Checkology Lessons 

Checkology is a dynamic online library of news literacy learning experiences with rich, engaging interactive lessons hosted by real-world professionals, including well-known journalists and experts in digital media and the First Amendment.

Indiana University East Libguide on Fake News: http://iue.libguides.com/fakenews/index

• Newsela: Text Set Media Literacy in the 21st Century - articles about media literacy from a variety of subject areas 
• NPR July 3, 2017 To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Play This Game by Tennessee Watson
  • Facticious
• NPR December 5, 2016 Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts by Wynne Davis
  • False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical “News” Sources by Melissa Zimdars an assistant professor of communication and media at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. When she saw her students referencing questionable sources, she created and shared a document with them of how to think about sources, as well as a list of misleading, satirical and fake sites.
  • Paste Magazine November 18, 2016 An Interview with the Professor Spearheading the Fight Against Fake News Sites by Michael Sol Warren
• NPR December 11, 2016 A Finder's Guide to Facts by Steve Inskeep
• New York Times October 17, 2017 Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites by DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and LINDA QIU

• The Economist July 1, 2017: Fake News You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
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• Executive Summary: Stanford History Education Group Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning
  • Why Students Might Not Know if This Story is Fake  WSJ Article by Sue Shellenbarger 11/22/2016 based on the results of the Stanford Study linked above.
  • Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds NPR Article by Camila Domonske 11/23/2016 based on the results of the Stanford Study linked above
• Digital Resource Center
  • Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University School of Journalism

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The News User Manual Podcasts 

Veteran journalists Jim Kane and Rich Nagle produce short podcast conversations explaining how each individual has a responsibility to access and curate the information that’s necessary to be an informed citizen — a new resource, but one that may become a staple for teachers who emphasize critical evaluation skills.

 Snopes field guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors

The Snopes.com web site was founded by David Mikkelson, a project begun in 1994 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends that has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet, one widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and laypersons alike as one of the world’s essential resources. Snopes.com is routinely included in annual “Best of the Web” lists and has been the recipient of two Webby awards. Snopes.com personnel have made multiple appearances as guests on national news programs such as 20/20, ABC World News, CNN Sunday Morning, and NPR’s All Things Considered, and they and their work have been profiled in numerous major news publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Reader’s Digest.

How to Choose your News by Damon Brown TedED

Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

To Fix Fake News, Look to Yellow Journalism JSTOR Daily November 29, 2016 by Alexandra Samuel

Four Hard Truths about Fake News JSTOR Daily November 30, 2016 by Alexandra Juhasz

Article about the way information is generated and posted on the internet.  Reading list at the end of the article.