Navigate today's information flood without being fooled. Practice the moves fact-checkers actually use — the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims to the original) and lateral reading (leaving a page to check who is behind it rather than trusting its own "About" page). Learn to tell news from opinion, sponsored content, and satire; spot manipulated or missing context, cherry-picked statistics, and misleading charts; recognize clickbait, emotional manipulation, and engagement-driven outrage; and weigh red flags in the deepfake era (reverse image search, checking dates and primary sources). Scenario-based, with each option a realistic judgment call. Educational reasoning practice — how to evaluate information, not what to conclude about any specific issue.