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Don't be fooled by the Internet or Fake News!
Remember triangulation, check who the author is, is the information current, is it fact not opinion. Not sure? Look at Snopes or FactChecker.
Museum of Hoaxes
Snopes
FactChecker
Tree Octopus
Save the Mountain Walrus
How to Spot Fake News - by CommonSense Media
You Quote it You Note It - Interactive lesson on plagiarism.
Five Tips for Teachers and Students - learning to fact check and detect bias.
Rewordify - Having trouble understanding what you're reading? Copy and paste text here to simplify.

ISTE's Top ten sites to help students check their facts

AllSides - Balanced - Unbiased News. Rates news sources as right, left or center. 
MediaMatters - Monitors and corrects misinformation from conservative news sources.
Open Secrets - Center for Responsive Politics
ProPublica - Award winning website doing investigative journalism.
Sunlight Foundation -Making Government and Politics more transparent 
FactCheck - Annenberg Public Policy Center
NewsBusters - Exposes and combats liberal media bias.
PolitiFact - Fact checking Pulitzer Prize winning website.
Snopes - Independent researcher fact checks and sets the record straight.
Washington Post - Fact checker shedding light for Democracy.
Top 10 Sites article by ISTE
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