Internet Safety Lesson Plan

Elementary School

Grade K-2 Videos

➢ CommonSense Media

○ What is the Internet?

○ My Online Neighborhood

○ Mindful Messaging

Grade 3-5 Videos

➢ Discovery Education - The Internet: A Guide for Students (open in Internet Explorer browser)

○ In order to access the Discovery Education videos please sign up for a FREE Discovery

Education Teacher Account if you have not already. When signing up for your Discovery

Education Teacher account, you will be asked to enter your school passcode. If you do

not know your school passcode it may be obtained from your school’s media specialist.

Use the Internet Explorer browser when playing United Streaming videos.

○ OR if you are having trouble with the link above Link to video in Google Drive

Optional Videos – Teacher discretion

➢ iKeepSafe

○ Internet Safety w/ Faux Paw the techno cat

➢ BrainPop Jr.

○ Online Safety ○ Bullying

➢ Common Sense Media

○ Digital Citizenship Lessons for Elementary School Students

Objectives

Students will:

1. Identify and analyze basic Internet safety rules

2. Understand the dangers of cyberbullying

3. Understand how to use Social Networking appropriately and safely

Lesson Procedure

1. Watch the videos.

2. Facilitate discussion. Keep in mind that this can be done before, during, and after the video(s)

- whatever works for you)

3. Ask students their opinions on internet safety, cyberbullying, and social networking sites.

4. Complete the writing activity.

5. Record student completion of Internet Safety Lesson by either: (school administration discretion) a. roster verification (simply checking that the student was in attendance for the lesson) or

b. an assignment through the Student Information System (SIS), Infinite Campus.

Internet Safety Lesson Plan

Elementary School

6. Regardless of the method, a written report of the participation of ALL students should be

provided to the Principal or the Principal’s designee and should be signed by the teacher

indicating that the students on the report have completed the Internet Safety Training.

Activity

After students have watched the suggested videos have them write a paragraph (or more) explaining

why it is important to be safe on the internet. The paragraph should include how to be a good digital

citizen, what can be done to prevent CyberBullying, and the benefits and dangers of social media.

For younger students you may want them to draw a picture or a “safety poster” instead of writing a

paragraph. The picture should depict some aspect of Internet Safety that has been covered in the

videos or class discussion. Some ideas and examples are on the following pages.