Classroom Activity/Assignment Banks
- ACRL Framework for Information Literacy SandboxFrom the Association of College & Research Libraries
- Digital Resource CenterFrom the Center for News Literacy
- Media Education LabProvides free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills, and competencies
- NewseumEDFree learning tools on media literacy and our First Amendment freedoms, from the Newseum
Fact Checkers' Code of Principles
- International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ code of principles
Developed by Poynter.com's International Fact-Checking Network in 2016 and signed by nonpartisan media outlets around the world.
Interactive Sites
- CheckologyA browser-based platform to help people easily identify misinformation. Created by the News Literacy Project.
Fact Checkers
- PolitiFactPulitzer prize-winning fact checker of political news, operated by the Tampa Bay Times.
- FactCheck.orgFrom the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Fact CheckerFrom The Washington Post
- SnopesAward-winning independent fact-checking site founded in 1995 by owner/operator and registered independent voter David Mikkelson
Other Tools
- Easy Who IsIs an article or site not listing an author? Unsure about its credibility? Easy Who Is lets you type in any URL and find out who owns it.
- FlackCheck.orgFrom the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, this companion to FactCheck.org provides educational resources to improve political literacy skills.
- Television ExplorerFrom the Internet Archive - an interactive timeline visualization that lets you trace how any keyword has been covered on U.S. television news.
- Verification HandbookHow to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.