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19 Online News Resources for Kids

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Here are popular online resources to teach about news sources for kids ( click here for updates to this list ): Allsides (news stories compared across multiple political perspectives) Breaking News –from Class Tools, create your own screen BBC News (app) C News for kids Kids News – Current Events Listenwise Newsela –news for kids, reformatted at (..)

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7 websites to teach fake news

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We wrote about fake news earlier this week ( How to defeat fake news–one teacher’s ideas ). Here are additional resources you’ll find helpful in teaching about this topic: Fake News game — from BBC. How to spot fake news — a video. Interview with a fake news creator.

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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

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Our students live in a world saturated with all kinds of news. Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda.

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A Lesson Plan for Addressing What’s in the News

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Those days are gone with fake news, yellow journalism, and opinions dressed up as news stories. So how to you talk about what’s in the news? Marcee Harris over at Teaching Channel has a lesson plan to help you: How to Talk About What’s in the News: A Lesson Plan. News Sources for Kids. How do you tell?

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How to defeat fake news–one teacher’s ideas

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What has increased in the last decade is the prevalence of ‘fake new’, what used to be called ‘yellow journalism’, where news is presented ina way that garners views and clicks rather than disseminates the truth. Education Week tackles this issue as a teacher describes efforts to defeat fake news online.

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How to Spot Fake News Classroom Poster

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A few days ago we published on our Facebook page this beautiful visual featuring some interesting tips to help you spot fake news. The visual is created by IFLA and is available for free download in.read more

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Breaking News Generator- A Great Tool to Use to Enhance Students Media Literacy

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Breaking News Generator is a free web tool provided by Classtools.net that enables you to instantly generate TV-style breaking news headlines. Teachers can use this tool to educate students on issues related to media including fake news, disinformation, news production, media literacy, among others.