Is the number rounded? How does that generalization affect your understanding?
In what ways can data, especially charts or graphs, be misleading?
What factors would make you more likely to trust data or statistics?
How do statistics, or your perception of statistics, change when you compare them to a statistical benchmark? For example, the number of deaths from a particular cause in a year may seem like a lot until you compare it to the total number of deaths.
Many of these lessons about news literacy also include data literacy, especially the lessons under the headings of "Social Media" and "Design & Data Journalism Lessons."
"TeachingWithData.org is a portal where faculty can find resources and ideas to reduce the challenges of bringing real data into post-secondary classes."
Books about Teaching Data Literacy
Achieving Quantitative Literacy by Lynn Steen
ISBN: 0883858169
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
The Basics of Data Literacy by Michael Bowen; Anthony Bartley
ACRL's series on trends in librarianship and higher education includes a post on "statistical literacy," with many helpful links to more definitions, articles, and curriculum resources.
This short article discusses how math is not a skill that you have or don't have. While data literacy is more about the ability to use and manipulate data than math skills, the idea that everyone can do math is the same for data literacy.