Below are instructional tips and ideas relating to the "Misinformation" lesson. This page is divided into "Implementation strategies," "Teacher tips" and "Outside links."

Implementation strategies

For identifying misinformation:

For discussing misinformation:

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Teacher tips

Lyn Millner, news literacy teacher

<aside> 💻 Remote teaching tip: Millner logs in 10 minutes before class starts and posts a “This week in misinformation” mini-challenge. Students who check in early research the misinformation and then present findings to the entire virtual class.

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Conor Murphy, social studies teacher

<aside> 📚 Resource tip: Murphy uses "Chapter Two: A Brief History of Misinformation" in Give Facts a Fighting Chance: A Global Playbook for Teaching News Literacy to introduce students to some of they key vocabulary to used throughout his "What is News?" unit.

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Jaime Sanborn, teacher librarian & information specialist

<aside> ☑️ Assessment tip: Sanborn created and uses this Misinformation Kahoot Quiz to check information retention after students complete the "Misinformation" lesson.

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Outside links