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COR for the Civics Classroom
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
In today’s digital age, it’s essential to be a critical consumer of online information. So, how can you spot problematic content? Fact-checking websites are a great tool for verifying information. In this lesson, students learn about fact-checking outlets and use them to verify claims about current events.
This lesson plan is part of the Civic Digital Literacy Project from iCivics and the Digital Inquiry Group. Civic Digital Literacy equips students with evidence-based strategies to discern online information, find trustworthy sources, and be better-informed citizens within the rapidly changing online environment.
Crash Course Video #2: The Facts About Fact Checking
In the second video of the series, John Green discusses how professional fact checkers evaluate information online and introduces three questions that are the cornerstones of civic online reasoning (COR): (1) Who’s behind the information, (2) What’s the evidence, and (3) What do other sources say?
COR for the Civics Classroom
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