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LESSON

Twelve

Grooming: Who Do We Trust Online?

60 min

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Lesson Plan
Lesson SLIDE DECK
Handouts Packet

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In this lesson, students will learn about grooming offline and online. Students will discuss digital safety, seeking help, and learn how to recognize warning signs of a grooming situation. Through real-life scenarios, students will explore how to recognize grooming tactics and protect themselves and others. They will also develop strategies to promote a safer online and real-life community by raising awareness of digital risks and reinforcing help-seeking behavior.
Materials
  1. Lesson Slide Deck
  2. Student journals‍
  3. 7.12-1 Grooming Scenario 1 Handout
  4. 7.12-2 Grooming Scenario 2 Handout
  5. 7.12-3 Grooming Scenario 3 Handout
Handouts
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how to prepare for this lesson

‍At the start of class, teachers should have the following prepared:

  1. Teacher should have groups of 3 or 4 predetermined to save time.
  2. Students should have journals out
  3. Print enough copies of 7.12-1, 7.12-2, 7.12-3 Grooming Scenarios Handouts

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Additional Resources

Sources

  • Childline. "Online Grooming." Childline, NSPCC.
  • Childline. "Asking an Adult for Help." Childline, NSPCC.
  • The Guardian (2023). "AI Tools Could Be Used by Predators to Automate Child Grooming, eSafety Commissioner Warns."
  • Greenlight Operation (2021). "The Boyfriend Model of Sex Trafficking: The Lure of False Romance."