UK Lesson Plan

Debating the Privacy Line (UK)

Should the government have access to all your social media and smartphone data?

Age

17–18

Time

55 mins.

Objectives

  • Identify the pros and cons of schools having access to learners' social media.
  • Describe the concerns related to government access to social media and smartphone data, including those related to free speech and privacy.
  • Choose a position for or against government access to social media and smartphone data, and support that position with reasons and examples.

Vocabulary

Article 8 . surveillance
Article 8
surveillance closely watching or keeping track of a person or people
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Lesson Plan

55 mins.

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