Fake news

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Make the sentence passive:
I drive the car.

Make the sentence passive:
Tina loves koala bears.

Make the sentence passive:
The newpaper published the controversial article.

 goals

-Authentic material

-Creativity

-Autonomy

- 21st century skills: critical thinking,information skills, media literacy

At the end of the lesson:

The student can tell what fake news is and recognize it.

 The student has thought critically about obtaining information from the media.

At the end of class you 

vocab

words about:

-media

-critical  thinking

The .................... showed a terrible picture of the earthquake.

1. news flash
2. scoop
3. news item
4. headline

They ..... new software to detect the use of AI in essays.

1. participated
2. collaborated
3. developed
4. harvest

stones

sentences about:

- opinions

- giving advice and feedback

-online hobbies and activities

How can you give your opinion?

1. I'd say.....
2. It was created......
3. You could.....
4. She was told about.....

Do you think all the information you find on the internet is true?

Yes

No

Have you ever encountered fake news and if so what kind?

00:45

Why should you not always trust headlines?

01:48

Is fake news always completely untrue? Give an example with your answer.

02:25

What is confirmation bias? And what can you do against it.

03:21

Who are the first line of defense against fake news?

Task

Choose a topic and create a detailed mindmap with different  ideas about how you think fake news could be created and prevented for this topic.

If you can not think of a topic you can choose 1 of the following:

The football world cup

Corona

Santa claus

Polution

The ISE

Finished early?: choose another topic and make a mindmap for it on the back of your paper.

Example

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