In this lesson, students are introduced to the 1973 coup in Chile and then practice using Wikipedia wisely to investigate information about the role of the United States in the coup. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

Many online sources are untrustworthy. The attention conservation poster reminds students to seek out credible online sources and not waste their time on untrustworthy ones. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This classroom poster reminds students of three key questions to ask when evaluating information online: Who's behind the information? What's the evidence? What do other sources say? The file is designed to be printed on 18" by 24" paper. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson introduces students to click restraint, a strategy that involves resisting the urge to immediately click on the first search result. Instead, students scan the results to make a more informed choice about where to go first. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

To locate higher quality information, professional fact checkers practice the skill of click restraint: resisting the urge to automatically click on the first search engine result and instead scanning the results page to make an informed decision about where to click first. The click restraint classroom poster reminds students to practice this skill. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

As native advertisements proliferate, students need to look beyond surface features like vivid graphics and learn to carefully evaluate sources of information. In this task, students are presented with two articles from the same online news outlet and asked which is a more reliable source. Students must identify who is behind the articles and consider potential conflicts of interest in order to successfully evaluate the articles. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson asks students to analyze a historical claim made on Twitter about the Equal Rights Amendment and to use the internet to investigate whether the claim is reliable. To begin, use the Equal Rights Amendment PowerPoint to introduce the tweet and provide students with historical context for the ERA. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

This lesson introduces students to evaluating evidence on social media and provides students with an opportunity to practice evaluating evidence on Twitter and Facebook. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

Wikipedia contains a vast supply of information and is the 5th most trafficked website in the world. Still, students often draw overly broad generalizations about the site. This task asks students to evaluate the trustworthiness of an article on Wikipedia, assessing whether they can reason about the specific features that make a Wikipedia article more or less reliable. Note: A free educator account is required to access these materials.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. The effects of the storm are still felt today in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the government response to the storm remains a politically charged issue. In this lesson, students learn about the storm and consider whether a range of online sources provide reliable information about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. 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 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.

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.