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NewsFeed Defenders

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

NewsFeed Defenders

URL:

https://www.icivics.org/node/2563177/resource?referer=curriculum/play/all&page_title=Curriculum%20All%20Games

Content Source:

Other
iCivics

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

This interactive game from iCivics is a challenging game designed to sharpen students' news literacy skills. Students join a fictional social media site focused on news and information, learn elements of high-quality journalism and markers of deceptive posts, and spot dubious posts that sneak in through hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting. This game can be played during a lesson on false reporting for reinforcement or after as an assessment. It can be played as a whole group or individually.

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Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 9-12
Contemporary World Issues and Civic Engagement

6 ) Compare information presented through various media, including television, newspapers, magazines, journals, and the Internet.

• Explaining the reliability of news stories and their sources

• Describing the use, misuse, and meaning of different media materials, including photographs, artwork, and film clips

• Critiquing viewpoints presented in editorial writing and political cartoons, including the use of symbols that represent viewpoints

• Describing the role of intentional and unintentional bias and flawed samplings

Unpacked Content

Strand: Elective

Course Title: Contemporary World Issues and Civic Engagement

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Compare and contrast information from various media outlets.
Explain the reliability of news stories and their sources from the television, newspapers, magazines, journals, and the internet.
Analyze and describe the meaning of different media materials and how the materials are used and misused.
Critique viewpoints used in editorials and political cartoons; Analyze symbolism used in media.
Analyze and describe the role of bias and flawed sampling used in media.

Teacher Vocabulary:

media bias
analyze
criticism
viewpoints
perspective
political carton
symbolism
flawed sampling
editorial

Knowledge:

Students know:

A variety of techniques for analyzing media outlets including television, internet, magazines, newspapers, and journals.
A variety of techniques for analyzing the meaning, sources, viewpoints, bias, and sampling involved in media.
Media is biased.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Analyze and compare information from various media sources.
Support analysis with evidence from various sources.
Determine reliability of news and their sources.
Identify bias and viewpoints including symbolism.
Apply strategies for media analysis to a variety of media outlets.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

It is important to analyze media in all forms to determine the reliability, source, meaning, perspective, bias, and sampling when listening to media outlets.

Tags:

false reporting, journalism, social media

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles
Graphics: includes alt tags or long descriptions
Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

NewsFeed Defenders