"News—The Good, the Fake, and the Funny"

Lesson 1 of 3 for the ELA unit,

"Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media"

Websites used in Lesson 1:

• MA STAR Handbook, pg. 17 chart of vocabulary strategies
• Video—Pizzagate
• Video—TED Talk: How False News Can Spread OR on YouTube
• On the Media’s handout—Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook, Fake News Edition   Optional: there is also a 9-min. podcast, with transcript

These are examples of a satirical and straight pair of articles on the same topic—teachers are encouraged to choose their own current pair of articles.

• Satirical article example (from The Onion)
• Straight news article example (from The New York Times)  NOTE: The Times allows for three free articles per month without a subscription

Lesson Plan and Handouts: