Help Students Understand & Combat Conspiracy Theory

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Media literacy lesson: How to throw cold water on internet conspiracy theories (PBS)

Media literacy lesson: Tactics for talking with conspiracy theorists (PBS)

Antisemitic Attitudes in America: Conspiracy Theories, Holocaust Education and Other Predictors of Antisemitic Belief (ADL)

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