{"id":175,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/animal-facts-and-fakes-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:01:26","slug":"animal-facts-and-fakes-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/animal-facts-and-fakes-2\/","title":{"raw":"Animal Facts and Fakes","rendered":"Animal Facts and Fakes"},"content":{"raw":"Start by showing students the Course Presentation in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/animal-facts-and-fakes\/\">Animal Facts and Fakes<\/a>, or have students access it.\r\n\r\nPause after each question slide to let students share their answers, then advance and read the answer slide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>After you have finished, ask:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nDid any of the facts surprise them?\r\n\r\nWere there any \"fakes\" they thought were true?\r\n\r\nWere some harder to guess than others?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nPoint out that there was no way to guess some of the facts (like a polar bear's black skin) if you didn't already know them, and that some of the real photos (like the giant goldfish) looked less real than some of the \"fakes\" (like the knitting gorilla.)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If you have delivered the lesson <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/front-matter\/lesson-whats-in-the-frame\/\">What's in the Frame?,<\/a> remind students about the House Hippo video. 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