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Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship Secondary-Age Instructional Resources Greatest Hits

*All of these resources are FREE, but some require signing up for a free account

Great for: Media Literacy, Grades 6-12

  • Large (and constantly growing) collection of ready-to-go lessons with teacher scripts, student handouts, everything you need to start teaching
  • They're really good at finding real media examples for students to practice on
  • They're the folks who came up with the term "lateral reading"

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Great for: Media Literacy, Grades 7-12

  • Their "Verification Skills" curriculum has all the lesson plans and handouts you need to do a full unit on Media Literacy
  • They partnered with Mike Caulfield from the UW Center for an Informed Public on the lessons and videos
  • They have an "Example Bank" with examples to use in classroom activities, sorted by topic

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  • Their standout resource is the "Checkology Virtual Classroom": a collection of self-paced lessons with great graphics that students can do without any teacher involvement
  • They also have other resources you can sort by grade band and type of resource
  • They offer a weekly newsletter that delivers examples of misinformation for use in classroom activities

Great for: Media Literacy, Grades 4-12

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Great for: Digital Citizenship, Grades K-12

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  • Ready-to-go lessons with scripts, handouts, videos, etc.
  • Lessons are designated for each grade level, not whole grade bands
  • New resources added regularly

Great for: Media Literacy, Grades 6-12

  • A collection of short, engaging videos featuring teen fact-checkers--not just teen actors, but teens who apply to become part of a "fact-checking network"
  • Videos are accompanied by "teacher tips," discussion questions, and extension activities that can be used to construct full lessons
  • New content is added regularly to keep topics up-to-date

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Great for: Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship, Grades K-12

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  • Ready-to-go lessons with scripts, handouts, videos, etc., as well as other resources
  • Search by grade, topic, type of activity, etc.
  • Be aware this is a Canadian government project so some resources refer to Canadian things and some videos are only available in Canada

Great for: Media Literacy, Grades K-12

  • Over 800 "lessons" on a wide variety of topics that can be tied into subject areas and searched by topic and grade band
  • Each lesson has specific media messages and suggested questions to ask about them that require some improvisation based on how students respond
  • They provide videos and other guides to help you learn their Constructivist Media Decoding teaching method

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A few more people & organizations it's good to know about

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Researchers working on misinformation:

And free monthly meetings

Who host a free annual event:

All the Open Educational Resources curated by OSPI

OER for Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship curated by OSPI

OER for Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship created by recipients of grants from OSPI

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A book you can buy or get from the library :)

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A book you can buy or get from the library :)

And a related website that's free

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Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship Program

Created by Lesley James | Updated 1/16/2025