"Bias—In the News and Inside of Us"

Lesson 3 of 3 for the ELA unit,

"Where Did You Hear That? Becoming Critical Consumers of News Media"

Websites used in Lesson 3:

• MA STAR Handbook, pg. 17 chart of vocabulary strategies
• Media Bias Fact Check provides lists of sites that contain right and left-biased articles
• Allsides.com provides side-by-side comparisons of how left, right, and center media cover a particular story
• The Sift, a weekly compilation of fake or misleading new stories and ideas of how to use them in class, hosted by the News Literacy Project
• Student News Daily (this site itself may be biased—to be pointed out and discussed with students)
• NY Times Misleading Photo of the Patriots’ Visit to the White House
• Pew Research Political Typology Quiz

Lesson 3 Plan and Handouts: