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News Literacy Tips, Tools & Quizzes

How news-literate are you? Test and sharpen your news literacy skills with short activities, engaging quizzes and shareable graphics for learners of all ages.  learn more

Common Sense: News & Media Literacy 101

Teach students foundational news and media literacy skills with these free lesson plans. To help students build a strong foundation of news and media literacy, use these free,…  learn more

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Election 2024: Be informed, not misled

Learn and teach news literacy The 2024 election season will be among the most closely followed in American history, and as in past years, it also will attract…  learn more

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These News Literacy Infographics Will Help Students Know What To Trust Online

It’s hard enough to know what you can trust online when you’re an adult; for students, it can be even trickier. As educators, we can help by teaching…  learn more

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Finding Credible News

The web is full of questionable stuff, from rumors and inaccurate information to outright lies and so-called fake news. So how do we help students weed out the…  learn more

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Five News Literacy Resources for Back-to-School

In today’s media landscape, marked by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology and emotion-inducing current events, the ability to verify information and analyze sources is more important than ever.…  learn more

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Teaching Kids News

Every story is in kid-friendly language and appropriate for kids in grades 3 to 8. Beyond just making the vocabulary accessible, there is context for everything in each…  learn more

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PBS NewsHour Classroom: Lesson Plans

News for Students and Teacher Resources Grades 6-12. Classroom features daily news lessons based on PBS NewsHour, full-length video-based lesson plans.  learn more

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19 Online News Resources for Kids

Ask the Tech Teacher. Here are popular online resources to teach about news sources for kids  learn more

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EXAMPLES FOR TEACHING WITH FAKE NEWS AND PSEUDOSCIENCE

Are you watching students and colleagues make claims based on potentially unverified information they’ve encountered? How can we balance all the information we receive from various outlets with…  learn more

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News Literacy Classroom Resources

Resource Library. Looking for classroom resources? NLP’s resource library includes lesson plans, classroom activities, posters and infographics, quizzes, training materials and videos for educators teaching news literacy.  learn more

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CITIZEN LITERACY

Citizen Literacy is an online toolkit that promotes the development of key information skills for democratic citizenship and features short videos, handouts, and activities that faculty across all disciplines…  learn more

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Build News Literacy Skills with iCivics

Strong media literacy skills are more essential than ever. Students engage with a plethora of media sources every day; sharpening news literacy skills helps students develop the critical thinking…  learn more

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2020 Guide To Teach Students How To Research & Avoid Fake News, Disinformation, And Misinformation

Based on my popular presentation titled "Teaching Students To Become Expert Researchers And Avoid Fake News, Disinformation, and Misinformation" this video will provide you with the resources needed…  learn more