Web Activity: Misinformation
WebQuest
This Web Activity goes with the Misinformation lesson in our News Literacy unit. The activity is designed to give students hands-on practice and a deeper…
Overview
This Web Activity goes with the Misinformation lesson in our News Literacy unit. The activity is designed to give students hands-on practice and a deeper understanding of the concepts in the lesson.
Each slide includes a link and a set of questions. Use the companion worksheet in the Misinformation lesson materials to give students a place to note their answers. (They can write them in the answer space on each slide, too, but there isn’t an easy way for you to download/compile those answers in My iCivics.)
Whole-class option: Project the Web Activity in your classroom and work through the slides together as a class.
Individual option: Allow students to work through the slides individually or in pairs.
Grade Levels
- 9-12
Learning Objectives
- Define and identify “fake” news and other news-related types of misinformation
- Analyze false claims
- Fact-check information using fact-checking sites, triangulation, and internet searches
- Use a variety of strategies to verify both information and images