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Checkology: Making Sense of Data
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Explore how we create, interact with, and are influenced by data in all aspects of our lives — and learn how to evaluate the accuracy of data-based claims and visualizations. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: Misinformation
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Learn to understand different types of misinformation and the ways that misinformation can damage democracy. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: Power in Art: The Watchdog Role of Editorial Cartoonists
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Learn about the history of editorial cartooning as a unique and powerful form of opinion journalism and practice analyzing cartoons from the 1700s to the present day. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Arts
Critical Thinking
English Language Arts
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: Practicing Quality Journalism
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Learn the standards of quality journalism by playing the role of reporter in a game-like simulation of a breaking news event. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: Press Freedoms Around the World
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Explore the state of press freedoms in 22 nations. The lesson includes videos of journalists in 10 countries recounting their reporting experiences. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: The First Amendment
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Learn why the First Amendment’s five rights and freedoms are so vital to American democracy. Through case studies, weigh in on Supreme Court decisions in which these protections were challenged. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: Understanding Bias
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Understand news media bias by learning about five types of bias and five ways it can manifest itself, as well as methods for minimizing it. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Checkology: What Is News?
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Explore how journalists “filter” information, or determine which events and issues to cover in a given news cycle, by using key criteria. A free educator account is necessary to assign this Checkology lesson.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Provider Set:
Checkology
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Classroom Cell Phone Policy
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The goal of this lesson is to give students ownership over classroom policies by asking them to research and support a cell phone policy that they believe should be used in our classroom. Students will discuss and debate the policy after researching and then they will create the policy that we will follow for the first quarter. After the first quarter, we will reevaluate the policy for effectiveness. Students will use research and speaking and listening standards to complete this PBL for an authentic purpose. It is important to actually implement the policy for that particular class, or students will not feel the 

Subject:
Critical Thinking
Interdisciplinary, Project-based, and Real-World Learning
Personal Management
Reading Informational Text
Speaking and Listening
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Margaret Delgado-Chernick
Date Added:
07/15/2019
The Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
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The focus of the lesson is to review and strengthen understanding of the Pythagorean Thm and the Converse of the Pythagorean Thm.  In addition review and strengthen the students algebra skills regarding square roots.This cover Ohio Standards in geometry:Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity. 

Subject:
Critical Thinking
Geometry
Problem-Solving and Communication
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Andrew Amstutz
Date Added:
05/26/2019
Engineering the Future: Grades 4-5  (INFOhio Career Exploration Unit)
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Welcome to INFOhio's Career Exploration Units. Students in grades 4-5 learn about careers in engineering and feats of engineering such as Ferris wheels and bridges.  These units contain multiple lessons that use INFOhio's digital resources to help students learn, practice, and master key learning standards while learning more about career options in engineering fields such as electrical, mechanical, aerospace and in science and  technology fields such as fuel cell technology and robotics.

Subject:
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Cathie Cooper
Date Added:
06/30/2019
Evaluate credibility using the RumorGuard 5 Factors
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This classroom poster displays 5 Factors for evaluating credibility of news and other information, drawn from RumorGuard. It also includes “Knows” and “Dos” for evaluating credibility.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Date Added:
01/30/2024
FBI Kids
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This site is designed for students to learn more about the FBI through age-appropriate games, tips, stories, and interactives. They also introduce students to their working dogs and show how FBI special agents and analysts investigate cases.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Digital Citizenship
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Technology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Interactive
Lesson
Date Added:
02/14/2022
Fact-Checker
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This comprehensive lesson plan focuses on misinformation and fact-checking. Intended for grades 3 and up, it includes essential questions, electronic materials, vocabulary, procedural directions, ideas for differentiation, checks for understanding, examples, an evaluation rubric, and ideas for an extension opportunity. Depending on the classroom, it could take between 30-60 minutes, or be broken up over a few class periods.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Practitioner Support
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Date Added:
01/30/2024
Grade band expectations for news literacy
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Designed to support a districtwide approach to teaching news literacy, this grade-band expectations document lays out expectations by grade band (PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12+) and by news literacy standards. This resource builds on the News Literacy Project's Framework for Teaching News Literacy, and was created with help from literacy experts and classroom practitioners.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Practitioner Support
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
News Literacy Project
Date Added:
01/30/2024
How Soon is Too Soon? The Cell Phone Dilemma
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Middle school students will use the InfOhio resource - Points of View Resource Center - to research and create a presentation to report on at least two points of view relating to the issue of children and smartphone usage.

Subject:
Critical Thinking
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Susan Hartman
Date Added:
06/02/2019