How to Spot Fake News/Sources

Fifth Grade Lesson

EasyBib: Ten Ways To Spot a Fake News Article

Fake News Resources
Evaluating Fake News

How to Spot Fake News Video (factcheck.org)

-factcheck.org
-snopes.com
-Washington Post Fact Checker
-Politifact.com

Media Bias Chart 3.1
Media Bias 2018


More Resources 
EasyBib Fake News to Test Students


Tackk/Digital Literacy and "Fake News": Resources to Help You Help Your Students


Harvard Fake News Sources

Video: Fake News from Sweden

Follett Community Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

PBS Lesson Plan:

-Stanford Study/NPR Audio
-Ten Questions for Fake News Detection

Joyce Valenza's Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation


Education Week: Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth


New York Times: How the Internet is Loosening our Grip on the Truth


New York Times: Fake News and the Internet Shell Game


Stanford University Evaluating Information


Wall Street Journal: Most Students Don't Know When News is Fake


AASL: Information Literacy Lesson Importance


Frank Baker: Students Need Help Detecting Fake News


Huffington Post: How to Recognize a Fake News Story


National Association for Media Education


Video: Spotting Fake News


Media Literacy Now Resources

Common Sense Media: Teaching Kids to be Media Savvy

Thank you to Jennifer Maurer at the Oregon State Library for compiling many of these links!


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