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Teaching Resources

Civic Online Reasoning (Stanford History Education Group)
Lesson plans on source evaluation. While created for middle and high school students, they can also be adapted for college students.
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
Free online book by educator Mike Caulfield. Short chapters can be used separately or as part of a larger curriculum. Several chapters focus on learning activities.
NewsWise
Activities, resources, and lesson plans for news literacy. Though geared toward middle and high school students, most materials are relevant to college students as well.
The Debunking Handbook
Summarizes cognitive psychology research on misinformation and belief and provides strategies for debunking misinformation. Written for a general audience.
Check, Please! Starter Course
5 online lessons on fact-checking and verifying online sources (~30 minutes/lesson). Created by Mike Caulfield
Get Bad News (Game)
Learn about how disinformation spreads in this game, in which you try to gain followers by generating disinformation online

Evaluating Online Sources: A Toolkit via Rowan University: More Teaching Resources