Teaching news literacy made easy: The Sift newsletter

Описание: Get a close look at The Sift®️, the News Literacy Project’s weekly newsletter for educators, during this webinar held at the conclusion of National News Literacy Week 2026.

The Sift offers concise updates on trending topics such as social media and AI, and easy-to-implement ideas for bell ringers and lesson plans. Learn why this newsletter belongs in your inbox each week and get fresh tips and ideas for how to bring simple and effective news literacy conversations into your classroom.

Led by Susan Minichiello, the News Literacy Project’s Senior Manager of Education Content, this session introduces The Sift's free weekly Daily Do Now and RumorGuard® teaching slides. You will receive insights into how to incorporate these quick-hit resources into curriculum you already may be teaching.

The session also includes a brief introduction to NLP's Checkology®️ virtual classroom, a one-stop shop for news literacy teaching resources, intended to complement The Sift.

Subscribe to The Sift: https://newslit.org/the-sift-newslett...
Get Checkology: https://get.checkology.org/
Learn more about National News Literacy Week: https://newsliteracyweek.org

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About us: The News Literacy Project, founded in 2008, is a nonpartisan nonprofit building a national movement to ensure that all students are skilled in news literacy before high school graduation. NLP is the country’s leading provider of news literacy education and works with educators in all 50 states.