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Teaching Others About Being Deaf

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read two articles about how college students taught others about being blind or deaf. In their school, they interview pupils with a physical challenge and use the internet to research how to write about those with disabilities....
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Safe In the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a report about the most dangerous cities in America. Using the internet, they research their own community in regards to how safe it is. They interview local law enforcement and determine the degree of local danger. They...
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Same-Sex Schools Gain Ground

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the issue of having same-sex classes. Using the internet, they research how this program is working around the country. They interview local education experts and determine how they view the issue. They include an...
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Telling the Blue Angels Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet to research a recent Blue Angels plane crash. As a class, they list the various ways journalists list the facts of an incident and which one is most effective given different scenerios. They write a story...
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Webquest: Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease in Ghana

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the impact of Guinea Worm Disease. In this world issues lesson plan, students take on the roles of Peace Corps Volunteers. Students will apply their knowledge of the Guinea worm life cycle to create a plan for...
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A New Kind of News

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Newspapers and broadcast news. Social media, blogs, and blogospheres. Class members generate a list of news sources they use to get information about events. The big idea here is to introduce the necessary vocabulary and to establish a...
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Case Studies in Journalistic Ethics No. 2

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners use texts on media ethics and various Web sites  to explore real world examples of media law issues. For this media ethics lesson, learners examine the Food Lion case using a transcript from the court of appeals session and...
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Weekly Current Events Podcasts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a weekly current event podcast. In this podcast lesson, students find current events for the week and write out a script to explain this event. They add in music and sound effects and record their final product. 
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Case studies in journalistic ethics No. 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the importance and responsibilities of journalists through examination of illegal immigration. In this journalistic ethics instructional activity students analyze scenarios and look at the pros and cons of illegal...
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Lessons to be Learned: The Importance of Attribution, Accuracy, and Honesty

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate real world examples of media law issues. For this media law instructional activity, students read Janet Cooke’s feature and respond to the writing. Students read articles by Stephen Glass to highlight facts in need...
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Bringing It All Together

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners create a small, six page newspaper to prepare for a staff position. In this newspaper creation instructional activity, learners fill out story idea sheets, pick timely stories, assign photos, and arrange for editorial art to be...
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Mass Manipulation

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students make a chart of the media's manipulation techniques and examples of them while watching and listening to a video tape of past news events.
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Our School's News

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.
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Lesson Plan: The Black Press

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the history of the black press. In this media awareness lesson, students watch videos and conduct research regarding the history of the black press in America. Students explore media careers as they read provided...
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Creating a Digital Newspaper

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars create a digital newspaper. For this digital newspaper lesson, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Young scholars complete a schools news report, student interview, opinion...
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To Be or Not to Be

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students gather information about setting goals through a variety of activities. In this setting goals lesson, students view a PowerPoint that explains the outcomes of the project, take notes, interview a local business person, write a...
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Introduction to Photography

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the basics of photography and complete photography activities. For this photography lesson, students invite a professional photographer to the class and use disposable cameras to take the given list of images. Students...
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Getting Ready for Graduation

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Young scholars create a presentation about their life. In this technology instructional activity, students are assigned a graduate and compile information about the person through interviews.  Young scholars then find photographs of the...
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The Weekly News, Part 1

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore things that happen in their schools. In this journalism instructional activity, 5th graders use the writing process to prioritize their collected information. Students write a weekly article for a classroom news...
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Journal Assignment Directions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this journalism analysis learning exercise, students choose and editorial article and analyze the content. Students will write articles with a minimum of 350 words.
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Bias vs. Perspective: An Inevitable Aspect of Journalism?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the types of media that U.S. teens prefer the ways in which viewers identify and account for journalistic bias. They explore the ways in which media shapes one's opinion or affects their judgment.
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Comparing the Satellite and Broadcast Radio Landscapes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the development of satellite technology over the last 50 years students explain how the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 changed the rules for corporate ownership of multiple media outlets.
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Story Generators

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students develop news stories for the high school paper based on current issues in the local news. Students identify different sources for articles, and develop interviews questions. In this news ideas and sources lesson plan, students...
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Newsletter Requirements Sheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this newsletter activity worksheet, middle schoolers read a book and complete a newsletter activity as a novel analysis project. Students include a newsletter title, advertisements, news story, and obituary.

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