Engaging Youth with Public Policy: Middle School Lessons to Counter Truth Decay (Countering Truth Decay)

These middle school lesson plans are part of the Countering Truth Decay initiative, which is focused on restoring the role of facts, data, and analysis in U.S. political and civil discourse. The lesson plans introduce students to public policy research and emphasize the importance of media literacy skills. RAND researchers developed these lessons as a way to improve RAND's outreach to youth in ways that also help counter Truth Decay.