Rights and Governance Online
- Length
- 25 Minutes
- Grade Level
- High School
Learning Objectives
Students will discuss and debate whether the internet should respect national borders or the concept of a “free and open” internet (i.e.: Should countries be allowed to regulate?).
Instructional Plan
(25 Minutes) Activity: Online Rights and Governance
- Watch: Should the Internet Respect National Borders? (Video 2:59)
- Worksheet/ Jigsaw: Students can be assigned to complete the “Rights and Governance Online” worksheet
- Xi offers FOUR principles and FIVE proposals which could be used to jigsaw this reading.
- Broken into SIX pillars.
Materials
U.S. State Department’s - Pillars of the International Strategy for Cyberspace Handout
via 2009-2017.state.gov
Worksheet: Online Rights and Governance
via docs.google.com
