This is designed for a lesson to be done in the library during students’ weekly Media enrichment time. Students are in the library weekly for 40 minutes.In this lesson, students go on an Internet treasure hunt to find information about a famous world explorer and answer three questions about that explorer. They compare information from two different sites to conclude whether they can trust all Internet sources. 

This interactive lesson, based on the series Breaking Views, frames the controversial issues of fake news and trust in the media with the historical context of yellow journalism and sensationalist reporting. In addition to learning more about how fake news has evolved over the years, students will learn strategies for improving their media literacy and will be able to identify both credible and non-credible news sources. After they complete the lesson students will be better prepared to critically analyze media using the Five Key Questions of media literacy, which will become a point of enduring understanding that young people need in order to be better 21st century digital citizens in an era saturated by information.