The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is a unit plan for integrating the Big6 and science curriculum.

The Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Students can use this model to guide them through the research process. This resource is a report on a Big6 research project conducted in grades 5-12 in Taiwan.

Google’s Digital Safety Curriculum - Interland is an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun—just like the Internet itself. Here, kids will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens.

This is a D2L Brightspace module covering the foundations of communication . This is used as an introduction to an interpersonal communications course.

Interpersonal and Small Group Communication is adapted from chapters of two open-access books: Communication in the Real World and Small Group Communication. Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies overviews the time-tested conceptual foundations of the field, while incorporating the latest research and cutting-edge applications of these basics. Each chapter will include timely, concrete, and real-life examples of communication concepts in action. This book was originally created by faculty at the University of Minnesota. Small Group Communication: Forming and Sustaining Teams, by Jasmine Linabary, is an interdisciplinary textbook focused on communication in groups and teams. This textbook aims to provide students with theories, concepts, and skills they can put into practice to form and sustain successful groups across a variety of contexts.

This lesson will introduce students to lateral reading, a strategy for investigating a website or post by going outside the site itself. Students watch the teacher model and then have a chance to practice using lateral reading to determine who is behind a website and, ultimately, to decide whether that website is trustworthy. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson will introduce students to the importance of corroborating arguments and verifying information across multiple online sources. Students work in groups to practice corroborating claims and evidence presented within two sources about mandatory Saturday School. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson introduces students to the importance of analyzing evidence as part of evaluating online information. Students work in groups to practice evaluating evidence presented in three sources about mandatory Saturday school. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson will introduce students to the importance of considering who is behind information. As they read arguments about mandatory Saturday school, students will practice investigating who is behind information and how the source’s motivations could affect what is presented. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

In this lesson, students are introduced to the Iran-Contra Affair and then use Civic Online Reasoning strategies to evaluate the trustworthiness of online sources about the scandal. Teachers model expert strategies for evaluating a video posted on a social media site, and students employ these strategies to evaluate three other digital sources on the Iran-Contra Affair. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This is a lesson plan created by Copyright & Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens. In this lesson plan, students learn the importance of attribution—getting credit for the work they do and giving credit to others for their creative work. This resource includes the lesson plan (pdf) and links to an accompanying Google Slides presentation and YouTube video.

Students will explore, engage and develop a thorough understanding of the components and ethics related to journalism. Click on the Activities Tab to complete the lesson.

In the Library Learning Center, students will learn searching strategies to find valid and relevant articles in EBSCO, Gale and Google Scholar.Using the 5 Ws of website evaluation (Who, What, When, Where and Why), students will evaluate 7 websites and complete a Website Evaluation graphic organizer.

The various genres and subgenres are presented to the students using a video and presentation, and use of examples of several fiction, non-fiction, and poetry books. Then, using a mixed-genre set of books, and the notes they took during the presentation, students will identify the genres represented in each set.After students finish reading a book independently, they will use what they learned from the presentation to identify the book's genre in their book reviews for their ELA teacher.

To evaluate the trustworthiness of an unfamiliar website or online source, professional fact checkers practice lateral reading: They immediately leave the unknown site and open new tabs to search for what trusted sources say about it. The lateral reading classroom poster reminds students to implement this strategy when they come across an unfamiliar source. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson is designed to provide students with practice reading laterally, with a particular focus on diversifying the resources students use to read laterally. Students are introduced to a variety of online sources for lateral reading. Students work in groups to read laterally using some of these resources. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson will introduce students to lateral reading, a strategy for investigating a website by going outside the site itself. Students will first evaluate whether a website is a reliable source of information on renewable energy and then see their teacher model expert lateral reading strategies. Students will then practice reading laterally to determine who is behind a second website and evaluate whether it is a reliable source of information about renewable energy. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson provides students with more practice reading laterally and explicitly contrasts what they can learn about a website from reading laterally with what they can learn by reading vertically (staying inside the site and making evaluations based on features like appearance, design, or content). Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This short lesson is designed to provide students with focused practice reading laterally with one particular kind of source—articles from fact-checking organizations. Students are briefly introduced to fact-checking organizations and then practice reading laterally about a website using that resource. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This short lesson provides students with opportunities to read laterally with one particular kind of source—news articles. Students are briefly introduced to news organizations and then practice reading laterally about a website using that resource. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.