Bites Media is a news and information platform for students and educators.
Student engagement is just the beginning. Bites is on a mission to strengthen democracy by making the news more accessible.
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Every Bites article follows the same, bullet notation to get multiple sources and multiple perspectives into one, student-friendly article.
Use Data to Differentiate
Gain insights into how much time each student spends reading, listening, watching, or viewing.
Each article includes a comprehension quiz so you can quickly understand if students are understanding the material and if their preferred method is impacting their comprehension.
Shape the Next Generation
Empower middle and high school students with real-world, relatable content that draws explicit connections between classroom lessons and current events.
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Student, Washington, D.C.
Bites Media connects credible, high standard media reporting on current events with 'why it matters' to democracy and citizenship, supporting students with developing critical media literacy skills and helping tomorrow's leaders be more informed citizens today.
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empowering them to think critically, source information effectively, and consider different viewpoints."
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Strengthening Our Democracy: Civic Participation in the 21st Century
Strengthening Our Democracy is a comprehensive one-semester curriculum for high school civics educators from ADL Education.
The curriculum includes 80 timely lesson plans that encourage students to understand their role in government and society, to actively engage in their communities, and to center around the pillars of anti-bias.
Each lesson links to Bites Media articles to cement the real-world application to the skills and knowledge learned.
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