Strong Passwords and Privacy

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

Students will create strong passwords using simple rules and explain why privacy matters online.

Teaching Notes

Explain password strength: longer is stronger; mix letters and numbers.
Teach that passwords should not include personal information.
Use a classroom-safe example password format (not real student passwords).
Reinforce privacy: personal info should be protected and shared only with trusted adults.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Strong passwords help protect your accounts. Privacy means keeping personal information safe. A strong password is long, hard to guess, and kept secret.

Computer Vocabulary and Definition

— A secret code that lets you sign in.
— Keeping personal information safe.
— A name used to sign in to an account.
— Protected and safe from others.
— Details about you like your phone number or address.

Computer QA

1. What is a password?

2. What is privacy?

3. What is a username?

4. What does secure mean?

5. What is personal information?

6. True or False: A strong password is easy to guess.

7. True or False: Longer passwords are usually stronger.

8. Should your password be your birthday?

9. Should you share your password with friends?

10. Name one way to make a password stronger.

11. Why do we use passwords?

12. What should you do if someone asks for your password?

13. Is ‘1234’ a strong password?

14. Is ‘BlueTiger7’ stronger than ‘cat’?

15. What should you do after using a shared computer?

16. Why is privacy important?

17. What is one thing you should not share online?

18. What can happen if a password is weak?

19. Who can help you manage passwords safely?

20. What is one safe password rule?

Computer Prtactices

Password builder: Create a practice password using 2 words + a number (teacher-approved).
Circle strong vs weak: ‘dog’ (weak), ‘SunnyRiver9’ (strong).
Privacy sort: share favorite color (okay), share address (not okay).
Exit steps: Practice logging out and closing a browser window safely.

Reflection

What makes a password strong?
What is one piece of information you will keep private?