Civics & Government MEDIA LITERACY AND DEMOCRACY: Fake News, Bias, Journalism, Propaganda, Digital Citizenship Reading Comprehension Passages. Give students the tools to question, analyze, and think critically about the media they consume. This unit tackles fake news, bias, propaganda, and press freedom, while also highlighting the role of journalism in a democracy. With lessons on fact-checking, ethics, and digital citizenship, students learn how media shapes political discourse, and how to en