
Meta’s decision to remove fact-checking across its social media platforms has heightened the urgency for students to develop critical skills to detect false and misleading information.
As a teacher, you might be hearing the terms "news literacy" and "media literacy" an increasing amount. But what exactly do they mean? We believe news literacy is the ability to understand and think critically about the media you consume.
How do you help students determine whether a news story is real or fake? What's the safest way to consume mass media? And why do we hear such little good news? Explore the answers to these questions, as well as a host of other media-related queries, in your classroom.
Ready-to-teach lessons to improve news literacy skills
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Oracy-focused activities about news and media literacy
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Bitesized, reliable information about how the media operate
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Innovative ways to develop critical-thinking and communication skills: speaking, listening, problem-solving and creativity
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News and media literacy resources
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Post-pandemic: parasocial relationships
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Russia and Ukraine: a turning point?
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Three headlines, three debates
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Numeracy in the news: misleading numbers
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War reporting
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Numeracy in the news: data decisions
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Article 17: reliable news
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Humanitarian crises: responsible photography
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Andrew Tate: misogyny online
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War reporting: is it beneficial?
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News literacy: independent research
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Social media: are schools doing enough?
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2022 news review
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Protests in Iran: Mahsa Amini
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Data journalism: teenagers and social media
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The power of sound
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Refugees and responsibility
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Star power
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Russia and Ukraine: propaganda
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The world in 2022
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2021 news review
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Freedom of press and the Nobel Peace Prize
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The Pandora papers