Data Access Choices

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen digital citizenship, reasoning, and personal boundary awareness by evaluating who should have access to different types of personal data. Students review examples of information-such as photos, locations, school details, or preferences-and decide whether that data should be shared with friends, AI apps, teachers, or no one. For each choice, learners explain their reasoning, encouraging thoughtful analysis of privacy, usefulness, and safety.

Learning Goals

• Argument & Reasoning (Grades 4-6) – Students justify decisions using clear, logical explanations.
• Data Safety & Privacy Awareness – Learners distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate data sharing.
• Setting Personal Boundaries – Students reflect on who needs certain information and who does not.
• Evaluating Information Exposure – Learners consider risks, benefits, and consequences of sharing data.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support ELA reasoning, SEL, and technology literacy standards.
• Clear Decision-Making Framework – Categorizing access helps make abstract privacy concepts concrete.
• Realistic, Everyday Examples – Reflects information students encounter in real digital environments.
• Written Explanation Practice – Reinforces clarity of thought and evidence-based reasoning.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Suitable for independent work, small groups, advisory lessons, or homework.

This printable worksheet helps students become more thoughtful and responsible digital citizens by practicing how to decide who should see their information. Learners strengthen judgment, reasoning, and communication skills while developing healthy online boundaries. Ideal for classroom or homeschool use, this no-prep activity builds confidence navigating privacy decisions and promotes safe, informed technology use.

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