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Grade 7 Social Studies: Civic Media Literacy
1.
media messages about public life, community issues, and citizenship
2.
how trustworthy and believable a source/message is
3.
a slant or preference that can shape how information is presented
4.
why it was made — inform, persuade, entertain, sell, etc.
5.
check facts using reliable evidence or other sources
6.
author expertise, evidence, dates, reputable outlet (any two)
7.
to grab attention; may oversimplify or distort
8.
primary: firsthand; secondary: interprets/reports
9.
how much you can trust a source’s information
10.
Who made this? What do they want me to do/feel?
11.
emotional/loaded wording signals slant
12.
pause → check source → verify → then decide
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