1. Fake News and Critical Literacy Secondary Survey – answers
A resource from the National Literacy Trust

2. Is this story true? YES www.literacytrust.org.uk
Possible prompts:
Elicit that this has been shared on social media. Is the Times credible?
Does the logo look correct?
Does the website address look correct?
Who is in the photo? Does it look real?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

3. Is this story true? NO www.literacytrust.org.uk
Possible prompts:
Who shared the story? What do we know about him? Is he trustworthy?
What news site is on? How can we be sure? (this is made to look like a BBC News story but the BBC logo is missing and there is no URL to confirm.)
Does the story sound believable? Have you head it in the news?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

4. Is this story true? YES www.literacytrust.org.uk
Possible prompts:
Where is this published?
Who wrote it? How could we check out the author? (His twitter handle is given)
How many people shared it? Does this affect your view of it?
Have you heard of the story elsewhere in the news?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

5. Is this story true? YES www.literacytrust.org.uk
Possible prompts:
Where is this published?
Have you heard of the story elsewhere in the news?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

6. Is this story true? YES www.literacytrust.org.uk
Possible prompts:
Where is this published?
Have you heard of the story elsewhere in the news?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

7. Is this story true? www.literacytrust.org.uk
This isn’t true – Honda aren’t making cars with different sounding horns!
Possible prompts:
Who produced the video?
Why did they make it?
Does it sound believable?
What other questions do you need to answer before deciding if it’s true?
Critical literacy and fake news

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