Description should include

• responsibilities and strategies to prevent identity theft
  • keeping personal documents and information safe, private, and secure
  • analyzing risks associated with online shopping and online credit card use
  • using identity-theft services
• individuals’ rights as victims of identity theft
• the costs (i.e., financial, time) associated with identity theft.

Teacher Resources:

• Empowering Futures, One Dollar at a Time, VCEE
• Teen Teach-In, Virginia Events Jump$tart! Financial Smarts for Students
• Financial Fitness, FCCLA

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• Why should one be aware of one’s rights if one is a victim of identity theft?
• What are the costs of being a victim of identity theft?

Communication

• Why is it important to interact responsibly online and when using credit/debit transactions?

Leadership

• What should one do if one suspects one’s identity has been stolen or one has lost one’s debit/credit card?

Management

• What services can one use to safeguard one’s identity?
• How does one freeze one’s credit?