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Virology Report: Online Rumor Breakdown

Grade
6-9
9-12
Lesson Duration

From The News Literacy Project

A guide to help students fact-check rumorous claims.

Go to: http://thenewsliteracyproject.org/sites/default/files/Viral-GO-071415.pdf

tag: fake news

 

Source

"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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