Secondary Students
"I think the classroom teacher has a unique opportunity to introduce media literacy concepts and critical thinking questions every time they teach with images, film, video, news, advertising and the Internet." Frank Baker, Media Literacy Clearinghouse
Resources
Resources
Analyzing Images
Analyzing Images
- A Journalist's Guide to Verifying Images - From Jennifer Dohroh, International Journalists' Network.
- How to Use Google's Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images - From Common Sense Media (video).
Analyzing Videos
Analyzing Videos
- Why and How to Use YouTube Video Essays In Your Classroom - From Common Sense
Online News Resources
Online News Resources
- Google News - "Breaking stories, customizable home page take students inside the news."
- CNN 10 - News stories explained in 10 minutes.
Questioning Fake News
Questioning Fake News
- 10 Questions for Fake News Detection - From the News Literacy Project:
- Factitious - From JOLT (Innovation in Journalism through Game Design), "a game that tests your news sense." Learn more about Factitious through this NPR article.
- One Gut Check and Four Steps Students Can Apply to Fact Check Information - NPR's Anya Komenetz pulls from work of researcher/author Mike Caufield, who recommends:
- "Check for previous work: Look around to see if someone else has already fact-checked the claim or provided a synthesis of research. [Some places to look: Wikipedia, Snopes, Politifact and NPR’s own Fact Check website.]
- Go upstream to the source: Most web content is not original. Get to the original source to understand the trustworthiness of the information. Is it a reputable scientific journal? Is there an original news media account from a well-known outlet? If that’s not immediately apparent, then move to step 3.
- Read laterally: Once you get to the source of a claim, read what other people say about the source (publication, author, etc.). The truth is in the network.
- Circle back: If you get lost, or hit dead ends or find yourself going down a rabbit hole, back up and start over."
- How Does Fake News Become News? - From Teaching Tolerance
Be a Media Literacy S.T.A.R. - ROP (3/6/19) Slideshow created by Rob Appel, Salinas Unified High School District.
Downloadable Classroom Posters - Common Sense Education & ISTE
Downloadable Classroom Posters - Common Sense Education & ISTE
