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Fake news isn’t a new phenomenon, but it has changed a lot over time. These lessons will take a dive into the history of news and fake news up until the rise of the internet.

In this lesson, students will learn about news and fake news since the invention of the printing press. They will also analyze three different case studies from different historical periods.

In the next and final lesson, students will do a fake news simulation in which groups create different narratives based on the same facts.

News doesn’t pay for itself. That is why media have come up with different ways to finance their operations over time.

In this lesson, students learn about the history of journalism and newspapers, and how these media have supported themselves financially. In the second half of the lesson, students will start their own news companies and decide what business strategies work best for them.

The second lesson will focus on how online media run their businesses.