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Library Resources for Misinformation and Finding Common Ground: School Library Resources

This guide has tools and resources for libraries and the public to help combat misinformation and disinformation while promoting community building through finding common ground.

K-12 School Library Resources

Outsmarting Propaganda : Combating the Lure of Extremist Recruitment Strategies
ADL. (2021).
Real Media Literacy: Spotting a Fake News Story
Baker, F. (2019). MiddleWeb.
My World - Cultivating Media Literacy Skills
BBC Learning and Microsoft Education.
Center for Media Literacy
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Common Sense Media.
Factitious
Factitious. (2018).
Dangerous Numbers? Teaching about Data and Statistics Using the Coronavirus Outbreak
Honner, P. (2020). The New York Times.
Youth Media
KQED.
School Library Studies
Lance, K. C. (2020).
Digital Literacy
Learning for Justice. (2020).
The Sift
News Literacy Project. (2021).
News and Media Literacy Collection
PBS Learning Media
Project Look Sharp
Ithaca College.
Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or High-Stakes Topics
University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. (2020).
Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation: A New Literacy Toolkit for a “Post-Truth” World
Valenza, J., (2016). School Library Journal

The ART of Reading Laterally

Author, Reliability, Target

Elk Grove Unified School District. (2018). The ART of reading laterally infographic

Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction

Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction: New Directions for School Libraries

Thomas, N.P., et al. (2020).