Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias
Our students are living in a digital and media focused world. Teaching them to evaluate the news and media around them is imperative. In this unit, Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias, your students will learn about FAKE NEWS, not to believe everything they read, how to decipher facts from opinions, that people often have differing perspectives and why. They will learn how to determine whether sources are written with bias and how to tell if a source is credible.
This unit is LOW prep. After securing the read alouds from your local library, bookstore, or YouTube, you simply print and teach. This unit includes 6 written lesson plans with the accompanying materials for students to apply what they've learned. These 6 lessons can be taught as a unit or in insolation.
The lessons include:
Lesson 1- Introduction: Defining Facts, Opinions, Perspective, and Bias
Lesson 2- Facts vs. Opinions
Lesson 3- Perspective (Town Hall Simulation)
Lesson 4- Bias & Bias in the Media (Links to suggested news articles included)
Lesson 5- Credible Sources
Lesson 6-Using Credible Sources to Research
I taught this unit to my fourth and fifth grade students during their 45 minute library block over the course of 2 months. Each lesson of the 6 lessons are designed to take 45 minutes. Some lessons you can extend. This could be taught in the regular classroom over 2 weeks, if you would like.
Also included in this unit:
Unit Preassessment (Google Forms)
6 Lesson Plans (approximately 45-minute lessons)
Opinion Word Wall
Article Analysis Graphic Organizer
Research Component with Kid-Friendly Search Engine List
Credible Sources Checklist
Unit Post-Assessment (Google Forms)
You will need four books to accompany this unit:
The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story
Facts Vs. Opinions. Vs. Robots
Chicken Little The Real and Totally True Tale
Two Truths and a Lie (It's Alive)
Our students are living in a digital and media focused world. Teaching them to evaluate the news and media around them is imperative. In this unit, Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias, your students will learn about FAKE NEWS, not to believe everything they read, how to decipher facts from opinions, that people often have differing perspectives and why. They will learn how to determine whether sources are written with bias and how to tell if a source is credible.
This unit is LOW prep. After securing the read alouds from your local library, bookstore, or YouTube, you simply print and teach. This unit includes 6 written lesson plans with the accompanying materials for students to apply what they've learned. These 6 lessons can be taught as a unit or in insolation.
The lessons include:
Lesson 1- Introduction: Defining Facts, Opinions, Perspective, and Bias
Lesson 2- Facts vs. Opinions
Lesson 3- Perspective (Town Hall Simulation)
Lesson 4- Bias & Bias in the Media (Links to suggested news articles included)
Lesson 5- Credible Sources
Lesson 6-Using Credible Sources to Research
I taught this unit to my fourth and fifth grade students during their 45 minute library block over the course of 2 months. Each lesson of the 6 lessons are designed to take 45 minutes. Some lessons you can extend. This could be taught in the regular classroom over 2 weeks, if you would like.
Also included in this unit:
Unit Preassessment (Google Forms)
6 Lesson Plans (approximately 45-minute lessons)
Opinion Word Wall
Article Analysis Graphic Organizer
Research Component with Kid-Friendly Search Engine List
Credible Sources Checklist
Unit Post-Assessment (Google Forms)
You will need four books to accompany this unit:
The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story
Facts Vs. Opinions. Vs. Robots
Chicken Little The Real and Totally True Tale
Two Truths and a Lie (It's Alive)
Our students are living in a digital and media focused world. Teaching them to evaluate the news and media around them is imperative. In this unit, Fake News: Understanding Fact vs. Opinion, Perspective, Credible Sources, & Bias, your students will learn about FAKE NEWS, not to believe everything they read, how to decipher facts from opinions, that people often have differing perspectives and why. They will learn how to determine whether sources are written with bias and how to tell if a source is credible.
This unit is LOW prep. After securing the read alouds from your local library, bookstore, or YouTube, you simply print and teach. This unit includes 6 written lesson plans with the accompanying materials for students to apply what they've learned. These 6 lessons can be taught as a unit or in insolation.
The lessons include:
Lesson 1- Introduction: Defining Facts, Opinions, Perspective, and Bias
Lesson 2- Facts vs. Opinions
Lesson 3- Perspective (Town Hall Simulation)
Lesson 4- Bias & Bias in the Media (Links to suggested news articles included)
Lesson 5- Credible Sources
Lesson 6-Using Credible Sources to Research
I taught this unit to my fourth and fifth grade students during their 45 minute library block over the course of 2 months. Each lesson of the 6 lessons are designed to take 45 minutes. Some lessons you can extend. This could be taught in the regular classroom over 2 weeks, if you would like.
Also included in this unit:
Unit Preassessment (Google Forms)
6 Lesson Plans (approximately 45-minute lessons)
Opinion Word Wall
Article Analysis Graphic Organizer
Research Component with Kid-Friendly Search Engine List
Credible Sources Checklist
Unit Post-Assessment (Google Forms)
You will need four books to accompany this unit:
The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story
Facts Vs. Opinions. Vs. Robots
Chicken Little The Real and Totally True Tale
Two Truths and a Lie (It's Alive)