Misinformation
A website posts a news article claiming that the Red Coss has declared chocolate ice cream illegal.
IMPOSTER CONTENT
Jordan says schools should start 30 minutes later. Alex responds, ‘So you want students to sleep all day and never learn anything.’
STRAW MAN
A website claims that anyone who drinks soda is as bad as a criminal and posts a fake photo of “soda criminals” being arrested. (2 answers)
FALSE EQUIVALENCE & FABRICATED CONTENT
A meme claims, ‘Drinking vinegar every morning prevents all diseases.’ No scientific study supports this claim, and the image is made to look like a health expert endorsed it.
FABRICATED CONTENT
During a class debate, a student says, ‘Telling people to follow the school dress code is just as bad as forcing them to give up their freedom of speech.’
FALSE EQUIVALENCE
A blog warns that letting students doodle in notebooks will eventually cause an alien invasion, with an image edited to show UFOs hovering over the school. (2 answers)
SLIPPERY SLOPE & MANIPULATED CONTENT
The Onion states that all schools are introducing a ‘Clown Day’ where students must dress like clowns, and the post includes a photo from a McDonald’s clown event to make it look real. (2 answers)
FALSE CONTEXT & SATIRE
During a discussion about homework limits, a student says, ‘Either we eliminate homework entirely or students will be miserable forever—and anyone who supports homework clearly doesn’t care about kids.’ (2 answers)
AD HOMINEM & FALSE DILEMMA
An article claims librarians who recommend more digital books are trying to ban every print book, showing a photo of empty bookshelves as “evidence.” (2 answers)
FALSE CONTEXT & STRAW MAN