Data Protection Act (1998)Lesson Ideas

 

Worksheet 1

This worksheet asks the students some seaching questions on the DPA.

Students could undertake their own research using the mini-website available from the menu on the left.

This worksheet could be used to get them to consolidate their knowledge and record the information for revision.

Supplied with a full set of answers to aid marking.

 

 

 

 
Worksheet 2

Write a letter requesting to view your personal details

 
Worksheet 4

What am I?

Students are given descriptions related to this topic and asked to identify what is being referred to.
Worksheet 5

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.

If students would like to undertake further research to help them with this task, the links here will be useful.

 

 
Worksheet 6

This task provides a quick overview of the D.P.A. and could be used to check student's understanding of some of the main concepts.

 

 

 
Worksheet 7

This task provides an attractively laid out sheet for students to store basic notes on this topic.

Students need to identify just the key points and record them in the clearly marked spaces.

 
Ordering Pizza - a play about storing data

If you are looking for a lively way to engage students with this topic, this could be just the activity that could help.

This is a short play which you could get a couple of students to act out.

A guy tries to order a pizza, only to find out that the operator knows pretty much everything there is to know about him.

Please contact me if you know the original source and I will attribute this correctly

 

 
Create a poster

Students love to be creative, and lets face it, anything which makes the Data Protection Act interesting has to be a good idea.

Ask students to choose appropriate software to create a poster about the legislation which covers computer users.

Selected posters could be displayed on the walls to help reinforce the message.

 

 

 
Mind map

Mindmaps are an excellent way to condense a lot of information onto one page, and can be an invaluable aid to revision.

Students could use their textbooks or some of the links provided on this site to undertake their own research.

Click the picture for more details.

 

 

 

 

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