Objective:

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

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Standard(s):

Not applicable

Vocabulary:

media bias
media ownership
factuality

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Implementation:

Before Lesson

Ensure students have access to Ground.News
Pass out student response worksheets.

Guided Practice

Present Practical Classroom Activities PowerPoint to students.
Review Vocabulary with students.
Whole group or in pairs, have students complete the Judging Sources Activity on Slide 2 using Ground News articles.
Divide students into small groups and complete Slides 3-5 to practice using the features available when using Ground News.
Independently, students will complete the activity on Slide 6.
Share with the whole group if time permits.

Independent Practice

As a whole group or in pairs, complete the Slide 2 Activity using the Ground News article (In this activity, your job is to tell your partner what potential pitfalls they should pay attention to based on the publication the article came from: the New York Post.)
In small groups or pairs, practice using the tools on Ground News to answer the questions and complete the activities on Slides 3-5
Provide student response worksheets for students to record their findings.

Closing

Students will work independently on Slide 6 to reflect and share if time allows.

Assessments:

Students will complete the activity on the student response worksheet and be able to utilize Ground News to practice using the tools to identify media bias, factuality, and ownership of articles.

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Lesson Plan

Practical Classroom Activities

For Teaching News Literacy.

Who's it for?

High School and College/University

Contributing Author:

LibraryUp

We’ve created a community space for sharing lesson plans and curricula built around the Ground News tool—freely adaptable to each institution’s needs. While the Ground News platform fuels these materials, the Ground News company itself remains neutral and does not sponsor or author this content. LibraryUp is the facilitator, bringing together librarians and educators and this powerful news-comparison tool to advance media literacy.

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LibraryUp

At LibraryUp, we aim to bring media literacy to the masses by partnering with librarians and educators. We’ve created a collaborative community space for sharing lesson plans and curricula developed with Ground News—freely available and ready to be adapted for each institution’s unique needs. Our in-house educator reviews every resource, who brings 14 years of teaching and 7 years of district-level experience, ensuring high-quality, consistent materials. While Ground News is not involved in this programming, LibraryUp proudly partners with Ground News to deliver the platform and support that brings libraries, educators, and the revolutionary news comparison tool together to further the cause of media literacy.

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