Lesson 2: Developing a Lifelong Media Literacy Practice
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will formulate a personal digital news-diet plan designed to minimize personal bias and combat echo chambers.
How do I continue to get objective current events information without a teacher assigning it? How do I filter out deepfakes and algorithmic bias independently?
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1; MBL Standard 2B.
1. Hook: Discuss how social media algorithms tailor feeds to create ideological echo chambers.
2. Instruction: Strategies for diversification of news sources (subscribing to feeds with balanced viewpoints, checking source transparency).
3. Lab: Students audit their current personal social media or news feeds and construct a balanced news portfolio.
Purpose & DOK Level: Creating self-sustaining critical habits; DOK Level 3.
Pre-selected RSS or news curation application suggestions for ease of access; alternative written portfolio styles.
Personal Digital News Curation Strategy document.