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Grade 9 · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 11

Digital Smarts

Trust, privacy and credible sources

What your child practises

Telling misinformation from disinformation, checking sources before trusting them, managing passwords and privacy, spotting phishing, and citing and using other people's work respectfully.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Reading: Text Analysis/Criticality · digital and media texts

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which source is most reliable for facts about vaccine safety?

    • A friend's short video
    • A public health agency page that lists its studies
    • An anonymous forum post
    • A company's advertisement

  2. Question 2

    A chatbot gives you a statistic for your report. What is the best next step?

    • Delete the rest of your research
    • Assume it is correct if it has a number
    • Check it against a reliable source before using it
    • Use it because it sounds confident

  3. Question 3

    Which password is the strongest?

    • 12345678
    • password123
    • Jay2010
    • Blue!Canoe7Maple

  4. Question 4

    Why is it helpful to look at the 'About' page of a website?

    • It turns off ads
    • It can tell you who runs the site and why
    • It shows only photos
    • It lists the latest scores

  5. Question 5

    You want to use a photo from the internet in a class presentation. What should you check?

    • Whether it is the biggest photo you can find
    • Whether it has a watermark
    • Its licence or permission to use it
    • Nothing: anything online is free to use

  6. Question 6

    What is an algorithm in a social media app?

    • The name of a website
    • A kind of password
    • A set of rules that decides what content you see
    • A photo filter only

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