In this lesson from New Visions for Public Schools, students are given the task of disproving a “fake news” article by using accurate news to discredit information presented. This assignment has two parts: 1. an annotated copy of the news article that identifies inaccurate information and 2. a Writing from Sources essay that will disprove the “fake news” article through its use of factual information.

Their full 9th grade ELA curriculum is also available.