Fake News

A quick quiz to see if you can tell the difference between which Facebook post is real and which one is fake.

How news-literate are you? Test and sharpen your news literacy skills with short activities, engaging quizzes and shareable graphics for learners of all ages.

CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments) is an open access resource for faculty and librarians. This particular lesson, entitled "Pin the Source on the Spectrum: Fake News is on a Continuum" has students determine the credibility of news sources.

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Training) is a program of the California State University System. Membership is free and members can submit materials which go through extensive peer review. This collection of materials is about fake news and finding and evaluating credible sources.

Lesson plans and assignments for the University of Michigan's 7-week course.

Activities and lessons plans from the Association of College & Research Libraries

Creative Commons ebook about "The Four Moves" of fact-checking and information literacy, with ideas and sample activities.

A variety of lesson plans for community college faculty.

Evaluating where information comes from is a crucial part of deciding whether it is trustworthy. By observing fact checkers, we found that the best way to learn about a website is lateral reading—leaving a site to see what other digital sources say about it.