Resources that help students
determine how personal dispositions can affect responses to media messages

E = includes or is entirely resources for elementary grade levels 

Digital Detectives by Jennifer LaGarde:

• "Grades 4-5 Mini Lessons for Lens: Triggers" Notes for the Teacher E

• "Information Literacy Likert Scale/Mood Meter" Mini Lesson E

• "Speed or Brake Activity" Mini Lesson E

• "Finish the Comic #1" Mini Lesson E

• "Pressing Pause Choice Board" Mini Lesson E

• "Grades 6-8 Mini Lessons for Lens: Triggers" Notes for the Teacher

• "Finish the Comic #2" Mini Lesson

• "Emotional Trigger Bingo" Mini Lesson

• "PAUSE Journaling" Mini Lesson

• "What makes you most likely to trust and share? Headline edition" Mini Lesson

• "Grades 9-12 Mini Lessons for Lens: Triggers" Notes for the Teacher 

• "Emotional Trigger Mixtape" Mini Lesson

• "How does the news make you feel" Padlet has examples of emotional responses

NewseumED:

• "Am I Being Fair?" lesson 

• "Disinformation Nation: Checking Your Emotions" lesson

Lesley James:

• "Information-Seeking Personality Profile: Part 1" activity

• "Information-Seeking Personality Profile: Part 2" activity

• "Information-Seeking Personality Profile: Part 3" activity

• "Foundations 1: How do you know?" lesson

• "Foundations 2: Is that a fact?" lesson

• "Foundations 3: Can we agree to disagree?" lesson

Other resources:

• Project Look Smart's "Election 2020 – The Facts are Clear but Who Do We Trust?" lesson

• MediaSmarts' "Reality Check: We Are All Broadcasters" lesson

• CGP Grey's "This video will make you angry" video

• The Onion's TOTALLY SATIRICAL "Here's why you're wrong" video 

• Take on Fake's "How to Talk About Misinfo with NOVA's Alex Clark" video

• Above the Noise's "Can You Change Someone's Mind on Social Media?" video

• Ted Ed's "How can you change someone's mind?" video

• Social Good Now's "Why facts don't convince people" video

• You Are Not So Smart's "Geese that grow on trees" video