Rights and Governance Online
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?).
Length
25 Minutes
Grade Level
High School
Instructional Plan
(25 Minutes) Activity: Online Rights and Governance
- Watch: Should the Internet Respect National Borders? | World101 (Video 2:59)
- Worksheet/ Jigsaw: Students can be assigned to complete the “Rights and Governance Online” worksheet
- Read: Xi Jinping - Opening Ceremony of the 2nd World Internet Conference
- Xi offers FOUR principles and FIVE proposals which could be used to jigsaw this reading.
- Read: U.S. State Dept. Pillars of the International Strategy for Cyberspace
- Broken into SIX pillars.