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Curriculum & Evaluation

Looking for ways to help your students become smarter news consumers? Browse sample curriculum ideas, activities and tools you can use to infuse news literacy lessons in your program.

In School

The American Society of News Editors' Youth Journalism Initiative offers a comprehensive list of news literacy resources for teachers at SchoolJournalism.org.
Face-to-Face with Journalists: A program connecting students with professional reporters.
Information Quality & News Literacy Workshops: Curriculum developed by Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Project.
Try these Curricular Modules: Lesson plans and handouts from Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Project.
The New York Times’ Learning Network: Resources for student and teachers, including news summaries, quizzes and contests.
Ask a Reporter Archives: The New York Times reporters answer students' questions.
The Center for News Literacy Curriculum: Teach students to use critical thinking skills to judge the credibility of news.
Professional Development for Teachers: Videos, webinars, and self-paced online tutorials on digital citizenship lessons from Common Sense Media.
Digital Passport: A fun and effective suite of games developed by Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media’s Digital Citizenship and Literacy: A K-12 Curriculum is aligned to Common Core State Standards.
Ask a Reporter Archives: The New York Times reporters answer students' questions.
Center for News Literacy Curriculum: Teach students to use critical thinking skills to judge the credibility of news.
The News Literacy Project: Mobilizing journalists to help students sort fact from fiction in the digital age.
5 Lesson Plans: Understanding news literacy from the Journalism Education Association
Graphite.org: Discover great digital learning content through unbiased and rigorous teacher reviews.
1-to-1 Essentials: Customizable tools for administrators to avoid the pitfalls schools can face during implementation.
Media and Technology Resources: Tools for educators by Common Sense Media.
Great expectations: Looking at obstacles facing teens. Reports by high school students participating in Midwest Journalism Education Initiative.
Youth @ the Core: 8 instructional guides to engage students while developing common core literacies.
Teaching News Literacy in the Digital Age: A 2012 Shorenstein Center paper.
News Literacy Satisfies Common Core Standards: A presentation by Dr. Bonnie Warne.
As Journalism Changes, So Must You: A 2010 op-ed piece by News Literacy Project's Alan Miller.
Teach Global Issues: Maps and lesson plans from the Pulitzer Center.
Teachers: Get curriculum ideas and updates through Pulitzer Center's e-newsletter.
Lesson plans for educators: Curriculum for high school and college students from the Pulitzer Center.
Have you incorporated news literacy into your Common Core lesson plans? Learn more about the learning standards.
Teachers: Arrange a class visit with a Pulitzer journalist.

After School

Community & Adults

Evaluation

Why News Matters is a $6 million grantmaking program of
the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. It is designed to enhance
news literacy skills and programs in Chicago and nationwide.