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Getting started with news literacy
This document provides a rundown of the essential resources the News Literacy Project recommends when just starting out with…

RumorGuard Guide: 2024-25 school year
A classroom-ready resource that uses real trending examples of misinformation to guide students through the fact-checking process.

RumorGuard Report: Don’t Be Fooled
This close reading handout helps students analyze an example of viral misinformation featured on RumorGuard.

Take action: Putting news literacy into practice – High School
In this activity, students cap off their Checkology learning by developing a personal code of ethics for information they…

Take Action: Putting News Literacy into Practice – Middle School
In this activity, students cap off their Checkology learning by developing a personal code of ethics for information they…

Dig Deeper: What is the role of local news in American democracy?
Students explore how local news supports informed communities in this classroom-ready activity, a supplement to The Sift newsletter.

Dig Deeper: What ethics should newsrooms follow when using AI?
Students debate ethical dilemmas of AI in journalism in this classroom-ready activity, a supplement to The Sift newsletter.

Dig Deeper: How can people fall in and out of conspiratorial thinking?
Explore how people enter and exit conspiratorial mindsets in this classroom-ready activity, a supplement to The Sift newsletter.

Dig Deeper: What do we lose when we lose sports reporters?
Students consider the impact of the decline of local sports journalism in this classroom-ready activity, a supplement to The…

Dig Deeper: Why would news agencies remove a manipulated photo?
Students explore ethics in photojournalism in this classroom-ready activity, a supplement to The Sift newsletter.