Fake News Lesson 1 & 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Year 3 FAKE NEWS

Period 2

Lesson TODAY

Choose

1. Reading 25min

2. Watching 25min

3. Assignments in the workbook 25min

WELCOME 3H1

1. hand-in Coat of Arms - Excel link (grant access!)

2. Thursday: Books from the library - something you'd like to read

3. Today: intro to fake news

WELCOME 3V2

1. hand-in Podcast - teams! (tutorial!!)

2. Book in the library - borrow an EN reading book (not online!!)

3. Fake news intro

4. Done? Read your book

This period

- Critically analyse and distinguish between 

FAKE NEWS and REAL NEWS

- Today: INTRO - what is fake news?

www.thespoof.com

Open the link...
Critically look at the article. What can you tell about it (being real or fake... How can you tell?) Think of: website, author, sources...

What is fake news?
Can you give an example of fake news that were circulating around in the year 2020/2021?

www.bbc.com

Examples of ‘fake’ news

How can you recognise a fake news article?

Challenge

How many followers can you gain with impersonation of the fake news tycoon! 

LINK: https://www.getbadnews.com/en/play

Click on the link and 'impersonate a fake news tycoon', how can you trick the most people?!

Discussion question:
What were the best ways to generate the most followers?

www.getbadnews.com

WELL DONE

Done? Study the words

Thursday: Bring your workbooks & EN books!

The Fake News Checklist

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/AGB2AA

 

www.bookwidgets.com

Get your books in the library

by Thursday!!

Write fake news

Write 3 fake news items for Twitter & write a fake news item/article  for Facebook. You can work together. At the end of the lesson you should be able to present it in front of the class.

One of the items should have propaganda in it.

open pg. 53 & 54

Look at the new words

Watch WIRED Video

What is the video about?

Is it fake or real? How do you know?

Could this type of news also be broadcast today? Explain.

Watch the explanation pg. 55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USpPphVGFSU

DO:

1. Read pg. 57, 58, 59 and complete pg. 56

DONE?

- Read your EN book

What did we do last time - Period 2?
(bullet points)

DO: 

Read: pg. 58-59 and do pg. 60 (compare the articles)

DO:

Listen Headline Edition, July 8, 1947

Then do: pg. 61 (read pg. 62-63)

pg. 64: compare

DO:

Watch the video (roswell) and do pg. 64 

What do you know about 9/11 already? Type down a few facts.
When, How, What, Where...

9/11

What is 9/11?

Who has heard of 9/11?

What happened on 9/11?

When did 9/11 take place?

Why was this so impactful?

What do you know
about 9 11?

What is 9/11?

Who has heard of 9/11?

What happened on 9/11?

When did 9/11 take place?

Why was this so impactful?

Now watch BLINK video

Then do the assignment on paper.

What is fake news?

What is propaganda?