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Students can understand the pressures on young people to send naked pictures (sexts)

Students can give advice to others to avoid sending a sext

Students can understand the possible consequences of sending a sext, including the legal consequences

Students can discuss if girls have a (more) negative experience online

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Starter discussion

Watch film

Discussion questions

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Activity: Moral thermometer

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Speak to the person beside you: do you agree, do you disagree? Why?

Class vote

What do you think?

“Girls have a more negative experience online”

Starter -

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http://www.childnet.com/resources/pshetoolkit/sexting/just-send-it

Watch “Just send it”

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Is this story realistic? Could a similar situation happen in this school?

The title of this toolkit is ‘Crossing the Line’. In this film, where do you think the line was crossed?

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Abi was reluctant at first to send the image to Josh. What made her change her mind?

Why did Josh ask for the photo? Did he feel any pressure to have images like this?

Did Abi give consent for her photo to be shared around the school? In this situation, who is more at fault – Josh, Abi or Brandon? Anyone else?

Do you think Josh respected Abi? How can you tell if someone respects you?

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Some of the comments under Abi’s photo are quite mean. None of them seem to portray Josh in a negative light. Do you think there are different standards between boys and girls: if a guys sends the picture around or if a girl does?

Abi receives a naked picture of Josh first. What would happen if Abi decided to share this picture around to others?

What do you think of the comment that Eve makes when she says, “Gotta keep your man happy”? Is this how girls can feel; that they must keep their boyfriends or friends happy?

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When she discovered the picture had been shared around, Abi didn’t want to go to school. She eventually told her mum, but who else could she have spoken to about her situation?

What could the other characters have done to help Abi?

What do you think happens next in the film? What happens when Abi goes back to school? What happens when Abi meets Josh for the first time? Would Abi want to meet Josh again?

Instead of sharing the naked photo, what could Abi have done to let Josh know that although she likes him, she doesn’t want to send him a nude photo?

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In groups of three, use worksheet 2.1 to devise the response Abi should have written back to Josh in response for the naked picture, and the conversation she may have had with her friend Jenna about it.

7 minutes

Activity 1 -

How to help Abi

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10 minutes

Activity 2 -

‘What does the law say?’

1. Answer the quiz (worksheet 2.2) by yourself, to the best of your knowledge. (3 minutes)

2. Then, check your answers with the person beside you. (2 minutes)

3. In pairs, once you have received the laws online (worksheet 2.3), read through the laws and correct your answers.

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Activity 3 -

Moral compass

There are signs up around the class, saying ‘I agree’, ‘I disagree’ and ‘I’m not sure/it depends’.

Your teacher will read out some controversial statements and you need to walk to the sign that best reflects how you feel about that statement.

Reminder: Your teacher may ask you to explain your position and why

10 minutes

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Activity 3 -

Moral compass

There are signs up around the class, saying ‘I agree’, ‘I disagree’ and ‘I’m not sure/it depends’.

Your teacher will read out some controversial statements and you need to walk to the sign that best reflects how you feel about that statement.

Reminder: Your teacher may ask you to explain your position and why

10 minutes

sexting – and forwarding sexts – are not normative activities.

There is also evidence that sexting is most likely to cause harm in cases where the sender is coerced: according to one study, just eight percent of students who sent sexts willingly reported that it had caused problems for them, compared to 32% of those who had been pressured into sending sexts.

A moral code that permits sexual freedom and promiscuity for men but not for women. The double standard has long been associated with the traditional subordination of women.

It’s clear that much of the harm that comes from sexting is related to gender-related double standards that portray girls both as innocent guardians of their sexual innocence and, if they should stray from that role, as being responsible for any consequences they might suffer as a result of their actions

Change the culture around forwarding sexts and help youth to see it as an ethical issue. As noted above, there is reason to believe that those students who forward sexts do not see it as a moral or ethical issue – or don’t see those who originally sent the sexts as worthy of moral consideration. While this may in part be due to the gender norms discussed above, it’s also true that youth often don’t think ethically about their online actions and experiences

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“Girls have a more negative experience online”

Fill out exit slip and tear off any question you have and put it in the anonymous question box. This will be answered at the next lesson.

What do you now think about our starter question?

sexting – and forwarding sexts – are not normative activities.

There is also evidence that sexting is most likely to cause harm in cases where the sender is coerced: according to one study, just eight percent of students who sent sexts willingly reported that it had caused problems for them, compared to 32% of those who had been pressured into sending sexts.

A moral code that permits sexual freedom and promiscuity for men but not for women. The double standard has long been associated with the traditional subordination of women.

It’s clear that much of the harm that comes from sexting is related to gender-related double standards that portray girls both as innocent guardians of their sexual innocence and, if they should stray from that role, as being responsible for any consequences they might suffer as a result of their actions

Change the culture around forwarding sexts and help youth to see it as an ethical issue. As noted above, there is reason to believe that those students who forward sexts do not see it as a moral or ethical issue – or don’t see those who originally sent the sexts as worthy of moral consideration. While this may in part be due to the gender norms discussed above, it’s also true that youth often don’t think ethically about their online actions and experiences

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