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  • Media Literacy and Critical Thinking Teaching Resources

    If you're like us, you agree that teaching media literacy and critical thinking is more important than ever. Our resources help teachers cover critical thinking in education with ready-to-use teaching resources and professional learning that help teachers build students' confidence in navigating misinformation, media bias, and persuasive language.

A new approach to media literacy

The modern classroom is evolving, and so are the challenges our students face. With social media shaping how young people consume information, teaching media literacy is no longer optional. It’s essential. Our resources help students become critical thinkers who can spot misinformation, question what they read online, and understand the power of language and media.

Lesson plans, worksheets, professional learning and more.

Our teaching resources are designed to help primary and secondary educators confidently bring critical thinking and media literacy into their classrooms. From our Combatting Misinformation suite—seven curriculum-aligned units with 24 engaging lessons—to hundreds of media literacy activities across English, HASS, Science and Technology, we make it easy to explore bias, fact vs fiction, and persuasive techniques in real-world contexts.

Combatting Misinformation Resource Pack

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Powering the Narrative: Clean Energy in Media

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Energy
  • Unit
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The History, Geography and Momentum of Clean Energy in Australia

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Business and Economics
  • Environmental
  • Energy
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Disinformation Digital Detectives

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Environmental
  • Energy
  • Unit
  • Free
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The Language of Misinformation: Fact, Fiction and Persuasion

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Persuasive writing
  • Environmental
  • Energy
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Enhance your practice with professional learning

  • Professional learning
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Applying Critical Thinking to Navigate Online Information with Confidence

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Persuasive writing
  • Text Analysis
  • Reading
  • Discussion
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Online safety
  • Professional learning
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Navigating Conversations with Believers of Conspiracy Theories

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Discussion
  • Social
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Online safety
  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
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Neuroscience 101: Why We Binge on Social Media

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Science
  • Biology
  • Social
  • Mental Health
  • Professional learning
  • Cool+
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How to Teach Critical Thinking General Capability - Secondary

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Science
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Popular Secondary resources

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Representations of First Nations Peoples in Disaster Reporting

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Text Analysis
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Understanding The Algorithm

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Environmental
  • Energy
  • Unit
  • Free
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Digital Media with the Trailblazers

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • English
  • Learning through film
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Social Action
  • Sport
  • Presentation
  • Cool+
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Persuasive Language in Advertisements

  • Secondary
  • Year 8
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Persuasive writing
  • Text Analysis
  • Social
  • Social Action
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Popular Primary resources

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The Final Quarter - The Power Of Words

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • English
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Education
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Jump Rope For Heart - Quitting Is Cooler

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • English
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Social
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Health
  • Lesson
  • Free
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IMAGI-NATION{TV} - Cogs in the Machine

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Year 5 - 10
  • English
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • The Arts
  • Music
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Economic
  • Enterprise Learning
  • Presentation
  • Cool+
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Misleading Climate Change Data in the Media

  • Primary
  • Year 6
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
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Presentation slides

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China, North Korea and the Media

  • Secondary
  • Year 10
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • History
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Presentation
  • Cool+
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How are Representations Constructed in the Media?

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • English
  • Persuasive writing
  • Learning through film
  • Text Analysis
  • The Arts
  • Media Arts
  • Social
  • Presentation
  • Cool+
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How is the News Made?

  • Secondary
  • Year 7
  • English
  • Informative writing
  • Persuasive writing
  • Text Analysis
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Presentation
  • Cool+
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Using AI: Prompt Writing and Critical Thinking

  • Secondary
  • Year 7
  • English
  • Creative writing
  • Economic
  • Technology

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