NL Basics for Students - Table of Contents

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Course Introduction

• An Introduction to News Literacy

Lesson 1: What is News Literacy and Why Does it Matter for Students?

• Lesson 1-1: What is News Literacy?

• FAQ's for Lesson 1

Lesson 2: Know Your Neighborhood

• Lesson 2-1: Identifying Information Neighborhoods

• Lesson 2-2: What Makes News Different?

• Lesson 2-3: The Blurring of the Lines

• FAQ's for Lesson 2

Lesson 3: Is it True?

• Lesson 3-1: The Provisional Nature of the Truth

• Lesson 3-2: Evaluating Evidence in the News

• Lesson 3-3: Why Verification Can Fail

• FAQ's for Lesson 3

Lesson 4: Fairness and Balance

• Lesson 4-1: What is Fairness? What is Balance?

• FAQ's for Lesson 4

Lesson 5: Bias

• Lesson 5-1: What is Bias?

• Lesson 5-2: Audience Bias and Cognitive Dissonance

• FAQ's for Lesson 5

Lesson 6: Says Who?

• Lesson 6-1: The Importance of Sources

• Lesson 6-2: How to Evaluate Sources

• Lesson 6-3: Evaluating Anonymous Sources

• FAQ's for Lesson 6