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Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News : Practical Techniques for Middle and High School Classrooms, Paperback / softback Book

Teaching Media Literacy with Social Media News : Practical Techniques for Middle and High School Classrooms Paperback / softback

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Featuring tools, activities, and insightful stories from a CIA analyst and instructor with 30+ years’ experience, this practical and engaging book supports busy educators to teach the lifelong skills of news and media literacy to their students. Based around existing curriculum and teaching standards, this guidebook shows how Social Studies and English Language Arts (ELA) teachers can build students’ confidence with social media evaluation skills, which are critical to engaging in civic discourse and building a stronger democracy.

In Part 1, Whitehurst gives an overview of the media evaluation techniques based on those you would learn as a CIA analyst, including understanding how our biases and mindset make us vulnerable to disinformation, learning how media tries to persuade us, checking facts, and spotting disinformation.

Part 2 dives deeper by showing teachers how learners can check if an argument on social media is valid, and how fallacies and manipulation tactics in online arguments can complicate this important skill.

It is illustrated by examples from social media and contemporary popular culture in different mediums, including videos, photos, memes, and AI-generated content.

You can also find fresh and updated social media examples on the author’s website, News Literacy Sleuth. Packed with practical classroom resources, examples from popular culture, and engaging insights into the CIA analyst role, this book is designed to support middle and high school teachers with news and media literacy in Social Studies, Civic Education, and ELA.

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