Resources that help students
identify perspectives and evaluate information sources in terms of bias

Lesley James:

• "What are perspectives and where do they come from?" activity

• "What's the difference between perspective & bias--and where does bias come from?" activity

• "What to do about perspectives & bias in information sources" activity

Other resources:

• A Tale of Two Beasts picture book by Fiona Roberton E

• They All Saw a Cat picture book by Brendan Wenzel E

• Duck! Rabbit! picture book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal E

• News Literacy Project's "Understanding Bias" self-paced Checkology lesson 

• MediaSmarts' "Hate or Debate?" lesson

• Facing History's "How Journalists Minimize Bias" lesson

• NewseumED's "Compare Coverage of Brown v. Board Ruling" lesson

• Poynter's "Should you trust media bias charts" article

• Ted Ed's "Rethinking thinking" video

• It's Been a Minute's "Reckoning with Race in Journalism" podcast