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Last Modified April 8, 2021
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Mini-Lesson

How to Read the News Like a Fact Checker

Reading “laterally” is a key media literacy strategy that helps students determine the quality of online sources. This mini-lesson trains students to use this technique to evaluate the credibility of the news they encounter on social media feeds or elsewhere online.

Two high school students look at a laptop screen in a school library
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Mini-Lesson

Where Do We Get Our News and Why Does It Matter?

Explore media bias using recent news coverage of controversial events and help students think about what healthy news habits they want to adopt.

Image of boy looking at phone on bus.
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Mini-Lesson

Where Do We Get Our News and Why Does It Matter?

Explore media bias using recent news coverage of controversial events and help students think about what healthy news habits they want to adopt.

Image of boy looking at phone on bus.