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Library
Librarians are key partners to assist in your teachings in the age of alternative facts. As information specialists, librarians are experts in analyzing and evaluating the credibility and reliability of information. We are happy, willing, and able to teach students these skills.
In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, millennials are already trusting librarians to help them find trustworthy sources - more than any other generation.
Lesson Plans
- Curing Fake News Phobia Lesson PlanA lesson plan for a one-hour game-based session that helps students practice strategies for evaluating online news. This lesson plan was originally used at the University of Delaware's Spring into Success Conference for first-year and transfer students in January 2017.
- Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital AgeCreated by Facing History and Ourselves
- Introduction to News LiteracyLesson Plan developed by the McCormick Foundation.
- Lesson Plan: How to Spot Fake NewsCreated by Channel One News
- News Literacy Course14 Week Course developed by Stony Brook University to be used as individual lessons or as a 14 week course.
Fact-Checking/Evaluation Resources
- CRAAP TestDeveloped by Sarah Blakeslee of the University of California at Chico's Meriam Library as a tool for teachers and students to use when evaluating resources.
- Fact CheckFactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. They are a nonprofit and nonpartisan group that works to monitor the factual accuracy of anything political.
- SnopesA great resource that began in 1995 with the founder working to debunk urban legends. It is now one of the leading resources on the World Wide Web for exposing what parts of viral stories are true and what parts are false.
Articles & Ebooks
- Do You Know All You Should About “News” Feeds, Click Bait, and Credible Sources?Short Blog Post with 5 Tips
- Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The FactsNPR article by Wynne Davis, published December 5, 2016
- The Future of Truth and Misinformation OnlinePew Research Report published October 19, 2017
- How To Spot Fake NewsShort How-To Guide using IFLA graphic
- To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Play This GameShort Article about an online game about spotting fake news.
- Web Literacy for Student Fact CheckersShort eBook (Free)
