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Media Literacy Games and Lessons

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Learning media literacy is so important in today's world. These games and lessons introduce the concept of media literacy and how to spot fake news.
 
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Bad News is a game where you play as a news reporter or influencer and have to try to sneak in false news headlines while growing your following.
Bad News
 
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The aim of the game is to show the techniques used to deceive people and demonstrate just how easy it is to spread hate. The initiative was created at the University of Cambridge and is funded by the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (...
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This k-2 curriculum discusses digital footprints, balancing time on tech, staying safe online, being kind online, cyberbullying and media literacy.
Meet the Digital Citizens! | Common Sense Education
 
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This curriculum discusses media balance, clickbait, gender stereotypes, online friendships and reading news online.
Digital Citizenship Curriculum | Common Sense Education
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Help students learn to protect their mental health while staying informed.
Creating Healthy News Habits
 
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This lesson teaches students to analyze news that they may come across in their social media feeds or other news outlets.
How to Read the News Like a Fact Checker
 
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Through a partnership with the MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network and with support from Google, millions of teachers throughout the United States can access this Media Literacy curriculum published by the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs that te...
Explore this curriculum guide for suggestions on how to make it fit your classes as a unit, mini-unit, or individual lessons.
LIVE: MediaWise Toolkit
 
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In this sequence of lessons, teachers model lateral reading and guide students through a series of structured activities to develop and improve their lateral reading skills. Students contrast lateral reading with vertical reading (staying on a single...
Teaching Lateral Reading - Civic Online Reasoning
 
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Students analyze an uncaptioned photo and submit a description of what they think is happening. The descriptions are discussed in a moderated chat.
What's Going On in This Picture?
 
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This game is played quite a bit in our house during breaks. In NewsFeed Defenders, players navigate online content by moderating a social news platform, Newsably. Players are charged with attracting new readers to the site while also fighting against...
NewsFeed Defenders
 
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This unit is designed to teach students about media influence on politics and society. Students learn how the media and interest groups influence discussions that take place in the “public sphere” and ultimately influence the government. They also id...
Media and Influence Lesson Plans
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To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome empowers kids with tools and education to confidently and safely explore, grow, and play online.
Be Internet Awesome - A Program to Teach Kids Online Safety
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This curriculum, created in collaboration with education experts, are crafted to help students develop critical media and visual literacy skills to better navigate the ever-changing digital information landscape.
Teaching media literacy - Adobe Education Exchange