Information Literacy: Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves has developed a collection of lesson plan ideas to "help students to develop healthy news habits, fact-check the stories they encounter, and identify trustworthy sources of information. They also invite students to consider the ways bias and stereotyping influence both media narratives and how we consume them." Below are examples of lessons you'll find on their website:
Help students develop healthy habits for protecting their mental health while staying informed and taking action.
Explore media bias using recent news coverage of controversial events and help students think about what healthy news habits they want to adopt.
Reading “laterally” is a key media literacy strategy that helps students determine the quality of online sources. This mini-lesson trains students to use this technique to evaluate the credibility of the news they encounter on social media feeds or elsewhere online.
Students examine how identity and biases can impact how individuals interpret images and experience the challenge of selecting images to represent news events, particularly connected to sensitive issues.
This mini-lesson introduces students to changes generative AI could bring to the media landscape, helps them learn about the potential for generative AI to spread misinformation, guides them through steps to verify information they see online, and helps them learn about how generative AI models create new images.
Access all of the Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan Ideas Facing History and Ourselves HERE.