Fake news

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Fake news

Do you think all the information you find on the internet is true?

Yes

No

have you ever encountered fake news?

Ja

Nee

Fake news

0

0

Watch out!

There is a catch sometimes news can be true. But 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!

Fake news quiz time!

Teenager fined £100 for feeding a chip to a pigeon

True

False

Two-headed sharks found

True

False

Police in Germany rescue man chased by baby squirrel

True

False

Canadian zoo fined after taking bear out for ice-cream

True

False

Elderly woman trains 65 cats to steal from her neighbours

True

False

Camel survives after losing half of its body

True

False

Skittles used instead of salt to help clear ice and snow from roads in Canada

True

False

Criminal farts so loudly he gives away his hiding place

False

True

Lets see if you were right or wrong

https://www.theguardian.com/newswise/2020/mar/20/the-newswise-fake-or-real-headlines-quiz

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. 

The groups 

Homework

Kies een onderwerp en maak een mindmap over wat je denkt dat hier fake nieuws over zou kunnen zijn zorg dat het er leuk en netjes uitziet! Onderwerpen: 

Wk voetbal

Corona 

De kerstman

Mark Rutte

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 go wild the object cant be weird enough!

4. Make the fake news article believable(Come up with a scientist,create a fake author/source,focus it a specific group of people).

I hope these tips helped if you need anymore help feel free to ask or raise your hand online!

For this lesson

Come up with all the specifics for your article and write them down.

You dont have to start writing it yet!

Homework

Type out your article in word and hand it in to me through teams by the end of this week.

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