Overview
According to research by the charity Ditch the Label, 7 in 10 young people have experienced cyberbullying, 20% of whom experience it daily. Support your students to know their legal rights and responsibilities online. This lesson can be run as a standalone topic or as a series of lessons alongside Social Media and the Law…
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Homelessness
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Students explore the law in relation to social media posts, the types of offences that people are committing (whether knowingly or not) and the consequences of committing these offences. The…
What is Media Bias?
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Let’s Get Active!
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Belonging to Groups
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Conflict: Part 1 – Reacting to Conflict
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Biodiversity: Using the Law to Drive Change
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Digital Footprints
In this lesson, pupils explore what a digital footprint is. They consider what is and isn’t appropriate to share online thinking about the impact of this information both now and…
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An Introduction to Discrimination Law (SmartLaw Subscription)
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Who Owns Your Data?
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Citizenship: a privilege or a right?
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