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News Accuracy and Credibility

Audience: Middle School/High School. This collection of activities and lessons can help you lead students in a thoughtful analysis of how to question news reports for accuracy, credibility and sourcing.
You may use lessons in any order. In addition to the resources below, view this 7 minute video demonstration of a classroom constructivist media decoding lesson from the kit Media Construction of Martin Luther King Jr. Paste this URL in your browser: https://bit.ly/2SxSkUY
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