1. LESSON PLAN
Your name: Caitlin Bergan Cooperating teacher-librarian: Kathy Bennett
Date: November 29-December 3 School & City: Lincoln Trail, Mahomet
Lesson Title: Internet Safety 1
Grade level: 5th grade Length of lesson: 30 min
Purpose: (“why” of the lesson; where and how does it fit in the curriculum?)
Introduction of internet safety topics.
Learning Outcome(s): (what will students be able to do/know by the end of the
lesson?)
Students will…
• Be able to explain some actions that constitute safe internet use
Illinois Learning Standard(s) Addressed:
5.B.2a Determine the accuracy, currency and reliability of materials from various sources
Standards for 21st Century Learner Addressed:
1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
1.3.5 Use information technology responsibly.
2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to
curricular areas, real- world situations, and further investigations.
2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world.
Materials:
Needed by you: Needed by students:
Clicker system
PowerPoint
Instructional procedures:
Focusing event: (how will you get the students’ attention?)
Internet safety quiz – 11 questions, using the Smart Response Clickers
Input from you: (what are you teaching & how are you delivering the content?)
From the quiz, what do you think we’re going to talk about? Why is it
important? Even if you don’t use the internet much now, it will be extremely
important for the rest of your life, and things are going to change, but most of
these issues are still going to be the same.
Discussion – How do you use the internet? Chats, boards, IM, email, games
(what features are available in the games you play?)?
How can you keep yourself safe?
Access – you need to protect your username and password – it is your
responsibility – if you give your friend your access information, you give them the
ability to act as you - which could be really bad if they do things that might get you
in trouble
Privacy and personal info – When we say you shouldn’t give out personal
information, what does that mean? What counts as personal information? Name,
address/location, access info. What about “I play soccer, we’re the blue team, and

2. we call ourselves the Mahomet Sharks” You don’t want to give people clues to where
you are when.
What about this location question? People MAY still be able to get a general
location on you, even without you saying anything. You computer has an address, just
like you have an address, and how easy it is to find depends on the security your
computer has, your internet provider has, whatever site or application you are using.
It’s easier to lie online compared to anywhere else. People can say anything,
and because you can’t see or hear them, it’s hard for you to make good judgments.
You know better than to just stand in the middle of downtown Champaign and tell
everyone your name, address, phone number, but people do that on the internet.
You need to make good decisions about what you use, what you say, who you
talk to. You may not want to sign up to just anything online.
How can you keep your computer safe?
What is a computer virus? It’s a program that is made to ruin your computer, make
parts of it available to someone else, or to get information off your computer – all
are dangerous things.
They get on your computer by you downloading things – even pictures – from
the internet. Most likely in bigger files-like what you would get in emails or
something you actively have to click on.
Do not download something you don’t know – always ask your parents if it is
something that is okay to download.
How many of you have your own email? Anyone share one with a parent? To
help with the virus protection, don’t open emails from people or organizations you
don’t know. Also – don’t give your email out to organizations or websites you don’t
know and trust – ask your parents. If you give your email out to lots of sites, they
will send back SPAM and it will be more tuned to you.
Guided practice: (application of knowledge by students)
There are a number of discussion questions embedded in lesson that help kids make
connections to their own lives.
Closure (how will you end the lesson?)
What are some quick tips to protect your computer?
Be careful not to give out information about who you are and where you are or will
be.
Be careful about talking with people you don’t know.
Be careful about what sites you are on and who you give your email to
Be careful about opening emails from people you don’t know
What’s next? (another related lesson, review, end of unit?)
Next week, we’ll finish up with how we behave online