How to use the kit

What's in the kit

The kit goes with the seven free lessons of the course Not Falling for It for pupils aged 11–15. Each lesson takes a pupil 7–8 minutes: a short story, an explanation, a “spot the trick” game with an analysis, a quiz or sorting game and, at the end, questions to talk about with an adult.

For every lesson you'll find a 45-minute lesson plan with the same structure:

• lesson objectives and curriculum links (DigComp 3.0 and UNESCO's media and information literacy curriculum),
• materials and a minute-by-minute plan – you show the lesson in classroom mode and play the games with the whole class,
• a worksheet on one side of A4 (the “Print worksheet” button) and an answer key for you, which prints separately,
• adaptations for weaker and faster pupils,
• two homework options – one done together with parents, the other possible without the internet,
• an If a pupil confides in you box – what to do if a lesson brings up something that is troubling a pupil.

Lesson	Lesson for pupils	Main skill
1	Scams in games	spot a fake giveaway and fake support; protect your account
2	Clickbait	spot a headline that only wants clicks; read before sharing
3	Influencers and hidden ads	spot a creator's reward and proper ad labelling
4	AI can get it wrong – and make things up	check numbers and sources in a chatbot's answer
5	Edited screenshots and deepfakes	check against the original; what to do when it's someone's photo
6	The recommendation bubble	understand recommending; a feed isn't a poll
7	“9 out of 10”: numbers that mislead	the base of a percentage, chart axes, correlation and causation

The lessons don't build on each other, so you can pick just some of them. They suit computing or ICT (1, 4, 6), maths (7), first-language lessons (2), citizenship (3), health or personal and social education and form time (5), and project days. Lesson 7 assumes that pupils can already work with percentages.

Classroom mode (free)

You can show any lesson on a projector or an interactive whiteboard. You'll find the link in every lesson of this kit and on the course page next to each lesson (the Show in class button). For example: Scams in games in classroom mode.

• Controls: arrow keys ← →, the space bar or a presenter remote (PageUp / PageDown), F = full screen, Esc = leave full screen; press it again to stop presenting and return to the lesson.
• Text is split into slides at each heading, in large print that reaches the back row. The slides follow the order of the lesson – in each lesson plan we name them by their headings.
• “Spot the trick” game: each message has its own slide. Pupils first decide in pairs what's suspicious about the message. Then you click the places the class agrees on and press Show the analysis to display the red-pencil notes. For the honest message, the right answer is to mark nothing.
• Quiz and sorting: each question and each item has its own slide. Click the answer the class chooses, then Show the answer.
• Let's talk: a slide with questions for discussion. The tip for adults is hidden under the Tip for the teacher button – click to open it.
• The last slide shows a QR code and the lesson's address so pupils can play it again at home.

Classroom mode stores nothing, and pupils don't sign in anywhere. Try it out the day before on the classroom computer.

Homework (free)

On the course page for Not Falling for It, the For teachers section has a Set as homework box with a link to copy and a QR code. Send the link to parents, for example through your school's messaging system, or show the QR code at the end of the lesson.

• Pupils play the lessons without an account, on phones too. Parents don't fill anything in.
• Only the browser a pupil played in remembers which lessons they have finished. On another device they start again. You can't see pupils' results – nothing is sent to us or to you.
• So check homework another way: a short chat at the start of the next lesson, a sentence in the exercise book or an exit ticket. Every lesson has two homework options.
• Every lesson ends with a Talk together block with questions for the child and a tip for the adult. That's why option A always says: do it together with your parents. Option B can be done without the internet – not every family has a suitable device or the time.

“Not Falling for It” diplomas

• After the last lesson, a pupil can print a diploma with their first name. They type the name only in their own browser – we don't store it or send it anywhere.
• With this kit you can print diplomas for the whole class at once: Class diplomas. Type the first names, one per line (up to 40), and one diploma prints per landscape A4 page. The names stay only in the open browser window.
• Without names, a diploma prints with a blank line to fill in by hand.

Sensitive topics

The lessons are deliberately not about grooming, sextortion or bullying – those are things to talk about with children, not to play. Pupils take away one rule from the lessons: tell an adult you trust, or call a child helpline on 116 111. Even so, a lesson can bring up someone's personal experience. That's why every lesson ends with an If a pupil confides in you box with the basic procedure and one point related to the topic of the lesson.

For deeper preparation: the course Media Literacy for Teachers, the Manipulation atlas with an explanation of every manipulation technique, and the EU portal Better Internet for Kids with links to the Safer Internet Centre in every EU country.

Curriculum links at a glance

Which curriculum? Curricula differ from country to country, and media literacy is often spread across several subjects. So instead of tying the kit to one national curriculum, each lesson lists the competences it supports in two international frameworks that you can link to your own:

• DigComp 3.0 – the EU's Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, November 2025). It keeps the structure of DigComp 2.2 – five areas and 21 numbered competences – and adds AI competence across all areas.
• UNESCO's media and information literacy curriculum Media and Information Literate Citizens: Think Critically, Click Wisely! (2nd edition, 2021) with 14 modules.

Lesson	DigComp 3.0	UNESCO curriculum (module)
1 Scams in games	4.1 Protecting devices; 4.2 Protecting personal data and privacy; 1.2 Evaluating information	8 Privacy, data protection and you; 12 Digital media, games and traditional media
2 Clickbait	1.2 Evaluating information; 2.2 Sharing through digital technologies	7 How media and technology influence content; 4 MIL competencies to tackle misinformation, disinformation and hate speech
3 Influencers	1.2 Evaluating information	10 Advertising and media and information literacy; 5 Audiences as citizens
4 AI	1.1 Browsing, searching and filtering information; 1.2 Evaluating information; 4.2 Protecting personal data and privacy	11 Artificial intelligence, social media and MIL competencies; 3 Research, information cycle, digital information processing, intellectual property
5 Screenshots and deepfakes	1.2 Evaluating information; 2.5 Digital behaviour; 4.3 Supporting wellbeing	4 MIL competencies to tackle misinformation, disinformation and hate speech; 11 Artificial intelligence, social media and MIL competencies
6 Bubble	1.1 Browsing, searching and filtering information; 1.2 Evaluating information; 4.3 Supporting wellbeing	7 How media and technology influence content; 11 Artificial intelligence, social media and MIL competencies
7 Numbers	1.2 Evaluating information	10 Advertising and media and information literacy; 3 Research, information cycle, digital information processing, intellectual property

The titles of competences and modules are quoted from the frameworks (MIL = media and information literacy); which lesson fits where is our own judgement. Each lesson adds the subjects it usually fits in national curricula. Checked on 14 October 2026.