InfoZones

Students learn to determine the credibility of a piece of information by identifying its primary purpose or “InfoZone”: news, opinion, entertainment, advertising, propaganda and raw information.

News literacy topics

Advertisements; Opinion; Primary purpose; Propaganda; Social media

Learning objectives

• I can analyze examples of information and categorize them by determining their primary purpose.

Essential questions

• Why is it important to know the primary purpose of the information we encounter?
• Do some pieces of information have more than one purpose? Can a primary, or main, purpose still be identified for these?
• Does the purpose of a piece of information affect its credibility?
• What does it mean for information to be verified?

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