David Peal, Tutor and Coach
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The News & Media Literacy
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1. Determining whether online news can be trusted

2. Staying informed


3. Big picture
  • Click the image to the right for the details.
  • Amnesty International
  • CIA World Fact Book (comprehensive information about the world's countries)​​
  • Civicus Monitor (ranks countries with respect to openness, freedom of association, etc.)
  • Classroom country profiles
  • Climate Central
  • Climate Change in Seven Charts (BBC)
  • The Conversation
  • Current events in historical perspective (Ohio State U.)​
  • Development Education
  • Exodus (video about immigration)
  • Exodus: The journey continues
  • Exploring freedom on the map (Internet freedom, "global freedom," and democracy) shown on an interactive map (Freedom House) 
  • Food insecurity in the world (visual) (FAO)
  • Fossil fuels: Years left
  • Freedom House
  • Freedom in the world (map - ranking of countries on 100-point scale measuring civil liberties and political rights) (Freedom House)
  • G Zero World
  • Globalchange.gov
  • Global Climate Change (NASA)
  • Global climate migration (first of series of three articles)
  • Global living conditions, a short history of (Our World in Data)
  • Global Fire Dashboard (Greenpeace)
  • Government, Types of (Council of Foreign Relations)
  • Human Development Index (complex index created by UN's Development Programme measures a mix of factors such as years of education, gender equality, homicide rate, percapita income, and life expectancy)
  • Human Rights Watch
  • InfoMigrants
  • International Rescue Committee
  • Invisible made visible, a video on the pervasive emission of (invisible) carbon dioxide
  • Media bias: Allsides, Media Bias Fact Check
  • Middle East and North Africa (World Bank)
  • NASA Climate Kids
  • National Geography Resource Library
  • News Literacy Project
  • News Literacy Resources for Classrooms (long list, excellent resources)
  • Newspapers in education
  • Nongovernmental organizations (list of 100 NGOs)
  • Our World in Data
  • Parents Guide to Twitter
  • Refugees and Asylum Seekers: What is the difference?
  • ReliefWeb
  • Refugee system, how it works
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • UN High Commission for Refugees
  • UN Refugee Agency
  • US Immigrants, key findings
  • Visual Capitalist (infographics)
  • What are rights? (analysis of the types of rights -- civil, human, natural, etc.)
  • ​World 101
  • World Economic Forum
  • World Food Program (UN)
  • World health risks (WHO)
  • WorldMapper (visual representations of current trends​​
  • World Migration Report 2020 (UN IOM)
  • Youth for Human Rights
4. News sources (bolded sites are more accessible)
  • Overview of news sources for young people
  • BBC Reality Check
  • Behind the News (short videos for HS students produced by ABC, Australia's news service)
  • CBC Kids News
  • CNN 10​
  • CNN VR (virtual reality videos)
  • Coda (alternative journalism)
  • DogoNews
  • Facing History and Ourselves (Current Events)
  • Fareed Zakaria's columns
  • Google News (aggregates many newspapers)
  • HuffPost Teen
  • International News Stories (Pulitzer Center)
  • KidsPost (Washington Post)
  • National Geographic Kids
  • NBC News Learn
  • New York Times Video
  • New York Times 360 (virtual reality)
  • New York Times Learning Network
  • New York Times Global Issues
  • News Decoder
  • Newsela (sign in with school account)
  • News in levels (same article at different reading levels)
  • PBS News Hour Extra
  • TeenTribune
  • Today's front pages (Newseum)
  • Voice of America
  • Vox
  • The World (PRI) (also a podcast and radio show)
  • Youngzine





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  • About
  • Resources
    • Study skills
    • The news & media literacy
    • History resources
    • Geography resources
    • Podcasts on history and the news