What's your opinion?

Students are given a statement about this topic and asked to discuss their opinion in pairs. At the end of the lesson they can reassess whether their original opinion has changed

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What if?

Students work in pairs to discuss a number of 'what if ....' questions

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Questions to ask

Students are given a list of categories and asked to write down the questions they would like answered from today's lesson

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One, Two, Three

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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Give me ten

Students work in pairs to come up with ten words related to this project before joining up with another pair to expand their list.

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Draw me a picture

Students are given a selection of key terms and are asked to illustrate one of them in a diagram.

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Acting up

A fun starter activity.

Students are given a character card. They then have to explain a term related to this topic whilst staying in character.

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30 Seconds

Students are shown a number of terms for exactly 30 seconds. They need to memorise as many as possible. After 30 seconds, the terms are hidden and they need to write down as many terms as they can remember along with at least one fact about that term.

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10 Questions

A volunteer (either a student or class teacher) is given a slip of paper so they know 'what they are'.

The rest of the class can ask up to a maximum of 10 questions to guess what they are. The volunteer can only answer 'yes' or 'no'

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3-2-1

Display this on the whiteboard as students are walking through the door. They can work individually or in pairs to come up with the answers.

Good for differentiation as all students should be able to get at least one of the six points.

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Consider All Reasons

Students are given an open ended statement related to the topic.  In pairs, they identify as many reasons as possible in order to provide an answer to the statement

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Memorise This!

Students work in pairs or small groups to remember words which have been shown to them.

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Pass the Buck

An excellent starter or plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic

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Lucky dip questions

Every student is given a number at the start of the activity. This is used to help pick who will ask and answer questions about what has been learned during the lesson.

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Odd One Out

Students are shown a number of key terms.   They have to decide which of the terms is the ‘odd one out’ and give a reason for their choice

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Teacher Talkabout

Students work in pairs with one student talking about the topic and the other monitoring how many of the displayed key words they mention.

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Three Facts

Students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic.

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Word Tennis

Students work in groups of three with two 'serving' words related to the topic. The observer monitors for words which are 'out'

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What Do I Know? (starter and plenary for same lesson)

Students fill in a sheet at the start of the lesson to indicate their level of knowledge for this topic. At the end of the lesson they revisit the sheet and update it to show what they have learned.

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4-4-2

Students are asked to think of different organisations which might hold personal data about them and what kind of data that might be.

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Corkboard

A great plenary idea both for AFL and for getting feedback from every student

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I predict

This task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson

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Mastermind

A plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind'

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Pyramid

A plenary activity.

Students are asked to complete a self assessment sheet to indicate what they have learned during this lesson

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Text me

A plenary activity where students are asked to write a text message to explain what they have learned during the lesson

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Theory Notes Task

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the task sheet.

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Identify the principle

Students are given 3 cut-down versions of news stories and asked to identify which of the eight principles the story relates to

Could be given for homework or as an extension task

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Organisations which hold personal data

Students are asked to think of different organisations which might hold personal data about them and what kind of data that might be.

Construct an answer

Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer.

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Create your own crossword

Students are given step by step instructions about creating their own crossword which they can then give to fellow students to solve

Noughts and Crosses

Students work in pairs to take turns at answering questions. If they get the answer correct, they take a turn on the noughts and crosses grid.

Full instructions are given in the task sheet. Requires preparation prior to the lesson

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Correct the Teacher

Students are given a piece of text written by a ‘teacher’. The text contains a number of mistakes. They are asked to read the text and correct any mistakes they find.

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Write a letter

Students are asked to write a letter requesting to see the personal data that a company has collected about them.

A sample letter is provided.

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Key Terms

Students are asked to provide a definition and example for key terms related to this topic

Fill-in-the-gaps

Students are given a piece of text and have to fill in the gaps with the correct words.

A useful way of quickly checking understanding and also a permenant revision aid.

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News case study 1

Firms' sold workers' secret data' (subscription only)

News case study 2

Call to scrap illegal databases (subscription only)

News case study 3

Missile data found on hard drives (subscription only)

Video case study

Row over email addresses (subscription only)