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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 12

Citizenship, Media and Evidence

Citizens need reliable information to govern themselves. Learners distinguish news, opinion, analysis and advertising; practise lateral reading with the SIFT moves; interpret polls using sample size and margin of error; examine how recommendation algorithms shape what people see; recognize common patterns of misinformation; and study press freedom and responsibility, including New York Times v. Sullivan. All examples are fictional and politically neutral.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 135 minutes
  • Media and evidence check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, estimate, highlight a text, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Distinguish news reporting, opinion, analysis, advertising and sponsored content.
  • Evaluate sources and claims by reading laterally using the SIFT moves.
  • Interpret polls using sampling, question wording and margin of error.
  • Explain how algorithms and misinformation patterns affect public information, and the freedoms and responsibilities of the press.

Lessons

  1. What kind of content is this? 4 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  2. Lateral reading and SIFT 4 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  3. Reading polls 6 steps4 practiceabout 35 min
  4. Algorithms, misinformation and the press 4 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  5. Media and evidence check 9 questions at the end

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