Health Education I (7-8)
Lesson Plans

Strand 3: SAFETY AND DISEASE PREVENTION (SDP)

Students will apply practical knowledge and skills to develop lifelong behaviors for personal and community well-being.

Standard HI.SDP.4:

Identify how to maintain a healthy online relationship and the potential consequences of sharing private information using technology including photos and videos.

• Appropriate Use of Technology
  This lesson is designed for teachers who would like to use one general lesson to teach several aspects of Internet safety. The subjects of cyber-bullying, cell phone safety and Internet safety are stressed.
• Cell Phone Safety
  After reviewing the positives and negatives of cell phones and cell phone usage safety tips, students will explore a scenario in which a friendly relationship turns to a bullying one involving cell phones and computers.
• Cyber-Bullying: What To Do
  Students will learn what cyber-bullying is, the consequences of it, and how to handle a cyber-bullying situation effectively.

  Activities are provided which take students through real-life situations. They have the opportunity to evaluate how they might feel and how they would act in certain situations.

• Online Risks of Sharing your Personal Information
  Students are introduced to issues regarding Internet safety by doing a dramatization where students act out a scenario about a girl who puts herself at risk on the Internet. A discussion follows where students learn how and why it is critical to understand how destructive the Internet can be. Practical protective measures will be explained.

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