Fake News, Facts, and Alternative Facts Teach-Out

Lessons

The following lessons have been archived from the original teach-out event, which concluded on Oct. 16, 2017. While you may browse and skip between units, we recommend completing lessons in the order they’re presented.

• Josh Pasek and Brian Weeks Introduce Teach-Outs

  4 minutes | 1 lesson

  Title	Type	Length
  Meet Your Instructors: Josh Pasek and Brian Weeks	Reading and Video	4:00

• How Do We Know Anything

  19 minutes | 1 lesson

  Title	Type	Length
  Types of Evidence	Reading and Video	19:00

• Journalistic Norms

  19 minutes | 3 lessons

  Title	Type	Length
  Josh Pasek: The Normative and the Actual	Video	9:00
  Will Potter on Propaganda and Fake News	Video	6:00
  Why Inaccurate News is a Threat	Video	4:00

• Types of Inaccurate Information

  14 minutes | 1 lesson

  Title	Type	Length
  Brian Weeks on Identifying Inaccurate Information	Video	14:00

• The Evolving Newsroom

  15 minutes | 1 lesson

  Title	Type	Length
  James Wright on the Evolving Newsroom	Reading and Video	15:00

• Accuracy in the Digital Era

  36 minutes | 3 lessons

  Title	Type	Length
  Accuracy in the Digital Era	Video	16:00
  Video: Elements of Digital Accuracy	Video	8:00
  Exploring News Sites	Video	12:00

• How to Not Be Conned

  40 minutes | 6 lessons

  Title	Type	Length
  Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases	Video	8:00
  Confirmation Bias	Video	2:00
  In-Group Bias	Video	1:00
  How Journalists Read the News	Reading and Video	16:00
  Brian Weeks on Techniques for Evaluating Online News	Video	5:00
  Josh Pasek: How to Not Be Conned	Video	8:00

• Q&A With Will Potter

  53 minutes | 2 lessons

  Title	Type	Length
  (April 2017) Will Potter's Q&A Response	Reading and Video	25:00
  (October 2017) Will Potter's Q&A Response	Reading and Video	28:00

• Call to Action & Conclusion

  2 minutes | 2 lessons

  Title	Type	Length
  10 Questions for Evaluating Media	Reading	-:--
  Evaluate Your Media Diet Worksheet	Reading	2:00