Deciding what is real and what is fake | RSHE (PSHE) | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What is the word for online information that is not true?

Fake words

Fake news ✓

Bad news
Why might someone create fake news?

To make money ✓

To teach you something

To trick you ✓

To persuade you ✓
Why do most websites want you to visit them?

To help you get rich

To stop you getting bored

To make money from adverts ✓
Match the words with their meanings.

Fake news

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Information that is not true but looks real ✓

Clickbait

⇔

An image or video created to tempt you to click on it ✓

Motivation

⇔

The reason why someone does something ✓

Manipulation

⇔

Influencing someone’s emotions, to make them do something ✓

Persuade

⇔

To change someone's mind ✓
How might a content creator tempt you to click on a link or look at a post?

Boring text

Surprising stories ✓

Strange pictures ✓
Why do people make adverts?

They are fun to watch

To help you learn

To persuade you to buy things ✓

It is easy to spot an image created by A.I. (artificial intelligence)?

True
False ✓
Put these consequences of being tricked by fake news in the correct order. Start with the least important.

1

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You buy something you don’t need

2

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You learn something incorrectly

3

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You give away personal information

4

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You start chatting to a stranger
Which of these is a way to tell if something is fake?

Cross-reference with other websites or adults you trust ✓

Consider why it was made ✓

Have a guess

Always trust a website
Which of these are examples of personal information?

Your phone number ✓

Your email address ✓

Your favourite singer

Your photo ✓

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It is easy to spot fakes.

It is almost impossible to spot online fakes, but cross-referencing can help us to decide what to trust.