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Lesson Plan January 26 2023

Media literacy lesson: How to fact-check the "fact" pages on Instagram

Learn to spot identify Instagram "fact" pages that actually spread misinformation
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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
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representatives try again to elect a Speaker on the third day of the 118th Congress at U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson January 10 2023

Local paper broke George Santos scandal before November election — why didn't the rest of the news media?
An important lesson in media literacy, politics and power
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Daily News Lesson January 03 2023

Judy Woodruff’s farewell message to viewers as she departs NewsHour anchor desk
Here's what your students should know about Judy Woodruff
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Student Voices July 22 2022

Book Q&A: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on discovering identity in 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids'
NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi speaks with author and journalist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about her new book, 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids.'
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Daily News Lesson July 22 2022

Book Q&A: Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on discovering identity in 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids'
NewsHour Classroom intern Evelyn Chi speaks with author and journalist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang about her new book, 'You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair is in Braids.'
Chicago Unveils Ida B. Wells Monument
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Lesson plan: Art as response to racial injustice

Learn about the history of lynching and other racial injustice in the U.S. and the ways artists have responded to some of America's darkest moments
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Lesson Plan June 29 2022

Lesson plan: What's in the frame? How media literacy helps students watch and dissect the news

Learn how editorial choices about what goes in the camera frame influence our understanding of news and media
Protest against Brazilian President Bolsonaro's government, Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)'s President Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva and for the search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, in Brasilia
Daily News Lesson June 20 2022

Third arrest made in murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon — and other news for June 21, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
Journalists hold placards depicting Al Jazeera reporter Sireen Abu Akleh during a protest in Mogadishu
Daily News Lesson May 17 2022

Media literacy lesson on coverage of renowned Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israeli forces
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