Curated OER
Identity Theft & Consumer Protection
This presentation discusses two very important consumer-related topics: identity theft and financial contracts. The first part of the slide show illuminates ways in which personal information can be stolen and used for fraudulent...
Visa
Privacy Please: Protecting Your Identity
What are the different ways we are susceptible to identity theft? Impress the importance of protecting personal information and privacy with this resource, which includes an excellent video clip, discussion prompts, and worksheets for...
K20 LEARN
Identity Theft: Don't Let This Happen to Your Grandma!
Class members consider how people steal online identities as they discover the essential elements of identity theft and consumer fraud. Pupils demonstrate learning by creating a poster or video about how to avoid identity theft.
Curated OER
Protecting Your Identity - and Helping Others Protect Theirs
Learners examine the growing problem of identity theft. Using the internet, they research how it occurs, how to avoid it and what to do if you have been affected. They discover how state governments are dealing with the issue and...
Curated OER
Protecting Your Identity--and Helping Other Protect Theirs
Students create a presentation explaining how they can guard against identity theft. Prior to creating the presentation, students research identity theft: how it occurs, how to avoid it, what to do when someone thinks it has happened to...
Curated OER
Phishing Tales
Students research different types of identity-theft fraud and ways to avoid falling victim to various scams. They create focused public service announcements in different media, targeted to individuals most susceptible to consumer fraud.
Practical Money Skills
Protecting Your Money
How can you tell if a commercial or salesperson is being misleading? Encourage your learners to protect themselves and their money with a lesson about consumer rights. They review laws that keep consumers safe from faulty claims and...
Curated OER
Credit Card Scare
Students examine credit cards and how they work, analyze credit card applications, and practice good spending habits in a credit card simulation.
Curated OER
Cyber-crime
Students discuss what types of Internet activity are or should be considered criminal, examine how criminal prohibitions against certain types of Internet activity are best implemented in law, determine whether computer crimes are unique...
Curated OER
Mandarin Mountains: Get a Job
Students consider career options. For this career lesson, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Students also consider the contributions of workers to the communities...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Recovering From Identity Theft
Identity theft is a serious crime and it's important to act fast if this happens to you. Learn how to tell if your identity is stolen and what to do about it.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud
Middle schoolers write a song, rap, or poem that warns people about identity theft and types of fraud. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online: Safeguarding Identity
Online criminals use several techniques to steal identities. This resource provides links to other sites that deal with different types of identity theft scams such as phishing and spoofing.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Acting Out Fraud
Students act out a skit to learn about different types of fraud.
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Financial Pitfalls
Lessons, activities, and projects to teach students about financial pitfalls such as scams, identity theft, and predatory lending.
Federal Trade Commission
On Guard Online: Protect Kids Online
Become cyber smart! Learn some practical tips that will help guard you against Internet fraud and protect your personal information. Topics include kids' privacy laws, computer security, informational videos, and internet quizzes.
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online: Businesses
A comprehensive guide to protecting your business in today's digital world.
Other
Welcome to Phishing info.org. Learn How to Fight Email Scams Here
This site provides information about how phishing works, how to protect yourself and where to go for help.
Read Works
Read Works: Invisible Thieves
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about protecting yourself from scam emails. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Infographic: Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Infographic displays information about the Equifax data breach settlement that provided up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach.