Featured Sites: Week of Oct 18, 2026

 

NewsFeed Defenders - FactCheck.org
Grades
6 to 12
Learn how to find and deal with disinformation and misinformation through this news media literacy game. Players find and identify factual portions of a news story along with misinformation....
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News and Media Literacy Resource Center - Common Sense Media
Grades
K to 12
This collection of vetted resources provides activities and lessons for news and media literacy, current events, and getting engaged. Each collection includes regularly updated resources...
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iThrive Sim: Follow the Facts - ithrive games
Grades
9 to 12
iThrive Sim: Follow the Facts is a digital role-playing simulation game with situations that help students in high school social studies, history, and humanities classes to strengthen...
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Be MediaWise - Lessons to Teach Media Literacy - PBS Learning Media
Grades
3 to 12
Be MediaWise: Lessons to Teach Media Literacy is a series of media literacy lessons designed to teach students how to fact-check information found online. The collection consists of...
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The Big Fib Podcast - Benjamin Strouse, Chris Tarry & David Kreizman
Grades
K to 8
Help students sharpen their critical-thinking and media-literacy skills with The Big Fib, a fast-paced game show podcast for kids and families. In each episode, a child interviews...
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Media Literacy - Crash Course
Grades
5 to 12
Media Literacy, from Crash Course, explores how media shapes our understanding of the world, covering topics like media ownership, advertising, persuasion, and money's influence. It...
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Technological Literacy - PBS LearningMedia
Grades
K to 12
Explore this collection of engaging lessons, videos, and activities to find resources that help students develop essential digital citizenship skills. Covering topics such as online...
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Lessons for Building Students Digital Literacy Skills - Nearpod
Grades
K to 12
The Nearpod Digital Citizenship & Literacy blog provides teachers with valuable insights, lesson ideas, and interactive resources to help students develop essential digital citizenship...
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Use, Understand & Engage: A Digital Media Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools - MediaSmarts
Grades
K to 12
"Use, Understand & Engage: A Digital Media Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools" is a comprehensive guide designed to help educators teach critical thinking, digital citizenship,...
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Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety - EVERFI
Grades
6 to 9
Ignition: Digital Wellness and Safety is a free, standards-aligned digital literacy course designed for grades 6-9 students. The program comprises six interactive lessons, each approximately...
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A SIFT Lesson Plan: Dealing With Media Overwhelm - TCEA
Grades
4 to 8
This article introduces a ready-to-use lesson plan based on the SIFT Method. This four-step strategy helps students evaluate online media by stopping to consider what they are looking...
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Information & Digital Literacy - Common Sense Education
Grades
K to 12
The Common Sense Education Information and Media Literacy topic page provides grade-level lessons, videos, and activities to help students learn to find, evaluate, and use information...
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Teen Creator Network - Poynter
Grades
6 to 12
The Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) from Poynter's MediaWise initiative is a virtual newsroom where middle and high school students learn real-world media literacy skills by...
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Be MediaWise lesson 5: How to determine the credibility of a source on social media - PBS News Hour Classroom
Grades
6 to 12
PBS features Be MediaWise lesson 5: How to determine the credibility of a source on social media, in which students will learn to assess credibility by finding experts to verify ...
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