• Buy Nothing Day

  This lesson plan focuses students attention on the issue of consumerism and asks them to consider its benefits and drawbacks.  Students identify the different influences on their spending habits with special attention to the role of the media. ...

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• Break the Fake: What's in the Frame?

  In this media literacy resource, students will develop an understanding of the intentional creation of content that can mislead and may not be reliable.  The lesson begins with the students viewing the video "House Hippo 2.0" and answering discussion...

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• Break the Fake: What's Real Online

  Break the Fake: What's Real Online is a digital literacy resource that explores the issue of misleading content online. It teaches the students how to create their own custom search engines in order to find accurate and reliable information. The lesson...

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• Break the Fake: Verifying information online

  This resource teaches students how to critically evaluate information they access on the internet using four simple steps. Students participate in a workshop that teaches them four quick, easy steps to verify online information. After practicing these...

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• Break The Fake: Becoming a Fact-Checker

  This lesson is designed to help students develop digital media literacy by learning how to evaluate the credibility of information found online. Students learn to critically analyze online content and apply fact-checking strategies so they can identify...

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