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  • 11 questions
  • 35 marks
  • about 40 minutes
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Question types: multi-part, wordsearch, true or false, fill the gap, matching.

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Smart, Safe & Responsible Online — Lesson 2 of 6. What makes a password strong (length and randomness beat symbols), why every account needs a unique password, how two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a second factor, and the warning signs of phishing. Pupils design a strong-passphrase poster in…

16 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook — 23 Million
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. A Strong Password — What It Is and What It Is Not
  5. Hinge Check — Which Password Is Strongest?
  6. Task 1 (guided) — Stronger or Weaker?
  7. Why Every Account Needs Its Own Password
  8. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
  9. Quick Check — Does 2FA Still Help?
  10. Phishing — Spotting the Fake
  11. Task 2 (semi-guided) — Safe or Unsafe?
  12. Passwords in Real Life
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