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Verification of provenance and the original source of an image or video can be a long and winding process. Young journalists learn about the difficulty of finding the original source of a scrape, a copy of an original news story, and then create their own scrapes and share them online.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Review the 5-step verification checklist at the beginning of the lesson
Classroom Considerations
- The ninth interactive lesson in the Community Engagement series
- Requires knowledge of the 5-step verification process from the previous lesson
- Pupils need access to devices with an internet connection
- Presumes participants have social media accounts
Pros
- Includes a list of clues that can help researchers find the original sources
Cons
- None