Course curriculum

  • 1

    Advance prep work for the summer academy

    • Welcome!

    • Agenda

    • What is News Literacy?

    • VIDEO: Navigating the DRC Video and the DRC "Get Started" Page

    • PRESENTATION: Seal of Civic Readiness, prepared by Christy Radez, Lead Facilitator of the Civic Readiness NYSED Initiative and NYS Co-Director of the Essential Elements Schools

    • VIDEO: John Oliver on "Native Advertising"

    • Information grids

    • Shared drive
  • 2

    DAY 1: Monday, July 11

    • ZOOM LINK: Day 1, July 11

    • VIDEO: Stanford History Education Group on "Civic Online Reasoning in Action"

    • VIDEO: Stanford History Education Group on "Click Restraint"

    • Brian Thevenot, "Myth-making in New Orleans" (Please read in preparation for day 2)

    • Shared drive
  • 3

    DAY 2: Tuesday, July 12

    • ZOOM LINK: Day 2, July 12

    • Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements?

    • Project Implicit

    • George Turklebaum (Please read in preparation for day 3)

    • Shared drive
  • 4

    DAY 3: Wednesday, July 13

    • ZOOM LINK: Day 3, July 13

    • Stanford assessment (optional reading in preparation for day 4)

    • Shared drive
  • 5

    DAY 4: Thursday, July 14

    • ZOOM LINK: Day 4, July 14

    • PRESENTATION: Seal of Civic Readiness, prepared by Christy Radez, Lead Facilitator of the Civic Readiness NYSED Initiative and NYS Co-Director of the Essential Elements Schools

    • Shared drive