Unit 5: Hunting fake news through critical reading

This module aims to:

1. Provide teachers support and guidance to become critical readers by:
   • questioning the information;
   • drawing inferences and implications;
   • identify persuasive tactics;
   • checking the source.
2. Provide teachers support and guidance to understand how media works and how it is often deliberately designed to influence, mislead, and manipulate readers.

At the end of the module, you will:

1. Be able to:
   • Skills n.1

     Skills n.1

     As a teacher, I am able to promote students’ critical and independent thinking.
     Promote students’ critical and independent thinking;
   • develop students’ ability to challenge and reflect on what they read in newspapers or on the Internet.
2. Skills n.2

   Skills n.2

   As a teacher, I am able to help students become aware of representation in media, in particular the voices and positioning of certain social groups.
   Have the proper tools, strategies and resources to engage critically with mass media and become aware of its influence on people’s thinking and attitudes.