Updating search results...

Search Resources

5 Results

View
Selected filters:
  • fake-news
Fake News
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC
Rating
0.0 stars

This lesson is designed to help 9th grade students be able to define confirmation bias and clickbait. It will start with class discussion and then the students will find examples on their own in current news stories.

Subject:
Information, Media and Technological Literacy
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Jamie Imhoff
Date Added:
02/16/2019
Fake News and Biography: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Rating
0.0 stars

Learn about the "fake news" that established long held beliefs about Edgar Allan Poe in this video [2:30] from American Masters, Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. When Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances, his literary rival, Rufus W. Griswold, wrote a high-profile obituary filled with falsehoods that cast him as a lunatic and a madman. Engage students with a background essay, discussion questions, teaching tips, and handout as they explore the mystery behind his death and how fiction can sometimes become accepted as truth.

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Audio/Video
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Date Added:
11/06/2023
Netsmartz: Into the Cloud: S1 E4: Fact or Fake
Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Rating
0.0 stars

Nettie and Webster make their way through Ad Alley and find out that staying focused on a single task while online can be tricky... and getting distracted has consequences.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
Computer Science
Technology
Material Type:
Audio/Video
Provider:
Netsmartz (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Date Added:
07/01/2022
TED: How False News Can Spread
Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Rating
0.0 stars

In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon. [3:42]

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Audio/Video
Lesson
Provider:
TED Conferences
Provider Set:
TEDEd
Date Added:
10/01/2022