Giving Students the Skills to Spot Fake News

By learning how to deconstruct news stories and identify media bias, students equip themselves to become smarter digital consumers.

“The need to address fake news and media literacy became very apparent in the last three to five years,” says Fairview High School social studies teacher Nikki Nies, when speaking about the overwhelming number of media sources in today’s world. “I started little by little to add that into my curriculum, and now that's the biggest bulk of what I teach in my current events and media literacy course.” To help her students become adept at spotting fake news, Nies has designed a variety of lessons filled with fun, interactive activities to help them better understand how it’s created and spread.

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