Phone Phantom: Know Your Rights & Protect Your Privacy! - A Teen's Guide to Digital Security

Empower yourself to navigate the digital world with confidence! This engaging reading comprehension worksheet, "Phone Phantom," dives into your Fourth Amendment rights and how they apply to your phone and its contents. Learn:

• Can cops search your phone without a warrant? (Spoiler: It's complicated!)
• Encryption & Passwords: Building your digital fortress.
• Landmark case study: Riley v. California & its impact.
• Saying "No" politely & confidently to protect your privacy.
• Creating "digital rights contracts" with friends & family.

Interactive activities, thought-provoking questions, and answer keys make learning fun and effective!

This worksheet equips teens with the knowledge and tools to understand their digital privacy rights and navigate interactions with law enforcement. It covers crucial topics like:

• Fourth Amendment & Digital Privacy: Explore the evolving legal landscape and your rights regarding phone searches.
• Encryption & Passwords: Learn how to safeguard your data with digital security measures.
• Riley v. California Case Study: Analyze a landmark case impacting how police interact with phones.
• Asserting Your Rights: Gain strategies for politely and confidently declining phone searches.
• Digital Rights Contracts: Establish healthy boundaries with friends and family online.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Fourth Amendment and its application to digital privacy.
• Learn effective strategies for protecting your phone and its contents.
• Develop critical thinking skills by analyzing legal cases and real-world scenarios.
• Practice respectful communication and assertion of rights in different situations.
• Foster healthy digital habits and responsible online behavior.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SS.9-10.5: Analyze how a text presents diverse perspectives on a historical or contemporary issue.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of an issue or artifact, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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