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Lesson Plan - Can You Trust TikTok?
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Learning Objective
Students will learn ways to evaluate the reliability of information they see and hear in TikTok videos.
Text Structure
Problem/Solution, Description
Content-Area Connections
Media Literacy
Standards Correlations
CCSS: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.9, RI.4.10, L.4.4, SL.4.1
NCSS: Science, Technology, and Society
CASEL: Making Responsible Decisions
TEKS: Social Studies 4.20
1. Preparing to Read
Watch a Video: News or Not?Discuss: Why do you think it is easy to be fooled by false information we see online?
Preview Words to KnowProject the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce the Words to Know.
Set a Purpose for ReadingAs students read, have them think about ways they might help stop the spread of false information online.
2. Close-Reading Questions
1. Why did Kit Atteberry and three other students at Williams Middle School post fake videos?Kit and the other students posted videos of a fake fight and arrest because they wanted to find out how easily kids believe outrageous things on social media.(RI.4.5 CAUSE AND EFFECT)
2. What is misinformation, according to the article?According to the article, misinformation is information that is false and sometimes dangerous. It is presented as the truth.(RI.4.4 WORD MEANING)
3. According to the sidebar, “Don’t Be Fooled!,” what are two steps you could take to tell fact from fiction in a video?Sample response: According to the sidebar, one way to tell fact from fiction is to read the comments to see if someone has already fact- checked the video. Another is to see if you can find the same information or video on a trustworthy news site.(RI.4.7 TEXT FEATURES)
3. Skill Building
FEATURED SKILL: Media LiteracyThe Skill Builder “Fact or False?” helps students evaluate the reliability of information they see on social media. (RI.4.10 CLOSE READING)
Multilingual Learners Use the Skill Builder “What I Learned” to assess comprehension. Sentence stems and other question formats help scaffold understanding. Find it here.
Striving Readers Provide striving readers with the lower-level version of the article (available here). Read it in small groups.
Small Groups Group students who need support in determining word meaning from context and have them collaborate on the “What’s the Word?” activity in our online Graphic Organizer Library. The page is available in English and Spanish.