School level

National Geographic Fake News Article:

Added: 26 Mar 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Reference / Other

This is an article by National Geographic about fake stories of wildlife returning to quarantined areas and cities.
This article can be used as a source for students to examine the importance of checking the validity of news stories through an examination of sources and facts.

How it maps to the curriculum

SC
Politics & Society

Strand: 2. Power & Decision Making: National/EU

Strand unit: 6. Traditional & New Media in a Democracy

Suggestions for use: These key thinkers have contributed to the development of some of the key ideas within this learning path. The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 2.6 8.1 8.2 8.3 Topics: Sustainable Development; Power and Decision making at National and European Level.

Meta information

Add a resource

Did you know that your Internet Explorer is out of date

To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser.

Upgrade your browser now

Registering for a Scoilnet Account – your first step to contributing and sharing

What you need...

To register for a Scoilnet Account you will need to have a Teaching Council number and a roll number for your school in Ireland.

If you already have a Scoilnet Account then you can sign in here.

The benefits...

A Scoilnet account will allow you to upload your resources or weblinks to Scoilnet as well as enabling you to share and add resources to a favourites listing. Users who have a Scoilnet Account will also be able to fully access Scoilnet Maps and Census@School from home.


Register

Add this resource to your Learning Path

You need to login before you can add this resource to a Learning Path

Login