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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 5 videos.

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Slide 2 - Video

What fake news have you come across?

Slide 3 - Mind map

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Be carefull!
There is a catch. Sometimes news can be true. but is blown out of proportion. For example:
Last year 1 person voted for person X.
This year 2 people voted for person X.
But the headline says: Breaking news! Votes for person X have doubled!

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Fake news quiz time!

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Two-headed sharks found.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 8 - Quiz

Two-headed blue sharks are more common because the females have a lot of eggs—and thus more opportunity for abnormalities.

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Police in Germany rescue man chased by baby squirrel.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 10 - Quiz

It sounds unlikely, but this did happen - the police sent out a patrol car to help, but luckily the chase ended when the baby squirrel curled up and fell asleep. You can find this reported on The Guardian and the BBC

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Elderly woman trains 65 cats to steal from her neighbours.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 12 - Quiz

If a headline contains big numbers (like 65 cats) it's a clue that it might be clickbait - it's trying to get you to click on the page to make money from advertising. This story is completely made up!

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Camel survives after losing half of its body after stepping on a landmine.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 14 - Quiz

This story was based on a fake photo. You know you shouldn't trust pictures on the internet!

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg told people in China to stop using chopsticks to save trees.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 16 - Quiz

False. There is no evidence teen climate activist Greta Thunberg made this statement about chopsticks. The claim has been circulating online since January 2020.

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Raccoons* break into Californian bank.

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A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 18 - Quiz

Slide 19 - Video

German street covered in chocolate after leak from chocolate factory.
A
Real
B
Fake

Slide 20 - Quiz

Slide 21 - Video

Challenge time 
In a group of 2 you will come up with a device that should only be available in 20 years. But now you are going to create a fake news article about this item or device and it has suddenly been created in 2022. 

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How should I start?
1. Think of a device or object.
2. Think about the specifics for this product. (For example: how is it made, what materials does it need, where did we find it, which country created it?) 
3. Let your imagination run wild, the object cannot be weird enough!
4. Write a believable fake news article (come up with a scientist, create a fake author/source, focus it on specific group of people).

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