K-12
Media Literacy
Resources
Jump to these pages where we've organized lists of FREE resources (lessons, activities, videos, etc.) that will help you teach K-12 students how to:
Seek answers by using digital search tools
Reuse the works of others in fair & legal ways and give appropriate credit
Determine how personal dispositions can affect responses to media messages
Determine how cognitive biases can affect responses to media messages
Make informed choices based on understanding the information ecosystem
Consider potential consequences of spreading different types of information
Understand how the media landscape has changed over time
Describe the roles played by algorithms
Describe the roles played by other technological innovations
Evaluate the relevance & credibility of information sources
Identify perspectives and evaluate information sources in terms of bias
Check the accuracy of verifiable information
Understand verifiable statements, opinions & claims
Understand different types of information that isn’t entirely true
Understand technology that can be used to manipulate digital media
Understand professional codes of ethics, including journalists’
Think critically about science reporting
Check the accuracy of visual representations of data
Evaluate claims and assess evidence
We pulled out specific lessons for the organized lists, but here are links that take you directly to the collections of FREE resources where we found some of them (plus one book that's not free unless you get it from the public library, which you should totally consider doing)
