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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 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 October 24 2022

Be MediaWise lesson 10: Recognizing satire before sharing it as misinformation

Equip your students with the tools to distinguish satirical news sources from legitimate news sources
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Daily News Lesson October 13 2022

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion — and other news for October 13, 2022
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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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Daily News Lesson September 28 2022

Student Reporting Labs: How a young mother came to reject conspiracy theories
Hear from one woman what it took to get her to stop believing conspiracy theories
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Lesson Plan September 21 2022

Media literacy lesson: How to fact-check partisan social media posts

Sort through the noise surrounding the most consequential legislation passed by Congress this year
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