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Teachers share how they
used NLP’s resources to
teach news literacy in a
challenging year:
K.C. Boyd
library media
specialist and NLP
Ambassador,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Boyd used The Sift, NLP’s free weekly newsletter
for educators, to “jump start” her news literacy
lessons. When the jury delivered its verdict
convicting former Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Boyd
discussed the five core values of journalism with
students in her “Media Studies” class.
“I knew that day that my students
were going to be inundated
with a tremendous amount of
information and, unfortunately,
misinformation. So, I was looking
for a lot of material that would
help remind them to seek out
credible sources,” she says.
“This platform has been a tremendous support
and help in my instructional program.” Her
lesson, inspired by The Sift, focused on
preparing students to actively seek out credible
information concerning the trial and verdict.
Patricia
Russac
history teacher
and library director,
ROSLYN, NY
Russac taught in a hybrid learning
environment this year and says the act of
“teaching out and teaching in” was not easy.
She used Checkology with sixth- and seventhgraders to build their news literacy skills and
noted that Checkology worked well “because
the resources are so accessible to remote
learners as well as to students in the room.”
After each lesson segment, Russac gave
students the opportunity to ask questions
and participate in class discussions. “The
students had plenty to share about what they
heard, saw and viewed online,” she says.
“It was a powerful reminder as
to why news literacy education
should be part of every grade
level and across subjects. It is
not enough to teach it just in the
humanities. Math and science
need news literacy education as
well. Data matters.”
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