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Lateral Reading with News Stories

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This lesson provides students with opportunities to practice reading laterally with news stories.

This lesson is designed to be taught following the Intro to Lateral Reading lesson.

Sort Fact from Fiction Online with Lateral Reading

Lateral reading is a powerful strategy that fact checkers use to evaluate information online.

Crash Course Video #3: Check Yourself with Lateral Reading

In this video, host John Green teaches you how to read laterally, opening new tabs in your browser to fact check as you read.