Using Zoe and Molly Online, offline!

Welcome and thank you for using the Zoe and Molly Online activities to help teach your students about online safety! Before you begin:

In-class Instructions:

  1. Have students complete the comic pre-test. Review the pretest to gain understanding of students’ current safety habits online.
  2. Continue activating students’ prior knowledge by asking them if they play games online and to provide examples. Ask students if they talk to people online (through games, msn, email, etc.).
  3. Introduce the comic by explaining that it is about two friends who like to play games and talk to people online. Subsequently, the two girls end up in an unsafe situation.
  4. Ask students to listen carefully to the story and identify the behaviours that are and aren’t safe. Assign characters to students and have them read the comic aloud. You may also want to use Readers’ Theatre to engage students.
  5. Upon completion, have students participate in the final activities at the back of the comic. Review responses together as a class.
  6. Distribute the post test and clarify any misconceptions that may have formed.
  7. Have students take the comic home to share with their guardians.