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Educator Voices November 06 2023

Educator Voice Recap: Teaching and celebrating media literacy

Watch these clips of how media literacy education helps us navigate our current media landscape
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Daily News Lesson July 13 2022

What we learned on Day 7 of the Jan. 6 committee hearings
Learn the latest from the Congressional committee examining the events that led to January 6
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Lesson Plan December 11 2021

Lesson plan: Decoding media bias

Examine current news stories and how they’re covered by the news media
Hedge Fund Alden Global Capital To Buy Tribune Publishing
Daily News Lesson May 26 2021

Hedge fund known for slashing newsrooms buys Chicago, Baltimore, Boston papers
The new deal with the hedge fund was met with resistance from newsroom employees as it worsens the decades’ long decline of local newspapers, signaling more trouble for local journalism.
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
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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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Post September 02 2016

Recap the major stories of Summer 2016 with these Extra resources
Use these resources detailing major news stories from this past summer to catch students up on news they might have missed.
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Post March 04 2016

World News Quiz: Was a mystery solved in Mozambique?
Give students this fun, 5-minute quiz rounding up the week’s world news to see how much they paid attention.
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Post December 11 2015

Finish the week with a World News Quiz!
Did your students keep up with major news events taking place around the world this week? Give them this fun, 5-minute quiz as a way to review or learn a little about what they may have missed!
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