Tidewater Community College
Assignment: The “Big Mac” Index
Young economists learn about the method of predicting changes in the exchange rate with Big Macs in an instructional video. After an understanding the index, learners write a post on a discussion board and respond to class members' posts...
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Propaganda, Spin and Soundbite Politics
It's all about the spin! In an introduction to propaganda techniques and soundbite politics, scholars first learn about common propaganda techniques before seeing them in action in the context of the 2016 election cycle. Activities...
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In the Eye of the Storm
Students share opinions about what information the public needs about an impending hurricane. They research and report on a major U.S. hurricane and compare different reports about Hurricane Katrina.
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The Unspoken Words of Media Ethics: Do we know what they are?
Students read codes of ethics from the New York Times, Washington Post, Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. For this Civics lesson, 10th graders role-play ethical dilemmas faced by...
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Depicting Women and Class in a Global Society
Students analyze the evolution of women's work from the 19th century to present day and create artwork depicting women. In this women's roles lesson plan, students compare and contrast the use of space and color in the two paintings...
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History Today
Students use the newspaper to determine how history is being made in your community, region or country.They identify the different components that comprise a newspaper. This instructional activity contains adaptations from elementary to...
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Reporting on WWII in Alaska
Learners explain the people and the political, geographic, economic, cultural, social, and environmental events that have shaped the history of the state, the United States, and the world.
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Being an Educated Consumer of Statistics
Learners examine kinds of data used to report statistics, and create their own statistical report based on any of the four sources of media information (Internet, newspaper, TV, magazine).
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Creating a Collage
Fifth graders identify and describe the characteristics of collages. They familiarize themselves with the history of collage making. They select pictures from magazines that relate to their chosen word of the week. They design a collage.
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Civil Disobedience Action Plan
Students investigate incidences of civil disobedience. In this civil disobedience instructional activity, students watch a video and read a newspaper article on civil disobedience. Then, in groups, they search a current newspaper for...
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California Missions Project-Using Publisher
Students create a California Missions magazine that includes a Table of Contents, pictures, and websites. In this culture and history lesson, students research missions and write and create a magazine article about it.
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Discover the science of archaeology
Students research archaeology. In this archaeology lesson, students conduct research about archaeology and one ancient culture. Students write a magazine article about an archaeological dig.
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War With Iraq
Students research a variety of magazine articles on the issue of Iraq and conflict resolution. Students chart the costs and benefits of the military action. Students prepare a rough layout and draft some content findings on the...
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Looking After Pets
Students work in groups to compose their own "Duty of Care" for pets and make their own individual list from this discussion and illustrate it with drawing or images taken from magazines, websites or newspapers.
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Heroism in Hispanic Countries
Learners investigate foreign newspapers written in Spanish. They pick an article to be read and summarized in English. This lesson develops the skill of word recognition and sentence structure.
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Publishing History
Pupils create an issue of a magazine. They work collaboratively to write articles for the magazine, design a cover and develop advertisements. Students complete their page layout, and create the magazine using information form each...
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World Hunger - A Cultural Crisis
High schoolers explore the problem of world hunger and starvation. After a class discussion, students use a map to identify specific areas where populations are starving. In groups, high schoolers research reasons for the lack of food....
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What Lies Beneath the Upper Crust?
Students discover if information in an article is accurate and current. In this science instructional activity, students read the story carefully and decide on what the subject of the article is. Students search the Internet to see...
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Current Events and Fish
Fifth graders examine current events impacting aquatic life in their communities. They search for newspaper, magazine and television reports for information about aquatic life in local bodies of water. Students can write letters to...
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The Day Before
Learners explore the impact a major event has on people and on history as their team selects an event and publishes their own magazine to recreate the times in which such an event occurred.
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Evaluating Material By Using Quotations
Twelfth graders examine how to evaluate reading material by using direct quotations. They read a Newsweek magazine article, answer questions, underline the passage that supports their written response, and write a letter to a senator...
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HEALTHY EATING
Students devise their own scheme for encouraging healthy eating and discuss health eating. They prepare a talk for younger students from the government to promote healthy eating.
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CHRISTMAS FILM REVIEW
Students write reviews of films they have seen over the Christmas holidays. They study what the ingredients of a film review are, and examine the difference between fact and opinion.
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RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND DIVERSITY
High schoolers analyze the similarities and differences between religious festivals in December and/or January. They research the different holidays and make their comparisons.