Can You Trust It?

by Planet Word

Program Description and Timeline

In this approximately one-hour-long interactive workshop, a Planet Word educator will guide

students in exploring facts and opinions, types of sources, and motive in both news and social

media. At the end of the program, students will participate in a fact-checking exercise to practice using four key questions to determine what information they can trust. This program was developed in partnership with the News Literacy Project.

Planet Word programs are adaptable and highly- participatory and may change depending on

student engagement:

• 7 minute welcome, introduction to Planet Word, introduction to content.

• 35 minute educator-led exploration of four key questions

• 25 minute opportunity for students to fact-check and analyze an article

• 3 minute quick Q&A and conclusion

Program Rating

This program has not yet been evaluated.

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About This Program

Cost

By Request: $125.00

Length

60 mins

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 9, 10, 11, 12, Teacher(s)/Educator(s), Homeschool/Family , Learning Pod

Minimum participants:

Maximum participants:

Primary Disciplines

Career Education, Culture, Economics/Business, Language Arts/English, Literacy, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Reading, Writing

Program Delivery Mode

Zoom
Microsoft Teams

Booking Information

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

Please give us 2 weeks’ notice if you need to change your reservation, and we will be happy to work with you to reschedule. Your consideration helps us serve as many groups as possible. Programs cancelled with less than 1 weeks’ notice will not be eligible for a refund.
• If Planet Word needs to cancel your program for any reason, Planet Word will work with you to reschedule at another time. If we are not able to agree on a date to reschedule, and you have paid for your program, your program fee will be refunded.

About This Provider

Planet Word

Washington, DC
United States

Planet Word is the only museum in the country dedicated to renewing and inspiring a love of words and language. Located in the historic Franklin School on the corner of 13th and K Streets in downtown D.C., Planet Word opened in 2020 as a new kind of interactive and self-guided museum. Using the museum’s state-of-the-art technology, visitors determine their experience through their own words and choices. Planet Word is a bold and imaginative response to the life-long importance of literacy and to the challenge of growing a love of language.

Contact:
Juliet Brown
education@planetwordmuseum.org
202-918-6142

Program Details

Format

• 7 minute welcome, introduction to Planet Word, introduction to content.
• 35 minute educator-led exploration of four key questions
• 25 minute opportunity for students to fact-check and analyze an article
• 3 minute quick Q&A and conclusion

Objectives

Standards Alignment
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in
a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the
evidence. (6-12 Anchor Standard)