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Media and Influence

Truth or Trick: Videos and Their Influence

6-8
9-12
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate the source of an online video
  • Verify whether an online video is authentic
  • Practice reading laterally to evaluate the authenticity of online videos
Videos have a way of grabbing your attention. In this lesson, students learn how videos also have the power to shape opinions, behaviors, and trends.
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Overview

Videos have a way of grabbing your attention, but have you ever considered who's behind the video and why they might be posting it?  In this lesson, students learn how videos have the power to shape opinions, behaviors, and trends. Students then use civic digital literacy skills to evaluate and verify the online videos.

This lesson plan is part of the Civic Digital Literacy Project from iCivics and the Digital Inquiry Group. Civic Digital Literacy equips students with evidence-based strategies to discern online information, find trustworthy sources, and be better-informed citizens within the rapidly changing online environment. 

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