Teacher resources
Welcome to our selection of resources for teachers, designed to equip educators with the tools needed to help students navigate the complex world of disinformation. Vetted by Lie Detectors, these resources provide engaging, educational activities that reinforce critical thinking and media literacy skills. Whether used as follow-up materials after one of our participating journalists' classroom visits or as standalone learning aids, these interactive games, posters, and handbooks empower teachers and students to identify and challenge false information. Explore our collection and help your students become informed and critical consumers of news and media.
Fake It To Make It
Fun, interactive game that puts your students’ fake news detection skills to the test. It helps them spot dodgy information by making them think twice about the sources they trust and how their emotions are being played with. Perfect for sharpening your students’ media smarts while having a good time!
Reality Check
Interactive online experience that helps your students to develop critical thinking skills by challenging them to evaluate the reliability of online content. They are tasked with analysing social media posts, using tools like reverse image searches and fact-checking sites to determine the truthfulness of the information presented. Each mission is designed to be quick, engaging and educational, providing players with practical techniques for authenticating news, science and other online content. Suitable for teenagers and adults.
GetBadNews
In this game, your students step into the shoes of a fake news tycoon, using sneaky tactics to build a massive following while maintaining fake credibility. The goal? To expose how disinformation spreads and how to spot these tricks in real life. It's a fun yet eye-opening way to boost students’ defenses against online manipulation, perfect for ages 14 and up!
Filter Bubble
This online quiz helps you and your students discover whether and to what extent you can get trapped in your own filter bubble by answering a series of yes or no questions. The quiz provides additional information for each question to guide you and concludes with personalised advice on how to break out of your filter bubble. For upper primary school students and up.
Cranky Uncle
The Cranky Uncle game, created by scientist and cartoonist John Cook, uses humor and critical thinking to help players recognise and combat misinformation, especially around science denial. Learn to identify common misleading techniques used to reject scientific evidence. Suitable tool to teach critical thinking in the classroom.
The Glass Room Quiz
The ‘Fake or Real’ game - the Glassroom - challenges students to distinguish between real and fake news, enhancing your media literacy skills. It teaches you how to critically assess the credibility of online information through interactive gameplay. The game is part of the Glass Room project, designed to raise your awareness about the spread of misinformation. The Glass Room project has more educational resources to learn about misinformation. Suitable for teens and adults.
Digital Enquirer Kit
The Digital Enquirer Kit helps you to enhance secondary students' skills in media literacy and misinformation prevention. This free e-learning course offers engaging modules on topics like verifying online information and safely navigating the internet, using tutorials, quizzes and interactive games. Integrate these in your curriculum and help students build critical thinking skills.
The Adventures of Literatus
Integrate ‘The Adventures of Literatus’ into lessons and discussions to enhance your students' media literacy skills, helping them spot disinformation, debunk fakes and verify sources. The game provides interactive scenarios that make learning about information evaluation and critical thinking engaging.
Guidelines on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy
These guidelines offer practical tips and activity plans to tackle disinformation and boost digital literacy. They help you promote responsible digital technology use and enhance students' critical thinking and resilience. Designed for educators at all experience levels, these guidelines support creating a safe classroom environment and fostering open discussions about sensitive issues.
The Debunking Handbook (2020)
The Debunking Handbook 2020, updated with input from leading researchers, provides you with the latest strategies for countering misinformation. It covers how misinformation spreads, effective debunking techniques and ways to prevent false beliefs from sticking. Use this comprehensive resource to enhance your lessons on information literacy and critical thinking in your classroom.
The Conspiracy Theory Handbook
Conspiracy theories can harm society by reducing political engagement and efforts to address issues like climate change. The Conspiracy Theory Handbook helps you to understand why these theories spread, how to spot them, and effective ways to debunk them. Foster your own critical thinking skills and teach your students about the impact of conspiracy theories and how to critically evaluate information.
Digital Services Act Information Flyer
The Digital Services Act (DSA) flyer highlights new EU regulations designed to make the online space safer and more transparent. It outlines how the DSA establishes responsibilities for online service providers to tackle illegal content and improve public oversight. This flyer is a useful resource for teaching secondary school students about the importance of digital safety and the role of regulations in the online environment.
Disinformation 101 Poster
Download this poster to share understanding of the five most common methods used in disinformation campaigns.
FLICC Taxonomy
This FLICC taxonomy complements the poster presented above by breaking down the five most common disinformation strategies even more clearly. It helps pupils from the end of primary school age to better recognise and see through these misleading techniques.
Beyond 'Fake News' - EAVI
The "Beyond 'Fake News'" infographic identifies ten types of potentially misleading news and is ideal for classroom use. It sparks discussion and helps students gain a deeper understanding of how media content is constructed. The infographic challenges the oversimplified term "fake news" and encourages recognition of the nuances behind various forms of misinformation.
Stop Think Check – Faktabaari
Can you recognize a real photo among AI-generated images? Test your skills in this fast-paced photo challenge by Faktabaari! After the game, explore fact-checkers’ tips and learn how to spot AI-generated content with greater confidence. A fun and insightful resource to spark classroom discussion about digital literacy and misinformation.