Begin UNIT 2: CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY
WITD: Slide 2 Explanation of new unit: Critical Media Literacy Watch: Introduction to Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information Watch: Ted talk on Filter bubbles Discuss filter bubbles Play “Spot the Troll” and complete the worksheet.

WITD: Slide 3 Finish “Spot the Troll”  SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) Complete week 10 Reflection and Feedback

WITD: Slide 4 Watch: The Facts about Fact-Checking Read: The Psychology of Fact-Checking and write an Article Response

WITD: Slide 5 Watch: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading Jigsaw activity: in groups, read, discuss, and then share out - Group A - Read: Study Exposes Russia Disinformation Campaign That Operated In The Shadows For 6 Years Group B - Read: Pfizer, Modena COVID vaccines and 5G wireless targeted by Russian disinformation, study finds Group C - Read: Russian disinformation campaigns change tack to get around western defences
Play “Spot the Deceptive Facebook Page” and complete the worksheet.

WITD: Slide 6 Watch:  Who Can You Trust? Read “I Might be Biased, But…”  Explore the Media Bias Chart Pick a topic and research on Allsides.com Complete Bias and the Media worksheet

WITD: Slide 7 Finish up all work for the week and submit. SSR (Silent Sustained Reading)
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WITD: Slide 8 Watch: Using Wikipedia Read all 4 articles:  Top 10 Reasons Why Students Cannot Cite or Rely on Wikipedia  10 Reasons Why Wikipedia Doesn’t Suck Wikipedia - Source Analysis Wikipedia Group Activity Create a good source/bad source table on this worksheet and answer all questions.

WITD: Slide 9 Watch Crash Course: Evaluating Evidence Finish Wikipedia group assignment from yesterday. In groups: Read “How do you Solve a Problem Like Wikipedia” and write an Article Response.

WITD: Slide 10 Watch: Crash Course: Evaluating Photos and Videos Discussion:  Recap of Wikipedia URLs and domains Academic Journals In groups, visit and evaluate the following health news sites:  Cdc.gov Healthychildren.org Mercola.com Evaluating evidence, photos and graphs, word choice, purpose and intent, authorship, and using lateral reading activity

WITD: Slide 11 Watch:  Crash Course: Data + Infographics Work on Evaluating Evidence group assignment. All answers must be complete. Give evidence (specific examples) of what you find and what you see. Explain what your examples mean and what you did to figure it out!

WITD: Slide 12 SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) Book Discussion Jenga 

WITD: Slide 13  Watch: KQED Above the Noise: Fake News and Cognitive Bias Watch Crash Course: Click Restraint In groups, visit and evaluate the following health news sites:  Cdc.gov Healthychildren.org Mercola.com Evaluating evidence, photos and graphs, word choice, purpose and intent, authorship, and using lateral reading activity

WITD: Slide 14   Watch Crash Course: Social Media Watch KQED Above the Noise: How do Social Media Platforms Affect Your Mood Watch:  Safiya Noble: Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression KQED Above the Noise: Algorithms of YouTube Google image searches

WITD: Slide 15 Read the following article: Misleading Graphs… and how to fix them! **Make sure you understand the information that is covered!** Read: Different US Election Maps Tell ‘Different Versions of the Truth’ Explore: Thematic Maps of the US 2016 Election What do you see? What did you learn? How would you explain what you see in these graphs to someone with opposite political beliefs? How would you explain what you see in these graphs to your grandma?

WITD: Slide 16  Watch” TED talk Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy” Read “Why Can’t a Generation that Grew Up Online Spot the Misinformation in Front of Them?” Write Article Response.

WITD: Slide 17 SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) Book Discussion Jenga 

WITD: Slide 20  Discuss cdc/healthychildren/mercola findings and observations Evaluating evidence, photos and graphs, word choice, purpose and intent, authorship, and using lateral reading activity Discuss the “CRAAP” test and Why Can’t a Generation that Grew Up Online Spot the Misinformation in Front of Them? Group discussions: The Social Dilemma

WITD: Slide 21   Final Unit Project: Create a Critical Media Literacy infographic explaining how to be a discerning Internet user.

WITD: Slide 22 Watch: “How to Create Clutter-Free and Clean Infographics with Lots of Information” Work on Final Unit Project

WITD: Slide 23  Work on Final Unit Project **to turn in** Click “Share” Make the link “public” Copy the link Turn in to Google Classroom

WITD: Slide 24 Finish Infographic and turn in. SSR (Silent Sustained Reading)