Four sessions. Practical skills. One final project.

The first session introduces youth to media literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement. Participants will examine how information reaches us through news, social media, websites, and other sources and begin asking questions about what makes information credible and useful.

Through interactive activities, youth will practice identifying claims, asking questions about evidence, and thinking critically about the information they encounter.

This session focuses on finding and evaluating information. Youth will learn practical ways to assess sources, compare information, identify bias, and recognize misinformation.

Participants will practice researching an issue using multiple sources and explaining why they consider particular information credible.

Youth turn their research into something another person can understand and use.

The session focuses on clear communication, audience awareness, organizing information, and responsible use of digital and traditional media. Participants will work on their digital resources and receive feedback on their research, messaging, and presentation.

The series concludes with a youth-led showcase.

Participants will present the digital resources they created and explain the issue they researched, the sources they used, how they evaluated their information, and how they chose to communicate their findings.

The showcase gives youth an opportunity to demonstrate the skills they developed throughout the program while sharing useful information with peers and invited community members.