As you get ready to welcome students back, we’ve assembled your go-to news literacy resources.
At the heart of your back-to-school toolkit is the Checkology virtual classroom, your one-stop shop for teaching news literacy.
Power up your teaching with Checkology
Save time on prepping your news and media literacy curriculum. Aligned to standards, customizable and easy to implement, Checkology is designed to help you deliver today’s most urgently needed lessons.
Once you are logged in to Checkology, find all of the resources featured here by searching “starter pack” on the home page or filtering by category and other criteria.
👉For school district tech leaders and administrators, our Getting Started with Checkology Guide ensures that your educators and students get off to a glitch-free start.
👉For educators, our News Literacy Starter Pack is brimming with easy-to-implement resources. Keep it in your digital toolkit or share with colleagues!
These educator favorites will help you jump right in — no matter what challenges pop up this school year. Be sure to register or log in to Checkology to access everything here (search by “starter pack” on the Checkology home page, or browse by category or other criteria).
Join us for these free educator events aimed at helping you supercharge your news literacy curriculum and boost students’ understanding of quality journalism, the spread of misinformation, the impact of AI technologies and more.
📅 Tuesday, Aug. 19
5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT
📅 Tuesday, Aug. 26 & Wednesday, Aug. 27
4 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. PT & 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT
Want help planning your news literacy instruction? We’re here for you. For general questions, email [email protected]. For Checkology implementation questions, particularly around using Clever to access Checkology, email [email protected].