Social media, misinformation, and government regulation

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Persahabatan Merentasi Sempadan

This is a lesson plan aligned with Form 4 Chapter 1 : Let's Chat.

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Define the term 'misinformation', 'disinformation' and 'malinformation'.

2. Write down their thoughts about the article.

2. Discuss about the pros and cons of government regulation on social media.

Activities:

1.  Show a video on ‘Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation'.

2. Ask students to choose the correct definition of the terms - (download powerpoint slides)

3. Teacher distributes the newspaper article: Teo Nie Ching: Communications Ministry to  focus on addressing misinformation on social media (advanced classes), (low intermediate version)

4. Students read the article for 5-10 minutes.

5. Ask students ‘what’s going on?’ & ‘what do you see, hear or read?’ and write their answers on post-it notes and paste them on the board (The responses can be based on the text or students' own ideas based on prior knowledge)

6. Instruct students to read the post-it notes on the board for 2 minutes. Let them take turns by group. 

7. Divide students into groups and ask every group to discuss the following questions and write their discussion on their notebooks:

A) What do you think will happen if the government regulates social media?

B) What do you think will happen if the government doesn’t regulate social media?

8. Every representative of the group will present their discussion to the whole classroom.

9. Recap the lesson by asking them about the terms that they have learned (refer to step 1).

Reflection: Showing the video let's them know the proper definition of the terms. This is suitable for ESL learners. 

Activity no. 5 & no. 6:

Activity 7: