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If the young people in your life spend lots of time online — watching videos, playing games and texting friends — do they have the skills to question and evaluate what they find there? The FTC’s new educational materials and classroom-based tools could help. Whether you’re an educator, parent, or youth group leader, head over to Youville and start exploring.

Youville teaches kids ages 8-12 about privacy and online safety, understanding advertising, spotting scams, and digital citizenship. The free, standards-based, in-class educational program has fun activities to help you teach kids how to safely navigate the online world.

Through twelve lessons, kids find out things like what information is personal, what to do if someone uses bullying language online, how to understand the advertising techniques that target them, and how to spot free offers that aren’t really free. Educators guide students on their learning adventures with activities all around Youville — in a skatepark, an aquarium, and a garden — helping save the Youbies from The Claud, a powerful energy that causes chaos.   

Reach out to the teachers, librarians, youth leaders, aftercare professionals, and any other educator in your life. Tell them about Youville’s free lesson plans, slides, activity sheets, posters, and bookmarks. In a time crunch? Each lesson stands alone, so you can pick and choose topics and activities that work best for your kids.

We hope you’ll check out Youville, share this post and the promotional video with your community, and start helping young people on their Youville adventure today!

 

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