Resources that help students
check the accuracy of verifiable information

CTRL-F:

• "Lesson 4: Trace the Information" component of series

• "Trace the information" video

• "Click through and find" video

• "Check the date" video

• "Check other sources" video (note that Mike refers to verifiable statements as "claims")

• "FakeOut" online activity: guess which social media posts are true

• "Example Bank" collection of examples for practicing skills

Mike Caulfield:

• "Check Please: Find Trusted Coverage" lesson

• "Check Please: Trace Claims, Quotes, and Media to Their Original Context" lesson

News Literacy Project:

• "Ten questions for fake news detection" handout

• "Should you share it" quiz has examples of media messages that do and don't raise red flags

• "Should you share it (education edition)" quiz has examples of media messages that do and don't raise red flags

MediaWise/PBS LearningMedia:

• "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Facts about Wikipedia" video + teaching materials

• "Debunking Denver Airport Conspiracy Theories" video + teaching materials

• "How to Check the Context of Zombie Virus Claims..." video 

• "Did a 1950s PSA predict the 2020 coronavirus?" Is This Legit? video

• "How to Fact-Check the "Fact" Pages on Instagram" Is This Legit? video

Other resources:

• "Far-Fetched Facts" storyline in Common Sense's Digital Compass

• Project Look Sharp's "Fact Checkers: How Do They Decide?" lesson

• Lesley James's "How fact-checking can help you avoid spreading misinformation" activity

• EAVI's "Beyond the headlines" infographic & related activity

• Crash Course Navigating Digital Information's "The facts about fact-checking" video

• PBS's "Smart phones aren't making millennials grow horns" article 

• NPR's "A finder's guide to facts" article

• "Cranky Uncle" game

Understand verifiable statements, opinions & claims

CTRL-F:

• "Fact or Opinion" online activity E

• "CIVIX Explains: Fact or opinion" video E

Other resources:

• Facts vs Opinions vs Robots picture book by Michael Rex E

• Lesley James's "Why it matters if it's a verifiable statement, opinion, or claim you're investigating" activity

• News Literacy Project's "Is it checkable?" slide deck has examples of factual statements and "feeling" statements