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Lesson Plan April 08 2022

Lesson plan: Build a 'media literacy survival kit'

In this media literacy lesson, students design media literacy survival kits to help combat misinformation and conspiracy theories online
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Daily News Lesson April 07 2022

Texas students speak out against book bans — and other news for April 7, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
FILE PHOTO: Illustration picture of Tiktok with U.S. and Chinese flags
Lesson Plan April 06 2022

Lesson plan: How to fight truth decay through media literacy

In this media literacy lesson, students learn tools for verifying information online and spotting propaganda and conspiracy theories
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Lesson Plan April 05 2022

Lesson plan: An experiment in misinformation

Discuss how conspiracy theories get started in this experiment in misinformation
FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai
Daily News Lesson April 03 2022

China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surge
Find out what China is doing in one of its largest cities to try to stave off a wave of COVID
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington
Daily News Lesson March 29 2022

Senate committee delays vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson — and other news for March 29, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson March 25 2022

States call in the National Guard to mitigate school staffing shortages
Hear why some schoolrooms across the country have turned to national guard troops to fill teacher shortages
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta
Daily News Lesson March 23 2022

Half of U.S. adults have not received booster shot and other news for March 23, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Student Voices March 18 2022

'I learned to relish the details' — Student Logan Tsukiyama on anniversary of pandemic
Read what these students think about what the last two years have been like and where to go from here
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Educator Voices March 18 2022

Why we have to teach 'sad things'
Hear from one teacher on why its so important to teach accurate history, especially when it causes discomfort
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