No, Pero Why?
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Mateo and Gia check a message before passing it on.

Hold up. ¿Pero por qué?

Mateo

Mira. We had tonight planned. Then someone dropped a clip in the group chat.

You’re the newest member of the crew

Mateo and Gia met in a college class called Children, Youth, and Digital Culture. Their arguments after class turned into open media nights in the Common Room, above a bookshop in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and seven friends and neighbors keep showing up. Something always lands in the group chat that doesn’t add up, and in every lesson you help them work out what’s true before anyone acts on it.

Meet the crew

How a lesson works

Every lesson runs the same four steps.

  1. Story

    Something lands in the crew’s group chat, and it doesn’t add up.

  2. Evidence

    Read the documents and real sources the answer depends on.

  3. Practice

    Try the skill on a short example before it counts.

  4. Task

    Write the message the crew needs, with Jordan Brooks as your writing coach.

Your path

Five units, four lessons each. Each one builds on the last.

All units

  1. Unit 2

    Read the fine print

    Lessons 5 to 8, with Arjun Doyle

  2. Unit 3

    Find who’s responsible

    Lessons 9 to 12, with Dev Arora

  3. Unit 4

    Put it to the test

    Lessons 13 to 16, with Dr. Maya Bennett

  4. Unit 5

    Take it public

    Lessons 17 to 20, with Grace Okafor

Who’s here?

True, false or needs context?

Pick your verdict on one claim, then see what two of the crew think. Nothing you pick is sent anywhere.

The claim

If it’s on video, it happened the way it looks

EducatorsLesson plans, slides, books and bellringers for Grades 6–8 through College, all free.FamiliesWhat each lesson is about, three questions to talk through at home and a family page to print.