JSS 1 Third Term

Lesson objectives

By the end of the week, learners should be able to:

1. Define digital citizenship and list its four responsibilities.
2. Name five behaviours that protect digital identity.
3. Describe two ways online information travels between devices.
4. State three rules for sharing images responsibly.
5. Identify when a behaviour crosses from helpful to harmful.

Key vocabulary

• Digital citizenship: responsible behaviour online, including respect, safety, honesty and legality.
• Digital identity: the set of information used to recognise a person on the web.
• Online transmission: how data moves between two or more devices over a network.
• Image sharing: posting photographs or videos of others online.
• Cyberbullying: repeated harmful messaging directed at a specific person online.
• Plagiarism: using another person's words or ideas without credit.
• Data sovereignty: the right of a person whose data is stored elsewhere to control it.

Common misconceptions

• "Digital citizenship applies only to professional users." Every learner who uses a device online is a digital citizen.
• "Sharing a photo of a classmate is fine if you say thanks." Photographs are personal data even when credited.
• "The internet is always anonymous." Online actions leave traces tied to accounts and identifiers.

Teacher activities

1. Starter: display two messages, one kind and one harsh; ask which characterises good digital citizenship.
2. Define digital citizenship by listing the four responsibilities as a class.
3. Present the five identity-protection behaviours and ask learners to spot similarities.
4. Explain transmission between devices with a labelled diagram on the board.
5. Demonstrate three image-sharing scenarios and decide whether each is safe or risky.
6. Close with a summative five-item recall quiz and assign the rules sheet for homework.

Student activities

1. Answer the starter and state which message fits better.
2. Copy the four responsibilities into their own notebook.
3. Match five identity-protection behaviours to their function.
4. Label the diagram showing how data moves between a phone and a laptop.
5. Evaluate three image-sharing scenarios and justify each answer.
6. Complete the five-item recall quiz and submit it to the teacher.

Practical / learning evidence

A printed one-page ethical rules sheet covering the four responsibilities, five identity-protection behaviours, transmission labelling and the three image-sharing scenarios, each with a yes or no answer and reason. Hand in for marking.

Resources and preparation

Printed rules sheet, scenario cards and a labelled transmission diagram template. Offline route: paper diagrams and discussion cards, no device needed. Handle any projector safely and keep screens away from learners' faces during demonstration.

Assessment for learning

Inspect the rules sheet for all required sections filled correctly. Ask two learners to explain why a harsher image is less appropriate than a polite one. Mark each scenario answer for a defensible reason. Record any learner who thinks online strangers are automatically trustworthy.

Inclusion and homework

Provide the rules sheet prefilled with the four responsibilities and allow oral completion of the scenarios. Extend confident learners by asking them to add a fifth responsibility to the sheet. Homework: name one place you share information online and state whether your current behaviour matches good digital citizenship.