LibGuides: All The Fake News That's Fit To Print: Lesson Plans & Activities

Fake News Lesson Plan

Created by Ms. Forfa, January 2018

Fact-Checking Day Lesson Plan
Lesson plan from The Poynter Institute with accompanying video.
The Honest Truth about Fake News … and How Not to Fall for It (with Lesson Plan)
Blog post and lesson idea from KQED News.
Information Literacy Lessons Crucial in a Post-Truth World
Blog post from AASL's Knowledge Quest.
In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play
Interview with Professor Nicole A. Cooke of the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences.
Lesson Idea: Media Literacy and Fake News
Lesson plan from C-SPAN classroom.
News or Not
Blog post from Knowledge Quest, the journal of the American Association of School Librarians.
Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds
Article from NPR discussing 2016 Stanford study on students and information literacy.
Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world
Post by Joyce Valenza in School Library Journal on teaching news and information literacy.
News and Students? Educators
Blog post from NEA Today.
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth
Article from EdWeek discussing 2016 Stanford study on student information literacy skills.
How Maine Teachers Are Trying To Steer Students Away From Fake News
While many social media sites are trying to stop the spread, Maine educators are stepping up, too, helping students differentiate between fact and fiction.

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