Teaching Tools

Use this lesson plan to help kids in grades 6 to 8 understand that once you put information online, it can be very difficult to remove.

Use this lesson plan to help kids in grades 6 to 8 understand that privacy is a fundamental human right and that their personal information is valuable.

Use this lesson plan to help kids in Grades 7 and 8 examine the types of information gathered by websites and apps.

Use this lesson plan to introduce students in grades 9 to 12 to the privacy principles that inform privacy laws in Canada related to personal information collection online.

Colour this page and think about all the people we can reach through the Internet.

Connect the dots and be smart about online privacy.

Cryptography! Learn how codes keep things private on the Internet.

How to do a great job with passwords.

The Internet can be like a maze! If you post a photo, you never know where it will end up!

Play this game to learn how to make smart privacy choices.

If you share a picture on the Internet, it doesn't necessarily stay the way it was when you posted it. Other people can change the picture, sometimes in ways that you don't like. Try to spot the differences between the original picture that was posted... and how it looked online, just a couple hours later!

Colour this drawing and be sure to notice who wants to be tagged, and who doesn't!

Practice your skills with this word search... and talk with others about the importance of privacy online.

This printable classroom poster is meant for students in Grades 4 to 6.

This 12-page graphic novel, entitled Social Smarts: Privacy, the Internet and You, is designed to appeal to tweens and younger teens.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has developed a series of presentation packages to help educators talk about privacy awareness with their students. At this link to the OPC website, you will find PowerPoint slides and speaking notes for presentations to three different grade levels (Grades 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12). These tools will support engaging and effective discussions within schools and communities.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has heard from teens on what they most want to learn about when it comes to online privacy. The topics range from their online reputation, to sexting, to online impersonation. At this link to the OPC website, you will find a list of discussion topics, along with some ideas to get the conversation going.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) website has a list of other materials that may be helpful for teachers, from both government and non-government sources, in Canada and around the globe.