CYBERSMART! LESSON PLAN - IS THIS YOURS?

Download the 'Is This Yours' Student Activity Sheet (PDF)

• Overview
  Children learn that computers, like other objects, are property and should be respected.

• Objectives
  • Recognize that objects, including computer equipment, have owners
  • Identify the school as the owner of its computers and related equipment
  • Demonstrate respect for the property of other people and the school

• Introduce
  • Before class, have five children each remove one shoe. Place the shoes in a large bag or box. Have children sit in a circle. Reach into the bag and pull out one shoe. Ask: Whose shoe is this? Allow children to guess before the owner raises his or her hand.
  • As you return each shoe, ask: Does this shoe belong to you? (Yes, that shoe belongs to me.) Have children put their shoes back on.

• Teach 1
  • Walk around the room, pointing to objects (for example: backpacks, lunch boxes, items on the teacher's desk, furniture, toys, and computer equipment). Have children identify each object and its owner.
  • Explain that everyone must show respect for the belongings of others, including things that belong to the school. Discuss ways to show respect, including asking permission to use them and being gentle when handling them.

• Teach 2
  • Distribute the activity sheet.
  • Discuss the situation pictured. Have children guess the objects to which the boy is referring (desk, chair, computer, backpack, scarf, toy, book, ball, or crayon). For each object, have children suggest the girl's reply.
  • Read the text to the children and invite them to give examples of how they wish people to respect the things they own and how they respect those that others own.

• Close
  • Ask: Name some things that belong to people.
  • Ask: Whose computer is that (point to one in the room)?
  • Ask: How do you show respect for things that belong to other people?

• Extend

  The following activity can be added for children who completed this lesson in a previous grade.

  Make a "Respect Tree" from colored paper and hang it on a wall. Have children cut out green leaves and allow them to add a leaf to the tree each time one of them shows respect for the school's computers.