Unpacking the Motivations Behind Misinformation

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• cultural understanding
• curiosity
• digital literacy
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 9, English

Students learn to: 

• analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts (AC9E9LY01).

Year 10, English

Students learn to: 

• analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect contexts (AC9E10LY01).

Relevant parts of Year 9 English achievement standards: Students analyse representations of people, places, events and concepts, and how texts respond to contexts. 

Relevant parts of Year 10 English achievement standards: Students analyse and evaluate representations of people, places, events and how interpretations of these may be influenced by readers and viewers. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

A student:

• analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts (EN3-UARL-02).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - the teacher is required to moderate class discussion, support students in research media sources, and assist in negotiating often complex arguments in the national political sphere.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

UN SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

• Target 16.5: Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
• Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.

• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Student devices 
• Student Worksheet
• The FLICC model visual explainer
• Investigating a false statement visual explainer
• Whiteboard

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