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"I voted" stickers are displayed at a voting station during a special congressional election called after former Rep. Ryan Zinke was appointed to lead the Interior Department in Missoula

Lesson Plan November 01 2024

Podcast lesson plan: How is AI misinformation being used in the election?

Explore AI deepfakes, how to spot them and how they can be used to manipulate political perceptions using a podcast from Student Reporting Labs

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Lesson Plan July 13 2023

Lesson plan: Find useful news about the issues you care about most

Learn how to find useful news sources about the issues you find most important

FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York

Daily News Lesson April 29 2021

How misinformation is used to amplify and strengthen ideology

Discuss why correcting disinformation can have less of an impact than disinformation itself

A child looks at a display of front pages as he visits the Newseum during its last week of operation before closing the museum in Washington

Lesson Plan February 09 2021

Lesson plan: Media literacy — news that's nice to know, news you need to know

Practice media discernment by identifying need-to-know stories vs. want-to-know stories

Man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture

Lesson Plan November 16 2020

What is the difference between mis- and disinformation?

Learn to define and distinguish misinformation and disinformation

Belen Cruz helps her daughter to sign in online as schools resumed with online learning in York City

Daily Video November 02 2020

Why are people susceptible to disinformation?

Why are people so ready to accept misinformation, especially in times of crisis?

Daily Video May 28 2020

Social media's role in monitoring misinformation

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn about Twitter's new initiative to fact check the tweets of influential figures such as President Trump and how it has stirred debate over the role of social media platforms as content moderators.

Lesson Plan May 30 2019

Lesson plan: How teens deal with the spread of misinformation

Find out what young people really think about the news and the spread of misinformation using a variety of short videos produced by PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs.

Daily News Lesson May 06 2018

Who, what, when, where, why do hyperpartisan news sites exist?

Video summary PBS NewsHour's four-part series on "Junk News" explores who is behind creating…

Daily Video August 30 2017

How media literacy helps you talk about Hurricane Harvey with your students

Students will have many questions and concerns about Hurricane Harvey in the coming days. Use this PBS lesson to help you discuss the effects of extreme weather events with your students and helpful media literacy tools when it comes to media coverage of the hurricane.

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