One:Many Digital Harms Year 7-8 Lesson Plan
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Estimated Time: 20+ minutes
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Theme – Practise empathy in online spaces and think critically about safe ways to respond to one:many digital harms like shipping, ship or dip, confessions pages, and mugging.
Learning outcomes
- Outline the social and emotional impact of digital harm.
- Consider how group behaviour can escalate harm.
- Describe positive actions they can take to shape a safer digital culture.
Preparation before you deliver
- Review your school’s digital safety policies. If students disclose they are directly experiencing online harm, follow your school’s pastoral care and safeguarding procedures. You can also contact Netsafe for advice.
- Read through Netsafe’s guidance on one:many digital harms your students may have experienced (e.g. shipping, ship or dip, confessions pages, mugging, intimate image abuse, cyberbullying).
Search the Kete: Tools > Advice and Guidance > Digital Harm Briefs - Define one-to-many digital harm for your students: when one person shares something online that hurts someone, and it quickly spreads to lots of other people. Because it reaches a big group, the harm can grow faster and feel worse for the person targeted.
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