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ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
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Bonsai Kitten (hoax)
(Inappropriate for students -- dark humor!) Info from Wikipedia: A number of people fell for the hoax. Both those who were fooled and those who felt that it was advocating animal cruelty took the time to complain to animal welfare organizations.
Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Good example of a hoax; use it to teach media literacy and help students understand that they need to use critical thinking and analysis when evaluating a website as a source of information.
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