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Rhetorica Network: Media / Political Bias

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A detailed explanation of how bias works is offered at this site, including critical questions for detecting bias in writing.
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Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: What's in a Word? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help 5th through 7th graders explore the power of words and their capacity to influence our thinking with this instructional activity from the Media Awareness Network. An easy-to-print .pdf version is linked from the top of the page.
Handout
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries: Information and Its Counterfeits

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Distinguishing information from propaganda, biased reporting and misinformation is an important skill. This short article defines each of these, and provides examples of each.
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Webliminal: Critically Evaluating Information on the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives excellent information on why it's important to evaluate the content of everything you find in cyberspace, and also tells you how to do so. It also contains information about using search engines effectively and how to...

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