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Deliberation Room Judge a source, steelman the other side, then deliberate a values question. 
Craft a Civic Message Build an argument in three moves — claim, evidence, and the other side’s best case. 
Teach the Cast Teach a reasoning move to a peer still learning it — teaching makes it stick. 
Concept Practice Short kits on lateral reading, credibility, bias, claims & evidence, fallacies. All activities
Deliberate & judge
The Deliberation Room Three kinds of thinking in one round: judge a source, steelman, and deliberate a values question (never scored). Craft a Civic Message Assemble a claim, back it with evidence, then steelman the other side — build an argument, don’t just judge one. Check the Source Verify a claim the fact-checker’s way — Stop, read laterally, find better coverage, trace it to the original, and spot AI-made content. Read Laterally Leave the page and open tabs on what independent sources say ABOUT it — then render a trust verdict from the evidence stack.
Practice & teach
Concept Practice Sixteen short kits across media-literacy and civic-reasoning standards, with hints when you want them. Teach the Cast A near-peer reasoner is still learning a move — teach it to them and catch their misconception. Mixed Practice A short round across the kits you’ve played, brought back to review (spaced so it sticks). Progress Your levels and how each strand is coming along — saved only on this device.
Concept Kits — 16 kits of media literacy & civic reasoning
Kit 1: Lateral Reading Lateral reading — leave the page to evaluate a source · 25 questions Kit 2: Source Credibility Source credibility — authority, ownership, and funding · 25 questions Kit 3: Bias & Framing Bias and framing — how presentation shapes meaning · 25 questions Kit 4: Claims & Evidence Claims and evidence — claim, warrant, and support · 25 questions Kit 5: Steelmanning Steelmanning — engaging the strongest opposing case · 25 questions Kit 6: Logical Fallacies Logical fallacies — structural flaws in reasoning · 25 questions Kit 7: Rhetoric & Persuasion Rhetoric and persuasion — ethos, pathos, logos, and technique · 25 questions Kit 8: Statistics in the News Statistics in the news — what a number shows and hides · 25 questions Kit 9: Civic Institutions & Process Civic institutions and process — how decisions get made · 25 questions Kit 10: Rights & Responsibilities Rights and responsibilities — balancing a right · 25 questions Kit 11: Deliberation & Common Ground Deliberation and common ground — finding shared interests · 25 questions Kit 12: Propaganda & Manipulation Propaganda and manipulation — recognizing manipulative techniques · 25 questions Kit 13: Media Production Ethics Media production ethics — building an honest message · 25 questions Kit 14: Policy Trade-offs Policy trade-offs — costs, benefits, and who's affected · 25 questions Kit 15: Perspective-Taking Perspective-taking — understanding views across differences · 25 questions Kit 16: Capstone: Deliberate an Issue Capstone — evaluate, steelman, deliberate, and craft a message · 25 questions
Who you’ll meet
- Imara — reads laterally — leaves the page to check other sources
- Dashiell — weighs a source’s credibility by its evidence
- Noor — spots framing and loaded language (bias)
- Emre — separates a claim from its evidence
- Ozan — steelmans — states the other side at its strongest
- Halvard — names the logical fallacy in an argument
- Farida — deliberates a values question without a "right" answer
- Lior — owns a trade-off instead of pretending there isn’t one
- Talia — the mentor — evaluate, steelman, then deliberate honestly