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You may have read that on Friday, March 4 Putin signed into law a ban on what Russia's Parliament is labeling "fake" news about the military. Using the language "invasion" in referring to Ukraine is now punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The accepted language is "special military operation" (Izadi and Ellison, Washington Post).

As you discuss the impact of this law on the free press, it is important for students to understand that in this context, "fake news" refers to opposing or differing viewpoints, or more simply: information I don't like.

When you are looking to teach students to recognize biased or inaccurate media, the terms misinformation, disinformation, and spin (see graphic below), will better help you get at the varying forms of biased media, and the intent behind them.

Please invite me into your classroom if you'd like to co-plan or co-teach a lesson on media decoding. I am in the midst of a semester-long digital literacy course with Ithaca College's Project Look Sharp and am eager to share some new resources.

Lesson 1: History of Ukraine & Russia and Ukraine Crisis Today

Lesson 2: Ukraine in Maps and Impact on U.S.

Ms Green teaches AP and College Prep World History at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, California.

The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Soviet-made famine in the 1930s, is less well known than other genocides, but is an important history given the current Russian invasion. Project Look Sharp’s newest free media literacy activity, Ukraine’s Holodomor – Famine or Stalinist Genocide?, has students read a 1-page history handout in preparation for decoding four Soviet government posters – two from the 1930’s and two from 1988 -presenting very different views on Stalin’s policy of forced collectivization.

In response to recent events, we excerpted this lesson from the larger kit: Soviet History Through Posters that uses 78 Soviet government posters to teach the history of the USSR from 1917 to 1991. You can see a 10 minute annotated demonstration video that shows a high school class decoding Soviet posters, including one used in this lesson.

Search over 500 free media literacy lessons that use rich media documents on the Project Look Sharp website including 90 lessons for teaching high school global studies.

Chris Sperry and Cyndy Scheibe

Project Look Sharp

Ithaca College
https://www.projectlooksharp.org/

The Alex Awards are given to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. Below are the Alex award recipients that you can find at Schroeder Library.

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