Misinformation and Fake News
By Graphene - Digital Life Lessons
This misinformation and fake news lesson helps grades 7–12 students practice media literacy, fact-checking, and source evaluation. Your students are scrolling through hundreds of posts a day, and many of them cannot tell what is real. Students apply detection techniques to real sample posts and headlines, then decide what is true, false, or misleading. The activity is free and gives students practical tools without turning the lesson into a lecture on why misinformation is bad. Check my blogpost that dives a bit deeper. Useful for media literacy, social studies, digital citizenship, health class, advisory, or any lesson on fake news, online information, and critical thinking. If this free activity is useful, the full Navigating Information Online bundle includes 5 more lessons on echo chambers, filter bubbles, reading the news, conspiracy theories, and satire vs misinformation. Each activity is sold separately, or together as a discounted bundle. 📦What's included: • Teacher guide with timing, prep notes, classroom tips, differentiation ideas, and reliable fact-checking tools • Optional projectable opening prompt for starting the lesson • Structured student activity in three parts: brainstorming, applying detection techniques, and evaluating sample posts • 8 sample posts and headlines to evaluate as true, false, or misleading • Student investigation sheet with space to record verdicts, sources/tools used, evidence found, and reasoning • Teacher answer key with explanations fo
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