How to teach news literacy in polarizing times
The historic upheaval that dominated previous headlines — including a global pandemic, a national reckoning over racial injustice, a
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Looking for classroom resources? NLP’s resource library includes lesson plans, classroom activities, posters and infographics, quizzes, training materials and videos for educators teaching news literacy.
Classroom Activity: Is it "checkable"?
This upper elementary lesson introduces the concepts of fact-based and opinion-based statements using a group activity.
Grades:
4-6
Conspiratorial Thinking
This poster features five reasons that people fall for conspiracy theories.
What is News?
From sporting events to breaking news, many stories compete for journalists’ attention.
The First Amendment
This poster helps remind students of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment.
Arguments and Evidence
Reasoned arguments based on facts and evidence are an important part of civic discourse.
Critical observation challenge: Was Elsa really arrested?
This upper elementary slideshow activity introduces students to “critical observation skills”.
Grades:
4-6
How to speak up without starting a showdown
Misinformation is always problematic, but when it appears alongside family updates on social media, it can be especially frustrating.
"TRUST ME" classroom guide: A unit on manipulation and misinformation
This is a guide for educators to use with the feature-length documentary “TRUST ME."
"TRUST ME" discussion guide on manipulation and misinformation (for parents and caregivers)
This guide is intended for parents and caregivers to aid in discussing the feature-length documentary “TRUST ME."
Seven standards of quality journalism
With this poster, students are introduced to seven standards of quality journalism and their descriptions.
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