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Grade 7
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LESSON

Permission to Post

How does practicing consent strengthen relationships and promote respect for digital footprints?

What happens when a private moment goes viral? Through a digital life dilemma, students explore the essential role of consent in online sharing and how it shapes both digital footprints and real-life relationships. They'll develop practical strategies for respecting boundaries and making responsible choices about what to share online.

Objectives

  • Understand the importance of asking for consent before sharing something online
  • Reflect on the relationship between digital footprint, consent, and trust

Vocabulary

Consent · Digital Footprint
Consent asking for and receiving permission before recording, sharing, or posting someone's personal information or images online
Digital Footprint all of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
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Two teens are looking at each other while holding phones with a speech bubble that says, "Would you be comfortable if I shared this?"
Time
20 mins.

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