Fighting Fake News: Teaching Students to Identify and Interrogate Information Pollution

by Michael W. Smith, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Hugh Kesson

Critical thinking and online reading need to go hand in hand--but they often don't. Students click, swipe, and believe because they don't know how to do otherwise. At times, so do we. And that's a problem. Fighting Fake News combats this challenge by helping you model how to read, myth-bust, truth-test, and respond in ways that lead to wisdom rather than reactivity.

No matter what content you teach, the lessons showcased here provide engaging,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1071854658
• ISBN13: 9781071854655
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"