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Middle School Masters of the Web- Video Newsletter

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners develop a school newscast. In this school newscast lesson plan, students practice interviewing skills, use of video and podcasting equipment, and editing skills. They work in groups to develop a school newscast using digital...
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Glacier Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research news articles relating to global climate change. In this earth science lesson, students create a news broadcast using the information they gathered. They present this in class and each student gives their peer...
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FDR's New Deal

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars explore the facets of the New Deal. In this Great Depression lesson, students research the New Deal and then create radio broadcasts that explain the New Deal to the American public.
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The War of the Worlds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the concept of media based on literature. In this War of the Worlds lesson, students read the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and listen to the 1938 radio broadcast adaptation by Orson Welles. Students then...
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Shaping the News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore television journalism. In this journalism activity, students discuss the attributes of television broadcasting. Students then review their journalism code of ethics and then conduct research for stories that have a moral...
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A Movie in Your Mind: Persuasive Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 9th
Students listen to a broadcast of War of the Worlds and illustrate what they hear. In this persuasive text lesson students prepare for making a movie poster intended to persuade a director to make a film based on a short story.
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Have You Seen Sasquatch?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a newscast documenting sightings of SasquatchBigfoot. Working individually, students research information on Sasquatch using traditional and electronic sources, including e-mail. The class produces a newscast based on...
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Worship in Early Times

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students listen to and discuss three radio broadcasts that deal with worship in early times. They investigate a wide range of historical sources and piece together evidence of the past, Celtic beliefs and how early people worshiped...
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Spelling Skills

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this spelling worksheet, students read a list of 20 words. Students underline the smaller word within each word. For example, students underline the word broad in broadcast.
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Radio Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
For this radio waves worksheet, students read about how broadcasting uses radio waves to deliver sound and how radio signals are received. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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NOVA Online/Einstein Revealed

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Einstein Revealed," originally broadcast in October, 1996. This two-hour special presents a penetrating profile of Albert Einstein, who contributed more than any other scientist to...
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Our Savage Planet in the News

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students research volcanoes, storms, atmospheric conditions, etc., find information and collect facts, create a simulation of a science news broadcast, watch a video clip of an avalanche, and create an artistic rendering of one naturally...
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Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research the McCarthy hearings to determine the following: time frame of hearings, how they were broadcast, how the press reacted, and how the American people reacted in light of the Korean Conflict and the Cold War.
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The World in 22 Minutes: Constructing a TV News Lineup

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine several newspapers to compare front pages, headlines, and photographs, experience role of news editor, define and discuss factors that go into news judgements, and arrange twenty-two minute news broadcast by selecting...
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All About Poe

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use an online database to research the life and words of Edgar Allan Poe. Using the information they collect, they write a newspaper article or obituary about the famous writer. In groups, they work together to develop a radio...
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Primary History: Viking Settlements

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Viking culture worksheet, students complete 4 extension activities to learn about Viking settlements. Students write a newspaper story, a TV newscast between Alfred the Great and the Danes, use a map to locate modern towns that...
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The Case of the Electrical Mystery

For Students 7th - 9th
In this electrical mystery worksheet, learners watch a television broadcast called "The Case of the Electrical Mystery". They answer 8 questions about how detectives solve problems presented in the segments. Topics include hypothesizing,...
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Our Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research energy sources used in the United States. In this energy sources instructional activity, 5th graders work in teams to research various energy sources. Students complete a worksheet for the research and make a short...
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Mining Mass Media

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the attributes of electronic media. In this journalism lesson plan, students compare and contrast electronic and print versions of the same news stories. Students then write their one broadcast news stories.
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Conversation Lesson: News

For Students 7th
In this conversation lesson worksheet, 7th graders use context clues to get the meaning of 8 words, then select 6 news stories from a list of 12 and explain why they would choose those for an evening TV news broadcast.
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K12 Reader

What’s the Forecast?

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
A reading comprehension passage is illustrative for both language arts and earth science skills. Using context clues, learners find out how to predict the weather using various tools. They then answer five reading questions about what...
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ReadWriteThink

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your 21st century learners develop their media smarts with this resource that has them examine the persuasive techniques advertisers use to influence specific demographics and then to use these techniques to craft their own ads.
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Classroom Law Project

Should we believe everything we read? Becoming a discerning consumer of media

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Class members investigate the role media should play in a healthy democracy. As part of this study, groups analyze political advertising, use FactCheck to assess not only the veracity of but the persuasions techniques used in candidates'...
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Mikva Challenge

Deconstructing Campaign Messages and Perceptions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Target audience, covert message, explicit and implicit appeals. As part of an investigation of rhetorical devices used in campaign ads, class members examine and deconstruct the appeals in logos from the 2008 election. They then use the...

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