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Ten Questions For Fake News Detection

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K-6
6-9
9-12
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From The News Literacy Project

Use these questions to assess the likelihood that a piece of information is fake news.

Go to: http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/sites/default/files/GO-TenQuestionsForFakeNewsFINAL.pdf

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"The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age."

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