Cross-Topic Connections
📋 What it is
News skills connect: source-checking feeds verification, data literacy supports investigation, ethics guides it all.
🗣️ Coach says
Media literacy is one web. Checking sources powers verification; reading charts supports investigation; ethics keeps the whole thing honest. See the links and you stop learning skills one at a time.
🧠 Memory hook
Link the web: sources → verify, data → investigate, ethics → all.
😂 Giggle
Why did the anonymous source wear a disguise?
To protect their identity — and their credibility!
😲 Whoa!
The same "who made this and why?" question works on a tweet, a chart, a photo AND a headline.
✅ Quick check: Show how "source evaluation" connects to "spotting misinformation".
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Checking whether a source is credible and independent is exactly how you catch false or misleading claims before believing or sharing them.
Connecting skills turns a checklist into real media literacy.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Take one news-literacy skill and name another it makes easier.