Finding Credible News
How do we find credible information on the internet?
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 bad and find what's credible? Help students dig into why and how false information ends up online in the first place, and then practice evaluating the credibility of what they're finding online.
Objectives:
- Learn reasons that people put false or misleading information on the internet.
- Learn criteria for differentiating fake news from credible news.
- Practice evaluating the credibility of information they find on the internet.
Vocabulary
- bias
- corroboration
- credible
- evaluate
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- Subject:
- Education
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Level:
- Middle School
- Grade:
- 6
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