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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (7) 13 :
13. Interpret language through active listening to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.
[ELA2021] (8) 12 :
12. Interpret and evaluate language through active listening to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.
[ELA2021] (9) 12 :
12. Interpret digital texts to determine their subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
[ELA2021] (10) 12 :
12. Interpret digital texts to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
[ELA2021] (11) 15 :
15. Analyze digital texts and evaluate their effectiveness in terms of subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
[ELA2021] (12) 15 :
15. Analyze digital texts and evaluate their effectiveness in terms of subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
Subject: English Language Arts (7 - 12)
Title: ‘I Can’t Believe It When I See It!’ A Primer on Spotting Misinformation | PBS NewsHour
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/misinformation-primer-video/pbs-newshour/
Description:

Students will learn how misinformation with an image or video is more believable and can lead them to unintentionally share information that is misleading or inaccurate. Use this lesson to introduce students to the nuances of how misinformation spreads around major events, sometimes unintentionally, with a focus on the unintended consequences of sharing even “feel-good” misinformation. Students will learn how to recognize when to fact-check something and some basic fact-checking tools.

Students will address the following central questions:

How do you make sure the information in a social media post is accurate?
What is the motivation behind sharing misinformation intentionally or unintentionally?
How can sharing misinformation have unwanted consequences?

Students will be able to:
Explain how imagery is used to spread misinformation
Explain the difference between “disinformation” and “misinformation”
Analyze the motivation behind sharing disinformation and misinformation
Analyze the potential consequences of sharing misinformation
Recognize when to fact check
Fact check a suspect image, video, or claim with an appropriate tool



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