Understanding the News

Cracking the Media Literacy Code

by Pamela Jain Dell

It is more and more apparent that it is hard to tell the difference between real and fake news. If teachers flunk tests about it, how can they teach their students to understand what's what? Fake and real news items are thrown at us daily, on tv, on the internet, on the streets of our cities; everywhere we look and even when we don't think we're looking. Easy-to-understand text, simple infographics, quizzes, and lots of examples helps kids learn how to crack the code of real vs. fake news.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2018

Reviews

[Mrs. Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a middle school librarian and plan on creating a media literacy lesson for my students. This book is will be an excellent resource.

[Aliza Werner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This four book series focused on media literacy features topics that are relevant and necessary to share with children. In this era of “fake news”, social media, and outright lies told as truth, it is important for kids to learn the function of news and how to evaluate media.

[Wylaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple, but not condescending.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good and necessary middle school read.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information but it is 6 years old and kids don’t seem to get their news anymore from many of the sources included here