Privacy Basics

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to build foundational digital citizenship skills through an accessible informational text about privacy and data collection. Students read a passage explaining how AI systems, websites, and digital devices collect personal information, then answer multiple-choice questions that assess understanding of key ideas, privacy risks, and safe online behaviors. By evaluating examples of data tracking and privacy choices, learners strengthen reading comprehension and critical thinking while developing awareness of how to protect themselves online.

Learning Goals

• Reading Informational Text: Key Ideas & Details (Grades 4-6) – Students identify main ideas and important facts about data collection.
• Understanding Personal Information Types – Learners distinguish between safe information and sensitive personal data.
• Evaluating Privacy Risks – Students analyze situations to determine which behaviors could compromise privacy.
• Responsible Decision-Making – Learners apply knowledge to make safer choices when using digital tools.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support ELA reading standards and digital citizenship goals.
• Real-World Relevance – Connects reading skills to everyday technology use students experience.
• Multiple-Choice Comprehension Check – Supports assessment, guided practice, and discussion.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for independent reading, whole-class lessons, centers, or homework.
• Digital Citizenship Focus – Reinforces safe, thoughtful interaction with technology.

This printable worksheet helps students become more informed and cautious digital users by explaining how personal data is collected and why privacy matters. Learners practice identifying key ideas, evaluating risks, and making responsible online decisions. Ideal for classroom or homeschool use, this no-prep activity strengthens literacy skills, critical thinking, and digital safety awareness in a clear, student-friendly format.

This worksheet is part of our AI and Privacy Worksheets collection.