Description
What is sexting? What are the risks and rewards of sexting? How does pornography use influence sexting? What resources will help me sidestep requests? Introduction to Sexting, Scottish Edition, is the first of our three lessons on Sexting.
It can be taught as a stand-alone lesson or before Sexting, the Law & You, Scotland. Both lessons are available here for free. This lesson plan is suitable for 11-18 year olds.
This fully resourced lesson runs as a teacher-led class using Slides and a Teacher’s Guide. There are a number of opportunities for discussion in pairs, small groups and for feedback as a class. Pupils consider the impact of sexting including ‘slut shaming’ and comparing the risk of sexting to having consensual sex at 16.
The Teacher’s Guide provides you with all the information you need to deliver the lesson and enable you to speak confidently about the subjects raised by the issue of sexting and pornography. In Introduction to Sexting, Scotland there are links to research papers where appropriate. This diversity friendly lesson does not show any pornography.
The Reward Foundation has worked with a range of experts including more than 20 teachers, many experienced in developing training materials for schools, lawyers, police officers, youth and community leaders, psychiatrists, doctors, psychologists and many parents. The lessons align with the requirements of the Curriculum for Excellence. We have piloted the lessons in seven schools across Scotland.
Resources: 18-slide PowerPoint (.pptx) and a 14-page Teacher’s Guide (.pdf). There are hot links to relevant research and further resources.