Fake News Training — High School ELA — Media Literacy & Research

Introduce an exciting 2-day media literacy activity focused on teaching students to identify fake news and assess news sources. The lesson incorporates 10 articles on gun violence from different political spectrums and five key types of resource articles: Research Papers, News Articles, Opinion Articles, Propaganda, and Fake News. Through this activity, students will explore the articles' quality and practice categorizing them based on type while working in groups.

With a central topic and pieces from different perspectives, students will employ provided guidelines and critical thinking to solve which articles match each type of resource. Download this engaging media literacy lesson, sure to become a favorite activity of the year for your students! The packet contains everything necessary for a remarkable learning experience, including a dynamic presentation, activity directions, worksheets, and articles. Present the material, distribute the resources, and witness your students gain valuable insights into article quality and fake news!

This lesson can be presented as either an individual or group activity, and the packet includes:

• - A two-day lesson plan breakdown that explains how to facilitate the activity

• - A PowerPoint presentation that introduces the concept of Fake News and source quality

• - 10 articles on gun violence from both sides of the political aisle; 2 for each of the following 5 article categories ((Research Papers, News Articles, Opinion Articles, Propaganda, and Fake News)

• - An “Identifying Article Guidelines” handout (with student notes section)

• - Article Category name plates for group identification (if you use this as a group lesson)

• - An “ Article Category Checklist“ worksheet, where students will present their findings and rationales for article placement (with answer key)

• - A "Fake News Bingo" game (6 different game boards included, along with game pieces)

Although this resource can be fitted for any secondary Language Arts classroom, it has been carefully designed to work best in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. The included resources are subtly but specifically tied to Common Core ELA Standards for Reading Information (8, 9, and 10). This resource is provided in print-ready, bookmarked, and adjustable PDFs and PowerPoint Show files.

This massive resource contains 26 pages, 18 slides and 10 article files.