?

Answer: you can't always be sure who someone really is online

Question 2

Name two pieces of information to keep private.

  1. Step 1: Address

Answer: address, phone number, school, passwords, location

Question 3

Should you share your password with your best friend?

  1. Step 1: Never

Answer: no - never share passwords