Sophia Learning
Sophia: Politics and Media 4: Message War
Through a variety of resources and external links, students gain an understanding of the language of political ads.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rephrasing the Question
This lesson explains how to rephrase reading questions into statements to improve understanding of what is being asked and provides examples. This information is offered in text and audio formats.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Sources
This slideshow lesson focuses on research sources by listing 10 types of sources: books, periodicals/magazines, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, databases, reviews, interviews, lectures, media (film, television), and websites. It...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Sources: Periodicals
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of periodicals as research sources; it discusses the pros of using periodicals as organizational aids and in research of current events and also the cons of periodical's lack of depth and possible...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Types of Questions
This slideshow lesson focuses on types of questions; it provides background, purpose, and a list of the seven types of questions: rhetorical, direct or interrogative, indirect, open-ended, closed, and embedded. It provides background and...
Boston University
How to Conduct a Multi Ethnic Team Reporting Project
This site offers a phenomenal plan for assembling a culturally diverse journalism team to work on a story (or series of stories) of social significance. This extensive guideline provides step by step instructions. (Note: some links may...
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Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: Lesson Plan: How to Analyze the News [Pdf]
Lesson plan focusing on the importance of understanding how the news is a product with a specific scope, structure, slant and style at the forefront of its production.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 5 Core Concepts of Media Literacy
In this lesson, students will engage in multiple parts of a lesson that guide students to uncover many levels of meaning in media messages. Discussion questions and a slideshow presentation are parts of the lesson that address the...
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Classroom Strategies for Exploring Authenticity in the Media
Four innovative classroom activities that actively engage students in analyzing and criticizing media messages. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Developing a Research Question
This tutorial focuses on picking a research question, beginning with a slide show that defines the term, tells how it is different than a research topic, and provides information for evaluating your research question by answering a list...
University of Oregon
Interviewing Tips: Listen and Respond
In-depth & interesting presentation on how to conduct interviews. Includes tools of the trade such as tape records -- benefits & disadvantages of using them -- along with important do's & don'ts. A few tips on how to maintain...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analysis of Relative Values of Specific Data, Facts, and Ideas
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students can practice finding specific types of sources and learn the questions to ask when evaluating information for a persuasive essay.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluate Tone in Various Media for Audiences and Purposes
This lesson features several weather videos, both real and created, to help students understand how information and the tone changes based on the audiences and the purposes for the presentation.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Improve Your Study Skills
Having trouble studying for tests or comprehending new material? This in-depth guide provides a multitude of ways to help you acquire reading and critical thinking skills necessary for understanding new material.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Gathering Appropriate Information (English Iii Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on finding and evaluating relevant sources for a research project. It includes primary and secondary sources and print and internet sources. W.11-12.2...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze Graphical Sources: Practice 2 (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn how to evaluate the clarity and visual appeal of images and other graphic elements included in a reading text. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
PBS
Pbs: Empire of the Air: Power and Impact of Radio
Learners will listen to historic news events as broadcast on radio, view current news coverage on television, and compare and contrast how those events were reported on both media by developing an essay which addresses the question "Is...
Other
Conducting the Information Interview
This site provided by San Jose State University is a 7-module tutorial on how to conduct an information interview.
National Science Teachers Association
Nsta: Science & Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, Communication
This site from NSTA includes a progression of the Science and Engineering Practice for obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. In addition, thereare performance expectations that make use science and engineering practices.
Other
Oslis: Research Process
Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research for grades 6-12. This site focuses on writing a research paper from selecting a topic through to the final paper. Click on Cite My Sources to get the electronic citation machines....
NBC
Nbc Learn
NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, is dedicated to making historic stories, images, and primary source documents available on-demand to teachers, students, and parents.
iCivics
I Civics: News Literacy
Use this library of mini-lessons to teach students to recognize high-standards journalism so they can make informed judgments about the information coming at them and to help them identify and deal with misinformation, bias, opinion, and...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Types of Listening
As part of the BBC's Skillswise unit on listening, this site focuses on the various types of listening. As learning tools, the site includes a factsheet, a worksheet, a quiz, and a game.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Listening for Specific Information
This tutorial presents a video, factsheets, and worksheets for learning how to listen for and understand information. It looks at how to handle different situations, e.g., arranging a delivery, asking questions about a product before...