Global History project using aspects of role-playing to immerse students in primary sources and place some more personalized context around larger events. Use of character & fate cards.
A sort of role-playing game. Students consult primary sources and produce information from perspective of their "character" and their "fate" (letter home, interview, or diary entry by character).
Debunking myths is problematic. Unless great care is taken, any effort to debunk misinformation can inadvertently reinforce the very myths one seeks to correct. To avoid these "backfire effects", an effective debunking requires three major elements.
brief and effectively written (with lots of helpful graphics) PDF article that might have use in teaching information literacy and evaluation concepts/skills.