Finding Credible News

Lesson Overview and Teacher Lesson Plan

Essential Question:

How do we find credible information on the internet?

Students will be able to:

Learn reasons that people put false or misleading information on the internet.
Learn criteria for differentiating fake news from credible news.
Practice evaluating the credibility of information they find on the internet.

Estimated time: 45 min

Lesson Snapshot:

Warm Up: Tricky Wiki (10 min)
Analyze: News or Fake News? (25 min)
Wrap Up: Fighting Fake (10 min)

What you need:

no additional supplies needed

Quick Links to Lesson Resources:

Student Handout: News or Fake News? - Student Version - Teacher Version

Student Handout: Example #3 Article - Student Version

Lesson Quiz - Student Version - Teacher Version

Take-home resources:

Family activity

Family engagement resources

Standards Alignment:

Common Core ELA:

L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.2.B, L.6.3, L.6.3.A, L.6.3.B, L.6.4, L.6.6, RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, RI.6.6, RI.6.8, RI.6.10, SL.6.1, SL.6.1a, SL.6.1b, SL.6.1c, SL.6.1d, SL.6.2, SL.6.3, SL.6.4, SL.6.6, W.6.4, W.6.8, W.6.9, W.6.10

ISTE:

2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d

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