No-Prep Sub Plans: 10 Digital Literacy Lessons for Grades 5–9

You find out in the morning that you're covering a class you don't know, in a subject that isn't yours. With this pack you have 10 ready-to-teach digital literacy lessons that you can run with no preparation and no IT knowledge. No computers needed – just a board and a printed worksheet.

Every lesson includes: a learning goal, materials, a minute-by-minute plan, an exact "Tell the students:" script, a step-by-step activity, an exit question and tips for faster and slower classes. Lessons are independent, so use them in any order.

10 lessons:

• My digital footprint – what the internet knows about me
• Passwords that can't be guessed
• Is it true? Checking news and hoaxes
• Phishing – spot the scam message
• Algorithms around us – why does the app show me this?
• Artificial intelligence – a helper, not a wizard
• Polite online – class chats and cyberbullying prevention
• Screen time – my digital week
• Copyright and images from the internet
• The big digital literacy quiz

What you get (ZIP):

• an illustrated teacher guide (PDF): introduction for the substitute teacher + 10 lessons, clickable table of contents,
• the same text in Word for editing,
• a student worksheet with 12 tasks and an answer key,
• a lesson plan,
• a 17-slide presentation – just project it,
• an interactive quiz (15 questions) and flashcards in the browser that can read aloud,
• flashcards for Quizlet/Anki (CSV).

For grades 5–9 (middle school). Perfect for sub plans, advisory and Safer Internet Day. Licensed for one teacher and their classes.

Text and illustrations were created with the help of artificial intelligence and reviewed by the author, a computer science teacher.