Civics · 4 weeks · Grades 7-12
Current Events and Media Literacy Unit Study
Read the news like an analyst, not a scroller.
Four weeks on sourcing, bias, framing, and verification, using the SFC Nations world news feed and real outlets side by side. Students end with a weekly briefing habit they can keep.
Essential questions
- Who benefits from this framing?
- What is the primary source?
- How do you verify a claim in five minutes?
Lessons
1. Sources and sourcing
Primary, secondary, and anonymous sources.
2. Bias and framing
Compare two outlets on one story.
3. Verification
A five-minute checklist for any claim.
4. Write the briefing
One page, five stories, why each matters.
Projects
- • Weekly one-page world briefing
- • Two-outlet comparison writeup
- • Fact-check one viral claim
Assessment
- • Briefing rubric
- • Comparison writeup rubric
- • Fact-check scoring guide
Vocabulary
primary sourcebiasframingcorroborationop-edattribution
Reading list
- • A short guide to media literacy
- • Two contrasting news outlets, weekly