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
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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
- What is a password?
- What is privacy?
- What is a username?
- What does secure mean?
- What is personal information?
- True or False: A strong password is easy to guess.
- True or False: Longer passwords are usually stronger.
- Should your password be your birthday?
- Should you share your password with friends?
- Name one way to make a password stronger.
- Why do we use passwords?
- What should you do if someone asks for your password?
- Is ‘1234’ a strong password?
- Is ‘BlueTiger7’ stronger than ‘cat’?
- What should you do after using a shared computer?
- Why is privacy important?
- What is one thing you should not share online?
- What can happen if a password is weak?
- Who can help you manage passwords safely?
- 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?