Click on Characteristics of Fake News
You may have to scroll down the screen a bit to find the info.
Read the Characteristics of Fake News
What are three characteristics of fake news?
What is NOT fake news?
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Click on Types of Mis- and Disinformation
Scroll down to the Seven types of Mis- and Disinformation. Fill in the chart for the type and explanation of the fake news category.
Click on Evaluating Information: SIFT (The Four Moves)
Scroll down and and watch each of the four short videos. Briefly describe each step of the SIFT method for evaluating information.
Click on How to Spot Fake News
What are four strategies that you will try to try use when reading/watching the news?
Click on Read all About It: The Biggest Fake News Stories of 2016
Which fake news headline did you find the most outrageous?
Click on Factitious 2020 Pandemic Edition and take the quiz to find out how good you are at spotting fake news!
Click on Bad News and play the game – see how many followers you can get!
Click on Media Bias
What is Media Bias?
Click on Media Bias Characteristics
Scroll down to the Media Bias Box to answer the questions.
Click on Right, Left or Center?
Scroll down to the Tell Me More box on the right and look at the infographic underneath Right, Left or Center to answer the first two questions. Then, watch How to Choose Your News.