that you can assign to students for "sleuthing." There is an answer sheet for why the creators labeled each website as either credible or non-credible.

Also, the

Don't Fall for Fake⁠

unit has a great activity with beautifully designed workshops that allow students to work in groups and decide if a website is a phishing scam or not (activity #1). They also have a great workshop on

spotting fake URLs⁠

(activity #5).

Great printable

handouts⁠

that could be incorporated into your lessons about evaluating sources.

If you need a video overview,

here is one⁠

from GCF Global.

InCtrl has a video

explaining a kid's process⁠

using search and evaluating the results.

Teaching Tolerance also has a lesson that

explains the importance⁠

of evaluating information for the future of democracy.

Fun games for review:

Play

Reality Check⁠

, a fun

online game⁠

to practice evaluating news, social media posts, and other online content.

In a more

in-depth game⁠

, students practice evaluating internet information to help save the future of the earth!

When they are ready, let them loose exploring one of

these fake websites⁠

, to see if they can figure it out. If you need even more fake sites,

here they are⁠

Tools in Your Toolbox:

⁠

Asking the Right Questions⁠

: a lesson from Teaching Tolerance

⁠

Checking URLs⁠

: a lesson from Google.

⁠

Reverse search images⁠

: a lesson from Facebook (try using this search tool:

https://tineye.com⁠

)

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