The War of the Worlds, Fake News, and Media Literacy: Primary Source Unit

The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy. The unit framework and primary sources can be integrated into classrooms of grades 4-12. Each lesson has student objectives that can be accomplished within 40-minute periods over the course of several weeks. A midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independent writing assessment are included. Support materials are integrated into the lessons, and the primary source document pages can be found at the end of the unit guide.

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Presented by: Rockefeller Archive Center

Resource Type: Traditional resources (e.g. textbooks, reference books, lesson plans, workbooks, flashcards, charts and supplemental reading materials)

Age group: Middle School, High School

Cost: Free/No Cost