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Lesson Plan December 13 2016

How to teach your students about fake news
Fake news is making news, and it's a problem. This lesson gives students media literacy skills they need to navigate the media, including how to spot fake news.
A general view of the exterior of the Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant in Washington
Daily Video December 12 2016

Fake news websites lead to real life dangers such as 'Pizzagate'
Concern over the spread of fake news has grown since the election, when a number of false reports were circulated widely through social media.
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Daily Video December 08 2016

Trump uses Twitter to bypass media
President-elect Donald Trump continues to bypass the mainstream media by communicating with the public directly rather than using more traditional outlets.
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Daily Video November 18 2016

Did fake news influence the outcome of Election 2016?
The proliferation of fake news sources on social media has raised questions about the duty of sites like Facebook and Twitter to screen content and distinguish fact from fiction.
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Lesson Plan October 14 2015

Lesson Plan: Why I go to school -- A student multimedia project
Subject(s) Journalism, Art, English, Social Studies Estimated Time: 45 to 60 minutes …
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Lesson Plan March 27 2015

Lesson plan: Satire's role in current events

This lesson asks students to think critically about their relationship to satire and explore the question of how it helps us interpret global events.
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Lesson Plan September 19 2014

Ebola outbreak mission instructions and resources - Digital Student Guide
Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown Dece…
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Student Voices April 24 2014

Student reporters honored as #NextGen public media producers
  What do an eighth grade news anchor from Newark, N.J., a three-time student Emmy winne…
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Lesson Plan August 05 2013

Lesson Plan: Child labor in Burkina Faso
by Katie Gould, Teacher Resource Producer at NewsHour Extra Article by Marc Sollinger …
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Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Podcasting: Sharing your ideas About featured topics - Lesson Plan
By Lisa Prososki Subject(s) Social Studies, Communication Arts, Technology, Science, J…
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