Media Literacy Resources

Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy.

Center for Media Literacy

The Digital Inquiry Group (formerly Stanford History Education Group) has developed lessons around Civic Online Reasoning. Here you will find lessons that challenge students to evaluate claims and judge the reliability of information on the internet and social media.

"The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan national education nonprofit, empowers educators to teach students the skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and information and engaged, informed participants in our democracy."

Part of The News Literacy Project "Checkology® empowers students to become smart consumers of information in all its forms and engaged participants in civic life."

The Newseum has a collection of media literacy resources that will help students to recognize sources of information, bias, & its reliability.

Mini Media Literacy Library

"For your convenience, we've assembled a library of our Media Moment Mini-Lessons. These mini-lessons combine civic content and news literacy skills. Designed for the high school classroom, each mini-lesson includes a content reading, a news literacy highlight, and a one-page news literacy activity."