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Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread Unit PlanTed: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread Unit Plan
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TED Talks
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9th - 10th
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Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread

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In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon. [3:42]

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Concepts

critical thinking

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.8 RST.6-8.8

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