Looking to teach digital literacy in your Civics classes? We're pleased to announce that we have 15 new lessons and 16 new videos to support online reasoning instruction in Government and Civics. Developed in partnership with iCivics, these resources equip students with evidence-based strategies to discern online information, find trustworthy sources, and be better informed.
Lesson Plans
- Verifying Social Media Posts about the Executive Branch
- Verifying Social Media Posts about the Legislative Branch
- Verifying Social Media Posts about the Judicial Branch
- Lateral Reading with Fact-Checking Websites
- AI Chatbot Claims
- Videos and Their Influence
- Evaluating Wikipedia Articles on the Judicial Branch
- Think Before You Click!
- Evaluating Political Claims with Photos
- Perspective and Authority on Social Media
- Lateral Reading About Interest Groups
- State-Controlled Media
- Verifying Social Media Posts
- Sponsored Content: Who's Paying?
- What URLs Do and Don't Tell Us
Videos for Students
- Intro to Lateral Reading
- Algorithms at Work
- Verifying Claims on Social Media
- Using Wikipedia Well
- What's Worth Your Attention
- Interest Groups and Cloaked Websites
- Considering Authority and Perspective
- To Click Or Not To Click
- What URLs Do and Don't Tell Us
- How Artificial Intelligence Could Influence Elections
Videos for Teachers
