Privacy & Compliance

Privacy & Compliance Policy

Applies to: the four Grades 3–5 July 4th critical thinking breakouts and their teacher pages.

✅ These activities collect no personal information. There are no accounts, no logins, no sign-ups, and no analytics. Everything runs in the student's browser.

What data is collected

None. The breakouts do not ask for names, email addresses, or any identifying information. Student progress (which locks are open) is held only in the browser's temporary memory for the current session and is discarded when the page is closed or reset. Nothing is transmitted to any server operated for these activities, because there is no such server.

Outside network requests

Each page makes a single external request: it loads display fonts from the Google Fonts service (fonts.googleapis.com). No other outside connections are made. Pages set referrer: no-referrer to minimize information shared in that request.

Data-behavior tier: Tier B (self-contained, one non-essential CDN request for fonts).
Schools that require zero outside requests can self-host the two font families and remove the Google Fonts link; the activities function identically with system fonts.

How this maps to common requirements

Because no personal data is collected, stored, or shared, the following frameworks are addressed primarily through data minimization. This summary is provided to help educators and administrators; it is not legal advice, and districts should confirm against their own policies.

Framework	How these activities relate
FERPA	No education records are created, stored, or disclosed. There is no student data to protect or release.
COPPA	No personal information is collected from any user, including children under 13.
Texas SCOPE Act	No account creation, no data collection, and no targeted advertising or engagement features directed at minors.
Texas Education Code §32.151–32.156	No covered information is collected or processed, so there is no student data to safeguard under these provisions.
GDPR	No personal data is processed. The only third-party request (Google Fonts) may involve an IP address handled by that service under its own terms.
CIPA	Content is age-appropriate educational material about U.S. history with no external user-generated content, chat, or open web links from within the activity.

Accessibility statement (VPAT-lite)

These activities were built with accessibility in mind and aim to align with WCAG 2.1 AA where applicable:

Semantic HTML structure with keyboard-operable buttons and inputs.
Text-based clues and questions; color is not the sole means of conveying information (labels accompany colored lock pads).
Responsive layout that reflows for tablets, laptops, and interactive whiteboards.
Plain, grade-appropriate language sized for readability.

Known limitation: the celebratory confetti animation is decorative and non-essential; it conveys no information. Educators needing a reduced-motion experience can advise students to skip it, or it can be removed on request. If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please report it so it can be addressed.

Content & accuracy note

Historical content is written for grades 3–5 and simplified for that audience. It is designed to be accurate at that level of detail; teachers are encouraged to expand and add nuance in discussion. Standards references describe content that is aligned to the listed strands and are not reproductions of official standard statements.

Licensing

Content is shared under CC BY 4.0. Code is shared under the MIT License. You may reuse, adapt, and remix these materials with attribution.