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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Recovering From Identity Theft

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Federal Trade Commission

Ftc: Consumer Information: Privacy, Identity and Online Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Knowing how to protect your personal information and your identity is a must in the 21st century. Here are some tips for doing it effectively.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Online Identity

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is your online identity? Do you share too much on social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace? Learn safe behavors to follow when you are online to prevent cyberbullying and identity theft.
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Lesson Plan
Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After watching a video about the dangers of identity theft, middle schoolers will choose actions that will help protect their personal information.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Avoiding Identity Theft

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips for avoiding the serious crime of identity theft. Learn how your identity can be stolen and how to protect yourself.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Protecting Your Identity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create a database of Identity (ID) Theft Protection Services. Students will create a database report with recommendation regarding individual companies' that provide identity theft protection services and which company has...
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Identity Theft Protection While Traveling

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips on how to prepare ahead of time to prevent identity theft while traveling abroad.
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Federal Trade Commission

Ftc: Identity Theft: How to Keep Your Personal Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Protecting your personal information can help reduce your risk of identity theft.
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Safeguarding Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

Identity Theft Resource Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about identity theft. The resource consists of consumer and victim support, prevention information, and public education about identity theft. Topics examined are scams, consumer alerts, and victim solutions, and...
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Scams and Schemes: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Students learn what identity theft is, what kinds of information identity thieves want, and what can be done...
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Financial Pitfalls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lessons, activities, and projects to teach students about financial pitfalls such as scams, identity theft, and predatory lending.
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Other

Ryerson University: Safety Online: Understanding Online Risks [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource offers information on safety awareness, to empower students with the skills they need to understand the risks to both themselves and their devices when online - so they don't fall victim to scams or identity theft, or find...
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Playing a Credit and Debit Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to practice and explore positive credit and debit card behaviors.
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Handout
Federal Trade Commission

On Guard Online: Protect Kids Online

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Private and Personal Information (3 5)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As students visit sites that request information about their identity, they learn to adopt a critical inquiry process that empowers them to protect themselves and their families from identity theft. They learn the difference between...
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Other

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Consumer Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource from the FDIC for "becoming an informed banking consumer." Learn all about consumer protection and gain important and useful facts about such topics as phishing scams, identity theft, consumer rights, new cheque clearing...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: i.d. Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Unhappy with his life at home and school, Chris sees his chance to become someone else when he finds a wallet with an I.D. in it. Then he is arrested for using the credit and debit cards. This teaching guide for I.D. by Vicki Grant...
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Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Online Services and Tax Information for Individuals

For Students 9th - 10th
In a conversational tone, the IRS answers many of the questions an individual would have when filing income tax returns for the first time. Many features are helpful even to experienced taxpayers, e.g., an IRS withholding calculator, a...
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Other

Canadian Consumer Information Gateway

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title states, this is a portal for Canadians to find information on many consumer-related topics - everything from child safety to consumer products, to housing, to identity theft, to debt, and so on.
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Businesses

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to protecting your business in today's digital world.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Drive by Pharming

For Students 9th - 10th
This document provides a detailed description of drive-by pharming and recommended countermeasures.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Trade Commission has developed helpful investment articles and videos to assist consumers in making educated decisions about how they spend, manage and invest their money.

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