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Subject: Media Literacy

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Lesson Plan January 18 2023

Be MediaWise lesson 3: How to read upstream to bury misinformation that keeps coming back to life

Explore ways to bury misinformation that keeps popping up over and over again
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Lesson Plan January 10 2023

Media literacy lesson: Corporate "greenwashing" — how not to be fooled by big business's claims of climate-friendly practices

Learn how businesses that promote themselves as environmentally friendly may not be doing all they claim
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Lesson Plan December 16 2022

Media literacy lesson: Tactics for talking with conspiracy theorists at holiday gatherings

Learn why people believe in conspiracy theories and how to talk to family and friends about them
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Lesson Plan December 14 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 12: How to detect deepfakes and avoid disinformation

Students will learn about the different types of “deepfake” techniques and how to identify fake videos created by artificial intelligence
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Lesson Plan December 06 2022

Lesson plan: How to check online images for accuracy

Learn how to look beyond images to understand context and avoid spreading misinformation
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Lesson Plan November 17 2022

Lesson plan: How to spot fake screenshots on social media

Learn how screenshots can be manipulated and why manipulated screenshots often show up on social media
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Lesson Plan November 13 2022

Media literacy lesson: Gun laws and book bans — how to find the missing context

Learn why context is as important as any other tool in determining what is true or not online
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Lesson Plan October 17 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 9: Identifying news sites that aren't actually legit

Learn how some media sources have been built to deceive, and how to spot them
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Daily News Lesson October 05 2022

Mother and child sit down for candid conversation about vaccine hesitancy
Hear a conversation between a mother and her child about what helped her move passed conspiracy theories about vaccines
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Lesson Plan October 05 2022

Media literacy lesson: How to understand statistics and data in the news

Make sense of statistics presented on social media
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