Starter quiz
- The right to health is protected by Article ...
- '24' ✓
- Which organisation wrote the UNCRC?
- United National
- United Nations ✓
- Universal Nations
- Universal National
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- What does the NHS not promote?
- healthcare availability
- public health
- global diseases ✓
- human dignity
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- The NHS⇔transformed the UK's health services. ✓
- The UNCRC⇔says the UK should help low income countries. ✓
- A right⇔is something guaranteed by the UNCRC. ✓
- Health⇔is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing. ✓
- The money given by high income countries to low income countries to protect their right to health is called international ...
- 'aid' ✓
- What does the right to health uphold?
- human dignity ✓
- human decency
- human delivery
- human disaster
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Exit quiz
- Children have the right to accurate and __________ information.
- 'reliable' ✓
- What does the UNCRC say that the UK Government have a responsibility to provide?
- animal-friendly media
- child-friendly media ✓
- no-friendly media
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- How does reliable information help a child?
- allows them to make informed choices ✓
- allows them to weaken their views
- allows them to participate in decision-making ✓
- allows them to make unreliable choices
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- Match the word with its definition.
- misinformation⇔information shared without knowing it is false; not created to harm ✓
- disinformation⇔information which is deliberately created to harm a person or group ✓
- malinformation⇔truthful information which is shared to deliberately harm a group ✓
- reliable information⇔knowledge that is communicated and can be trusted and verified ✓
- Critical __________ skills are vital to spot misinformation, disinformation and malinformation.
- 'thinking' ✓
- What skill is vital for getting our right to reliable and accurate information?
- guessing
- evaluating ✓
- memorising
- ignoring
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Key learning points
- Article 17 of the UNCRC makes sure children have the right to accurate and reliable information.
- This right says that the Government is responsible for promoting child-friendly media and protecting them from harm.
- Reliable information helps people exercise their rights, participate in decisions and make informed choices.
- Children accessing media often encounter misinformation, disinformation and malinformation.
- Evaluating, cross-checking, analysing, using logic and critical thinking skills are vital for spotting misinformation.
Common misconception
We can easily tell when information is unreliable and inaccurate.
There are several ways that misinformation can convince us that untruths are real without us always realising.
Keywords
Right - something we are guaranteed by law
Information - knowledge communicated concerning a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media
Reliable information - knowledge communicated about a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media, that can be trusted, believed and verified with external sources
Reliable - something which is able to be trusted, believed and verified
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