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Standards Index: D3.3.9-12.

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Identify evidence from multiple sources to detect inconsistencies in order to revise or strengthen claims.

How to Fact-Check History

Students will learn about the methods professional news organizations and historians use to check facts and how that applies to their own work. 

Journalism and Media Literacy: McDonald’s Hot Coffee

Students will learn how an attention-grabbing news story can easily be misunderstood, resulting in a false narrative that becomes deeply ingrained in the national culture. Journalism students will learn the importance of providing context.

Media Lit/Journalism: Campaign Ads That Made History

Students will learn how three famous campaign ads ("Daisy Ad," "Morning in America" and "Willie Horton") changed how political advertising is made, and changed the course of history.