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Factitious InteractiveFactitious Interactive
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American University
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5th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Factitious

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Truth or factitious? Users of an engaging interactive test their ability to identify whether an article is real or fake news.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

Media Literacy, facts, opinions

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • After playing the first round of the game, have individuals research the ranking of news sources, from the most reliable to the least

Classroom Considerations

  • The full-start option requires players to create a free account by filling out a profile and providing an email address
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • The game models the importance of checking the source of the article

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.8 RI.7.8 RI.8.8 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.8

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