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Community-Created Media Literacy Lesson Plans & Activities

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Empowering Librarians, Educators, and Students Through Collaborative Media Literacy

Discover this collection of lesson plans, classroom activities, and templates created by the community, all designed to enhance critical thinking and news analysis using the Ground News tool. Each resource has been carefully reviewed by our in-house educator to ensure high quality and consistency. LibraryUp proudly supports this collaboration, allowing you to adapt these open educational materials for any learning environment.

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Practical Classroom Activities

For Teaching News Literacy.

Objective

Students will be able to utilize Ground News to identify media bias, ownership, and factuality of a news source.

Downloadable Resources

Teacher Lesson Plan
Lecture Slides Pptx / PDF
Student Response Worksheet
Vocabulary

Tennis Balls and Racket

Staying Focused in a Fast-Changing News World

Conquer News Overwhelm.

Objective

Students will reflect on the "flood the zone" strategy's impact on public discourse, using Ground News to identify bias and patterns, and assess changes in their media literacy with a pre- and post-activity survey. 

Downloadable Resources

Teacher Lesson Plan 
Pre/Post Activity Questionnaire Template
Student Response Worksheet 

Modern Dance

Blind Spots and
Silences

How do you know what you don't know?

Objective

Students will be able to utilize Ground News to effectively use the bias bar and blindspot features.

Downloadable Resources

Teacher Lesson Plan
Lecture Slides Pptx / PDF
Student Response Worksheet
Vocabulary

Decoding Deception

How to Distinguish Bias from Lies in the Media.

Objective

Students will be able to distinguish between bias and lies in the media using Ground News.

Downloadable Resources

Teacher Lesson Plan
Lecture Slides Pptx / PDF
Student Response Worksheet
Vocabulary

Making or Breaking Democracy

The Media and Your Vote.

Objective

Students will be able to understand the effects that media has on citizens/government and their actions.

Downloadable Resources

Teacher Lesson Plan
Lecture Slides Pptx / PDF
Student Response Worksheet
Vocabulary

Arts and Crafts

Student Response Worksheet Template

Download and make it your own.

Objective

This template helps learners organize their findings and instructors can quickly adapt the tasks/questions section to align with any lesson goal.

Downloadable Resources

Student Response Worksheet Template
Canva Template Link

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