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The Big Fib Podcast - Benjamin Strouse, Chris Tarry & David Kreizman
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K to 8
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Help students sharpen their critical-thinking and media-literacy skills with The Big Fib, a fast-paced game show podcast for kids and families. In each episode, a child interviews...more
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Help students sharpen their critical-thinking and media-literacy skills with The Big Fib, a fast-paced game show podcast for kids and families. In each episode, a child interviews two adults about a particular topic--one is a genuine, credentialed expert and the other is a convincing liar. Listeners play along by asking which claims make sense, weighing the evidence, and trying to determine who is telling the truth. Episodes explore a wide variety of kid-friendly topics, including animals, science, sports, food, history, and everyday objects. Recent topics include table tennis, electricity, brains, wolves, baseball, math, and mountains. Teachers can use the podcast to spark discussions about questioning sources, evaluating evidence, identifying misinformation, and distinguishing facts from falsehoods. GZM Shows also provides free educational resources for teachers and additional activities that can extend the podcast into the classroom.
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In the Classroom
Share this podcast as a flipped learning experience or include it as part of a listening center during station rotation activities on evaluating information shared by different sources. Take advantage of free teaching materials such as the Listening Guide to provide students with focus while listening and as a resource for documenting their evaluation process. After listening to and evaluating several episodes of the podcast, encourage students to write and produce a podcast in a similar style. After creating storyboards and writing their script, use a podcast creation tool such as Castbox Creator Studio, reviewed here to record and share your podcasts.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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